Gary Lineker

And I said, well, you say that, I said, but the last week he's really not been very well and he's groaning a lot and his glands are up a little.

And they went, oh.

And they took his little outfit off and took his nappy off.

And they just had a little feel around and they looked at each other and they went, Mr and Mrs Lineker, I'm sorry, but this is something I think much more serious.

And we've gone, well, what do you mean?

And they said, well, we'll have to do some tests, but it really does look like leukemia.

So, I knew leukemia was a blood cancer, but beyond that, I didn't know too much.

And it was like, wham.

And within two hours, we were in the back of an ambulance being rushed to Great Ormond Street, and he's getting stuff pumped into him.

And he was in hospital for about seven weeks.

At least two occasions, they told us they didn't think he'd make it through the night.

Wow.

But somehow he did.

And it was really, really brutal.

It was so tough.

I mean, Michelle spent seven months in the hospital, didn't leave it, except we popped out for dinner some nights.

I used to... I was there all in the daytime.

There wasn't enough space to sleep two of us anyway.

I didn't play for about three or four weeks.

But actually, when I went back to training, it was so helpful football for me.