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Hartlepool boss praises Crystal Palace fans for wife's cancer care cash

Hartlepool manager Graeme Lee says he will be "forever grateful" to Crystal Palace fans after they donated £60,000 towards his wife's cancer treatment.

Gemma Lee, 41, was told she had 12 months to live in 2019 following a cancerous brain tumour diagnosis.

But after chemotherapy and radiotherapy failed to shrink the tumour, she began a £5,000-a-month trial of a new drug.

Palace tweeted a link on Friday to her fundraiser and more than £61,000 was donated before Saturday's FA Cup tie.

The Premier League club also subsidised the travel of 4,700 Hartlepool fans who attended the game, which Palace won 2-0.