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Ben Obiora

We are devastated to announce that Ben Obiora, one of our ballboys until quite recently, died earlier today. Ben left ballboy duty to play regular Saturday football.

Ben, 16, was playing football this afternoon when he suffered an asthma attack and died. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends, especially Fred and Josh, two of our current ballboys who are lifelong friends of Ben, and played regularly at New Mills FC with him.

Ben was a terrific young man who loved his football and always had a smile, he will be sadly missed.

Manchester Evening News story click here


First Posted ~ 16:21 Mon 23 Apr 2012
News ID ~ 4195
Last Updated ~ 01:52 Tue 16 Feb 2021