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Tilehurst teenager meets Man U stars





Joshua Ison, aged 16, had his wish granted by the Starlight Children's Foundation, a charity which grants wishes for children with serious and terminal illness.
Despite being diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a life-shortening muscle-wasting disease, when he was three-years-old, Josh plays for Reading Powerchair Football Club and lives for football.
When he isn't making the most of his Reading FC season ticket, Josh loves watching his favourite team, Manchester United.
Josh wrote to Starlight saying: "I would really like to meet the Man U players as I have seen them on TV so many times and wished I could meet them."
Starlight then contacted Manchester United who organised a dream day for fans on February 26.
Josh and his father Lee went to the club's training ground in Carrington where they got to see a first team training session and were also entertained by mascot, Fred the Red.
Then came the moment Josh had been waiting for when he met the players and received a signed shirt and goody bag.
Josh's mother, Laura, said : "This wish is what Josh has asked for and I know that meeting the Man U players would mean a lot to him.
"It would be a memory he would treasure."



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