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鈥淲e didn鈥檛 let this disease take us over as a couple"
The former Lionesses captain Steph Houghton has released an autobiography called Leading from The Back, where she opens up about her husband鈥檚 battle with motor neurone disease.
She told 5 Live Breakfast that she and her husband 鈥 the former Bradford City defender Stephen Darby 鈥 are trying to be 鈥渁s positive as possible鈥 but that when she recorded the audiobook 鈥淚 could hear my voice cracking鈥.
Steph said she had felt fit enough to keep on playing, but she decided to retire from football to spend time with Stephen and 鈥渕ake memories鈥.
鈥淲hen something like this disease happens, it鈥檚 important that you live each day as it comes.鈥
This clip is originally from 5 Live Breakfast on October 8th 2024.
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