The parents of a baby who died in infancy paid a special tribute by placing a cardboard cut-out of him in the stands of their favourite football club.
Jack Stout was just five months old when, in August 2015, he died from sudden infant death syndrome. Jack's parents, Christine Lamb and Stephen Stout, had dreamed of one day taking him to Wigan matches.
So when, with matches closed to fans because of lockdown restrictions, Wigan offered the chance for fans to pay to have cardboard cut-outs in the stands for matches, Ms Lamb seized on the opportunity. "The kids wanted the dog at first," Ms Lamb, 32, told the PA news agency. "And then we just decided, 'we'll get Jack because he's never been to a Latics game'." Jack's parents first connected on
Read more on mirror.co.uk