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The family of an 'inspirational' young man who has died almost a decade after he was seriously injured playing football have paid a moving tribute to him.

Ellis Robinson passed away on Friday, November 28, aged 27. It came nine years after he was left paralysed following a 'freak accident.'

He was playing five-a-side at a sports hall in his hometown of Oldham in 2016, when a seemingly innocuous incident where a fellow player fell on top of him whilst he was sat on the floor, left him with a severe spinal chord injury.

Then aged 17, he underwent emergency surgery, spent weeks in hospital, and almost 18 months at a specialist rehabilitation centre in Southport. One of musical heroes, the rapper Stormzy, came to visit him there. He required round-the-clock care afterwards

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