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Ipswich Town Football Club: Ipswich Town Football Club has announced that legendary former player and manager George Burley is currently undergoing treatment for cancer.

“After feeling unwell earlier this year, I have recently received a diagnosis and I am taking positive action to fight the disease. It has been a difficult time, but I am feeling much brighter now. In fact, I am able to get to matches at Portman Road and I am enjoying watching the team playing back in the Premier League,” said George to Ipswich’s media team.

The man who was involved in more matches – 500 as a player and 413 as manager – than anybody else in the club’s history, continued: “We are grateful to the Club for the support they have shown me and my family and I would ask that everyone is respectful of our privacy at this time."