WHEN Amy Carr collapsed in her bedroom at the sight of a spider, doctors assumed it was down to a simple phobia.

But when the then 15-year-old - now ex-England Football star - from Hemel Hempstead suffered two more blackouts at the gym, further tests revealed a devastating truth.

Scans taken in 2013 revealed a grade four, golf ball-sized astrocytoma, an aggressive brain tumour.

The teen then underwent a cutting-edge surgery, which involved her being awake while doctors cut into her brain.

She was also then given radiotherapy and chemotherapy and given a 95 per cent chance of survival.

The operation left her unable to walk or talk for eight days, and when her speech returned it was bizarrely in GCSE-level French before switching back to English.

After treatment, Amy was told she was c

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