Marcus Rashford has revealed how his fight to help end child food poverty provided him with respite amid his injury trauma.
The Manchester United striker received an MBE in the Queen's birthday honours for the relentless campaign he launched to feed underprivileged children, a campaign that was so successful it forced the Prime Minister into a U-turn to provide free school meals for 1.3million kids in the summer.
Some campaigners in the past, particularly from the north, have turned down recognition from Buckingham Palace, but Rashford insists it never crossed his mind to reject his gong.