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Dickie Turney (left) next to best friend Jamie Horton

A lifelong Liverpool fan was told his cancer had returned when he couldn't swallow for two days.

Dickie Turney was diagnosed with cancer of the oesophagus in March last year but when doctors removed 80% of the vital organ he was told he had beaten the disease.

But years later he watched Liverpool beat Chelsea 2-1 at Anfield and instead of heading to the pub with his friends, including one of his best friends Jamie Horton, he disappeared home.



The following day, Jamie received a text from his friend which said he was unable to swallow and had taken himself into hospital.

What doctors told him next was something he never expected, Jamie told the ECHO.

Jamie said: "He discharged himself from hospital because he wanted to go see his mum in Hendon but I could tell he was quickly deteriorating as he realised the scale of the issue.

"I went on the train with him to see his mum and he wasn't well at all.

But the day before, after organising tickets for the gig with Jamie and his wife, he was told he was too ill to travel back to Liverpool.

Jamie, a taxi driver, said: "Mick [Head] was his hero, he followed him everywhere and he would go to the most extreme places in the country to see him play, just like with Liverpool, he would travel home and away to watch them too.

We organised the tickets because he said he needed me to take him in his wheelchair, but he text me to say the hospital said he was too ill to travel."

Discussing the day of Dickie's death and holding back his tears, Jamie said: "I had worked the night before and I got out the shower around 11am to a text saying 'I'm not feeling good, wish you were here'.
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