By Chris Wright
Here’s a little snippet from last night’s game between Manchester City and Stoke that we think is definitely worthy of a mention.
We were completely unaware, but when 17-year-old Oliver Shenton came on for Stoke in the 94th minute he was doing so just two days after the funeral of his mother, Mandy, who sadly passed away last week after losing her 15-year fight against breast cancer.
Stoke boss Mark Hughes gave Shenton his Premier League debut to help end what has undoubtedly been a terrible few days/weeks for the youngster on a slightly more positive note.
However, according to the Mirror, the condolences didn’t end there, with Frank Lampard (who lost his mother in 2008) also going out of his way to swap shirts with Shenton after the game.
Shenton only signed his first professional contract with Stoke in November and before last night, had only previously appeared as a substitute against Portsmouth in the League Cup at the end of August.
Lovely stuff.