Former Liverpool player Stephen Darby is living with motor neurone disease and his wife, former Lionesses captain Steph Houghton, has revealed that they still hope to become parents
Former England Women’s captain Steph Houghton has shared a heartbreaking update on her husband Stephen Darby’s battle with motor neurone disease. Ex-Liverpool player Darby was forced to retire from football in September 2018 after being diagnosed with the rare illness.
Darby, 36, had been married to Houghton for just three months when he was told the devastating news after experiencing symptoms of weakness in his arms. The debilitating disease has affected his brain and nervous system for six-and-a-half years, with his condition worsening in recent months.
Currently, there’s no cure for MND but there are treatments available that help to reduce the impacts on a person’s daily life. The MND Association say that the illness affects up to 5,000 adults in the UK at any time.
“We are so desperate for that cure, we are so desperate for money to be put into research to allow families to have that little bit of hope,” Houghton said.
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