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BATTLING JOE IS AN INSPIRATION

By Dan Barnes

JOE Thompson stands tall as a symbol of hope that transcends the game.
That may sound grandiose at first but perhaps less so when you consider that the Rochdale midfielder has beaten cancer not once, but twice and is now working towards lacing up his boots once again.
In March, the 28-year-old’s life was thrust into turmoil for the second time as he discovered that the nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma he had successfully overcome in 2014 had returned.
Father-of-one Thompson was put through the wringer of all wringers once again but refused to submit to his illness a...

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