Former England midfielder Geoff Thomas has teamed up five fellow blood cancer survivors to launch a new video campaign encouraging football fans to help him call full-time on leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma.
The video, shot at Selhurst Park, is being screened at around 30 grounds across the UK - including Anfield, White Hart Lane, and Celtic Park - to inspire fans to get behind the Geoff Thomas Foundation, which is dedicated to beating blood cancers.
The Geoff Thomas Foundation, one of Football Association’s official charities for 2010, was set up by the former Crystal Palace captain after he was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) in 2003, less than a year after retiring from football.
Thomas’ life was saved by a stem cell transplant from his sister in 2004. Now, he is working closely with the charity Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research to get better treatments to blood cancer patients, faster.
“I’m lucky to have survived leukaemia – sadly many people still lose their battles with a blood cancer," said the former Nottingham Forest midfielder. "The courage shown by patients around me has inspired me to do everything I can to help those touched by these awful diseases. I’m determined to beat blood cancers, but I need your help.”
More information can be found at www.beatbloodcancers.org/geoff-thomas
