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Proud Kettering dad watches son as football mascot following cancer diagnosis

A proud Kettering dad watched his son walk out as Luton Town FC’s mascot on Saturday (July 30), knowing it could be the last match they watch together. Cancer sufferer Mat Westwood, 35, has been given just six months to live.

However, he is determined to make the most of every minute he has left with his wife Liz, 33, and their boys Alfie, 13, and three-year-old Jack. After arranging for Alfie to be a mascot at his beloved Luton’s game against Birmingham City, Mat and his son were invited to training at the club last Friday (July 29).

He told how he and Alfie had an “amazing morning” meeting players such as Henri Lansbury, Tom Lockyer and Harry Cornick. They also got to hang out with manager Nathan Jones, and club legend Mick Harford, who is now Luton’s recruitment officer.

Mat said: “Everyone was incredibly friendly. Mick stood and chatted with us the whole time. Alfie got a new shirt and got it signed by everyone – and we even got to have lunch with the players. I can’t thank the club enough.”

Mat was diagnosed with a malignant melanoma on his leg five years ago and received his terminal diagnosis two weeks ago, after the cancer spread to his lungs, brain and liver reports the Daily Mirror. He said: “It hit us pretty hard but after coming to terms with it – if you ever come to terms with it – we thought, ‘Right, OK, let’s plan for this. Let’s enjoy the time we have left as a family’.

“I am not going to mope about because of it – I am determined to enjoy the time I have left. Everyone keeps saying they can’t believe how upbeat I am, but I am not going to sit around crying because that will waste all the time I have.”

Earlier this week, when he was “bored” in hospital, Mat tweeted about today’s game. He wrote: “I can’t

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