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Katie Anderson

Family of Newcastle United fan Bobby Swinney raise £2k for defibrillators - with one hoped for St James' Park

The family of a "devoted Newcastle supporter" who died outside St James' Park are raising funds for life-saving defibrillators, one of which hoped to be placed outside the ground.

Bobby Swinney, who was a "friendly, football-mad" family man, suffered a cardiac arrest on his way to watch NUFC on December 19, aged 67.

His grieving family and friends have now planned a 40-person walk from his house in Jarrow to St James' in his memory, and the money raised will fund several pieces of medical equipment.

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