Soccer stars in Santa hit
Date published: 24 December 2008

Right on target with their visit are players, from left, Dale Stephens, Lewis Allessandra, Keiran Lee, Josh Bell and, front, Chris O’Grady.
Footballers from Oldham Athletic scored a hit with youngsters on the children’s ward at the Royal Oldham Hospital when they visited with Christmas presents.
Just days before Santa officially arrives, they decided to take some of the weight off his sleigh by taking a few sacks of gifts to the Rochdale Road Hospital and bring a smile to young patient Jake McMylo, with his dad Michael.
Right on target with their visit are players, from left, Dale Stephens, Lewis Allessandra, Keiran Lee, Josh Bell and, front, Chris O’Grady.
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