A footballer is raising money to pay for surgery on her knee to help get her career back on track after an injury that was “every player’s worst fear”.
Striker Ella Humphrey, 21, from Worthing, played at Portsmouth FC Women for three seasons but missed most of the last one due to a dislocated ankle and was released.
She got back on the pitch after months of rehab, but 10 minutes into a pre-season friendly she felt pain. After scans, she was told she had ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in her knee.
Humphrey is now trying to raise the £7,500 needed for private surgery due to a long wait for treatment on the NHS.