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Christine Smith & Joel Moore

Ex-Mansfield footballer Ashley Cain helping parents of girl fighting same cancer which killed his daughter

Former Mansfield Town footballer Ashley Cain has been offering support to a little girl who his fighting the same cancer that took the life of his own daughter.

The ex-winger and reality star, who played for the Stags between 2011 and 2012, has been helping dozens of sick children’s families alongside girlfriend Safiyya Vorajee since the death of their baby girl, reports the Mirror.

She died in April last year after a courageous fight against the blood cancer acute ­myeloid leukaemia.

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