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Football means a lot of things to different people and for many it's an integral part of life. It certainly is for author Mark Davies, who a few years ago was diagnosed with an incurable cancer.

His whole world changed forever, except for one thing, one constant. Football was his crutch that, as it turned out, supported him through the very darkest times and it's why he wrote his book "A Love Letter to Football" which he tells Sportshour's Nishat Ladha all about.

Photo: Cup ticket queue at Ayresome Park, 1972. (Credit Mirrorpix/Getty Images)