Former England supervisor Roy Hodgson confirmed his assist for Prostate Most cancers UK because the charity unveiled a memorial in Bristol which paid tribute to these misplaced to the illness – together with much-missed Mail Sport journalist Ralph Ellis.
Hodgson, now accountable for Championship membership Bristol Metropolis, joined supporters on Friday at an occasion on the metropolis’s Temple Meads railway station, the place an attention-grabbing set up takes pleasure of place from Could to November.
The ten-foot tall, mirrored metal pyramid is devoted to the reminiscence of the husbands, fathers, uncles and grandads misplaced too quickly.
Round 630 names are already engraved, with the quantity rising because the memorial excursions the UK and other people purchase a everlasting identify engraving to have a good time the lifetime of a cherished one misplaced to prostate most cancers.
Hodgson stated: ‘I’ve supported the work of Prostate Most cancers UK for a few years, and it was an honour to go to the Prostate Most cancers Memorial on Friday. It’s a very particular set up, and I used to be very humbled to take a better look and see the names of so many which were misplaced to prostate most cancers.
Roy Hodgson visits the memorial at Bristol Temple Meads station on Friday
‘Soccer is a power for good and an ideal method to unfold vital messages like this. I’ve proudly worn the charity’s ‘Man of Males’ pin badge for a few years on touchlines up and down the nation, and it’s a trigger very near my coronary heart.”
Prostate most cancers is the commonest most cancers within the UK, with greater than 63,000 males identified yearly. By taking the memorial throughout the UK the charity purpose to lift consciousness concerning the illness, while offering a chance for individuals to see their cherished one’s identify on the set up.
Soccer journalist Ralph Ellis labored on the Western Every day Press in Bristol, the Birmingham Night Mail and Every day Star earlier than becoming a member of the Mail as a sports activities information editor. He died in 2018 on the age of 62.
Figures from across the sport, together with managers Tony Pulis and Ian Holloway, paid tribute to Ralph after his demise and to have a good time his life, his household have had his identify added to the memorial.
Mail Sport journalist Ralph Ellis (proper) with former England goalkeeper Ray Clemence and son and former Spurs star Stephen Clemence
Ralph’s son Matt stated: ‘It’s almost eight years since we misplaced Dad, however it’s nonetheless so painful, and he’s by no means removed from my ideas. My two boys at the moment are 14 and nearly 10, and the actual fact he’s lacking how they’re rising up and never having the ability to take them to play golf or to soccer coaching all the time makes me unhappy.
‘The work that Prostate Most cancers UK does for consciousness and therapy is so vital and can’t be overstated. Bodily reminders just like the Memorial actually spotlight how many individuals are affected by this illness and the horrible influence it will possibly have on individuals’s lives. I’d encourage all males to grasp their threat of the illness as early prognosis is essential.’
The pyramid construction, which additionally has the charity’s Man of Males brand adorning one of many sides, was launched in November 2021 and stood in London Bridge railway station for a number of months. It has additionally travelled throughout the UK in locations together with Liverpool, Edinburgh, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Glasgow, Cardiff, Southampton and Lincoln.
It additionally consists of tributes to a lot cherished broadcaster Invoice Turnbull, legendary former England cricketer Bob Willis, the daddy of comic and former I am A Movie star…Get Me Out Of Right here! winner Joe Pasquale, and father of TV presenter Jenny Powell.
Go to: https://prostatecanceruk.org/get-involved/the-prostate-cancer-memorial
