The injured star was invited for a kick-about but had to decline
Manchester City star John Stones and an England legend surprised a crowd of 300 homeless football players taking part in a charity tournament.
Some of the players invited Stones for a five-a-side kickabout on the astroturf but the center-back bowed out joking "I wouldn't be much use" due to a groin injury. However, he did pose for selfies and sign shirts. Like Gary, Anton Barnes, 38, fell homeless following battles with drug addiction and has been living in a Salvation Army Lifehouse for several months. With their help, Anton has got clean and is getting his life in Sheffield back on track.
"All I want to say is you can stop, it's not easy, but there is help out there. Sometimes I was on the computer until 3am and it was ruining my life. But the day I stopped was the best day of my life." Jack Smithson, 25, and Steven Rogers, 41, both fell homeless and housed in the charity's Swan Lodge life house in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. After his relationship broke down, Jack was left sofa surfing at various friends' houses and had "nowhere else to go" in July last year.
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