A terminally ill Leicester City season ticket holder who worried she wouldn’t be alive to see the Foxes win the league says she would be ‘over the moon’ if the team visit the Hospice that helps care for her after being crowned champions.
Monica Cameron, of Sileby, who has Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), is a day therapy patient at LOROS Hospice, in Leicester’s Groby Road and said she cannot wait to see them lift the trophy at this weekend’s match.
The 66-year-old great-grandmother will ‘push through’ to see Leicester’s final match at the King Power this season on Saturday, despite her health severely deteriorating over the season.
“I’ve had to miss a few of the recent games because of my health and at times, I did wonder whether I would be here to see the final game of the season but I’m determined to get to the match on Saturday, so it will be quite emotional for me”, said Monica, who has 4 children, 13 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
“This season really has been a fairy tale for the club. It’s something that I know I will never see happen again.”
Monica, who was watching the deciding match on Monday at home with her family, who all support Leicester too, has been a season ticket holder for more than 10 years and watched the Foxes when they used to play at Filbert Street.
“When that final whistle went on Monday, I couldn’t believe it,” she added. “Every game this season has been nail biting. We all knew there was no way we could go down, so there was only one direction we could go in and that was up.
“I’m so proud of the team.”
Monica, whose favourite player is Jamie Vardy, says she is looking forward to Saturday being a ‘stress-free’ game for Leicester.
“The stoppage time on Monday was the longest six minutes of my life,” she said.
“I’m looking forward to going on Saturday and there being no pressure, we don’t have to worry about points anymore, we are the champions.”
Terry James, who is currently on the inpatient ward at the Hospice was watching fellow Leicester champion and LOROS Patron Mark Selby reclaim his title in the snooker.
The 71-year-old, of Loughborough said: “The evening was absolutely magical.”
Mark, whose dad died at LOROS in 1999 after being diagnosed with lung cancer, was crowned World Snooker Champion on Monday night, just minutes after Leicester City were named this year’s Premier League winners.
“I was full of pride when I found out Leicester had won and then Mark Selby shortly afterwards,” added Terry, who was diagnosed with cancer of the oesophagus two years ago.
“This is such an excellent time for the city and it will go down in history.”
To top off the evening LOROS Patron and Hollyoaks star Charlie Clapham was shortlisted for the ‘Best Actor’ award at this year’s National Television Awards.
Charlie, who plays Freddie Roscoe in the Channel 4 soap, will find out if he too will be crowned a winner at this year’s award ceremony later this month.
To vote for Charlie visit www.britishsoapawards.tv
