The Premier League's first black referee, Uriah Rennie, has opened up on his battle to walk again after being diagnosed with a rare condition that left him paralysed from the waist down.
Rennie, 65, refereed over 300 top flight matches between 1997 and 2008, and was once branded the 'fittest' official in world football.
But his world was turned upside down last year while on holiday in Turkey after he started feeling severe pain in his back.
Rennie was subsequently told by doctors that he had an inoperable neurological condition, and he has revealed how he is now wheelchair-bound after spending several months in hospital.