Manchester City star Jack Grealish is among hundreds of people to send a birthday message to a Blues fanatic as she turns 106.
Mary Spiers, is today celebrating the incredible landmark at the care home where she lives near Stockport. Mary is a massive City fan and despite her eyesight waning, still listens to all their matches on a small transistor radio.
Ahead of her birthday, bosses at Bowerfield Court in Disley put an out an appeal for strangers to send her cards. They were hoping to get 106 for her to open on her birthday today (Sunday, August 18).
But after it was shared by the Manchester Evening News they were inundated and received over 460, including some from as far afield as Hong Kong and Ireland. READ MORE: 'I'm 106, I've never chased men - and this is what I've learned about life' Mary inherited a love of the Blues from her family.
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