Over the summer, Bolton Wanderers defender Gethin Jones had been preparing for the start of another busy football season. Wanderers had started their pre-season campaign earlier this year ahead of the 2021/22 League One season kicking off with a friendly clash against Longridge Town and were then preparing for their next game against Atherton Collieries.
The day before that encounter, however, Bolton right-back Jones and his family received the devastating news that his mother Karen, a midwife who has worked for the NHS for 30 years, had been diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND). READ MORE: Jay-Jay Okocha confirmed and Bolton Wanderers legends to play in Gethin Jones fundraising game The illness does not have a cure at present and
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