A POPULAR footballer has died after a brave cancer battle, aged 25.
Jaycee Roberts passed away on Monday (March 31), with a minute’s silence to be held across Coors Sunday Football League games this weekend.
The dad-of-one played for Bradwell FC in Staffordshire.
An online appeal states: “Our beloved Jaycee Roberts has passed away at just 25 years old after a brave and painful battle with cancer.
“His loss has left a hole in the hearts of everyone who knew and loved him — especially his partner, Ella-Mae, and their beautiful three-year-old son, Haulie-Jay.”

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