BY JAMIE SUMMERS
Adam Stansfield 1978 - 2010 RIP
Some things are more important than football. Tonight, Exeter City released a short statement
confirming the death of striker Adam Stansfield, aged just 31.
Stansfield had been diagnosed with Bowel Cancer in April this year after an abdominal complaint,
and tonight Mr.
EXETER City have decided to retire their No.9 shirt for nine seasons, as a tribute to Adam
Stansfield, who lost his battle with bowel cancer earlier this month.
"Adam wore the number nine shirt with pride and distinction while making it his own during every
one of his 158 appearances for the Grecians," a club spokesman told the Bridgewater Mercury.