Grieving dad who plays for footie team for men who've lost kids sees fundraiser go viral
He and his partner Naomi were left heartbroken when they lost their daughter Norah last May just hours after she was born.
But he’s also been raising money for four charities who supported him and Naomi in the weeks after Norah’s death, and has been playing for aAnd incredibly, BT Sport presenter Jake Humphrey spotted Ross’ jumper promoting his fundraiser at the FA Cup Semi-Final at the weekend.Tweeting an image of Ross’ hoodie to his 909,000 followers, Jake wrote: “Today, whilst watching the game from our presenting position, I was drawn to a spectator with a message on his back.
Speaking to The Sun Online, Ross described the moment he started getting a flood of notifications on his phone about donations while he was in his local boozer after the match in Watford.He said: “At about 10 o’clock I was getting a couple of GoFundMe messages saying ‘you’ve had a donation’, which I thought was a bit strange on a Sunday night.”A friend then excitedly showed him Jake’s tweets, about which Ross says: “I was literally in bits at that point.
Ross said: “It’s an ongoing thing, you’re never going to lose that pain. But if I can help other people, that makes me feel better as well.”Must-have kebab rotisserie could be yours for £60Woman shames ex who sent her vid of him slobbering over new girl to wind her upISLE BE DAMNED“We never expected what happened to happen. But we always expected Norah to change lives, especially ours, and now she’s hopefully going to change lots of lives and help for the better.
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