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Coming through the ranks at Mansfield, Munn soon earned a reputation as an all energy
defender, capable of competing with the very best.
However, it was after dipping his toes into Non-League football with Boston United that he
started to pick up on a number of concerning signs.
“I had always been blessed with a good level of fitness, which had been my biggest attribute
as a player” added Munn.
“All of a sudden I was the least fit player at the club. I couldn’t understand it. I was doing extra
sessions but I would wake up the next morning in absolute bits. I would be tearing up and
thinking that I couldn’t carry on with it.
“I spoke with my dad and he was asking me ‘why is it that you can’t do your running anymore?’
He was asking if I was having troubles in my personal life or whether I was getting into alcohol.
“Even my manager started to wonder if I was taking drugs. It was becoming unbearable and
it was at that point that I needed to find out why I was feeling like this”.
As the devastating disease took its hold, Munn was forced to put aside any thoughts of football
and come to terms with the unthinkable prospect of leaving behind his young family.
However, one evening as he sat at home, a speculative search of the internet presented the
former Boston defender with a potential miracle.
He said, “I was just on the computer when a story came up about someone who had had a
stem cell transplant.
“What they do is they blast you with the most amount chemotherapy that you can possibly
have until you are basically at death’s door.
“They then put the stem cells back and hopefully it works. It is hugely risky and there is a very
real chance that you might die during the treatment.
“I kind of said goodbye to people because I thought to myself if it somehow works then great
but I would rather die trying to do something about this than just lying there and letting it kill

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