{"id":98115,"date":"2023-08-26T18:31:56","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T18:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=98115"},"modified":"2023-08-26T18:31:56","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T18:31:56","slug":"tragedy-as-female-footballer-dies-suddenly-aged-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/world-news\/tragedy-as-female-footballer-dies-suddenly-aged-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Tragedy as female footballer dies &apos;suddenly&apos; aged 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Tragedy as female footballer dies &#8216;suddenly&#8217; aged 27: Bury Football Club pays tribute to &#8216;lovely&#8217; player who &#8216;always had a smile on her face&#8217;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bury AFC have paid tribute to football player Emily Wilcock following her death<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The football club said the &#8216;lovely&#8217; 27-year-old &#8216;always had a smile on her face&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bury Football Club have paid tribute to a &#8216;lovely&#8217; player who &#8216;always had a smile on her face&#8217; following her sudden death at 27 years old.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Emily Wilcock, 27, died &#8216;suddenly,&#8217; having previously been a committed member of Bury Football Club&#8217;s recreational teams, the club said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The club paid condolences to Ms Wilcock&#8217;s boyfriend, friends, and family, and said her passing will be now marked in Bury AFC&#8217;s upcoming match against Cheadle Town.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ms Wilcock was described as a &#8216;committed&#8217; footballer, who would be &#8216;sorely missed,&#8217; as Bury AFC noted her death was also marked during a match last night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The female footballer had a &#8216;great personality&#8217; and &#8216;always had a big smile on her face,&#8217; the club added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/24\/20\/74696675-12442795-image-a-9_1692905548565.jpg\" height=\"625\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Bury AFC have paid tribute to football player Emily Wilcock, 27, after she died &#8216;suddenly<\/p>\n<p>The club said she &#8216;barely missed a training session&#8217; and was a &#8216;very proud and committed&#8217; member of her team, the &#8216;Greens&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Her passing was marked at the Bury AFC last night, and will be marked again at Bury FC&#8217;s match against Cheadle Town at Gigg Lane on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>In full, the statement posted on the club&#8217;s website said: &#8216;Bury Football Club is extremely saddened to share the passing of Emily Wilcock, aged 27.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Emily joined to play within the recreational setup two and a half years ago and was a very proud and committed member of the setup, barely missing a training session, taking part in extra summer sessions and attending social events with the squad.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;A member of the &#8216;Greens&#8217;, one of a number of our teams competing in the local recreational leagues, who won League 2 of the Greater Manchester Women&#8217;s Flexi League in 2022-23 and was part of the club trip to Barcelona in 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/24\/20\/74696673-12442795-image-a-10_1692905553036.jpg\" height=\"470\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Emily Wilcock joined Bury AFC&#8217;s recreational team, the Greens, two-and-a-half years ago<\/p>\n<p>Ms Wilcock grabbed her first goal of the season in the last game of the season, and was selected as Manager&#8217;s Player of the Season in 2021-22.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Everyone who knew Emily will know she was such a lovely person with a great personality and always had a big smile on her face. She will be solely missed for all of these reasons.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Emily&#8217;s passing will be marked at both our Women&#8217;s game this evening and at Gigg Lane on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;As a club, we wish to pass on our thoughts and condolences to Emily&#8217;s family, boyfriend, friends and all of her club teammates as they come to terms with this extremely sad news.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12442795\/Tragedy-female-footballer-dies-suddenly-aged-27-Bury-Football-Club-pays-tribute-lovely-player-smile-face.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tragedy as female footballer dies &#8216;suddenly&#8217; aged 27: Bury Football Club pays tribute to &#8216;lovely&#8217; player who &#8216;always had a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98114,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tragedy as female footballer dies &amp;apos;suddenly&amp;apos; 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