Former Town academy manager Sammy Morgan has thanked well-wishers as he battles cancer.

Morgan, 68, is now back home having recently undergone a six-hour operation on his stomach at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital.

The Northern Irishman, who is based at Gorleston, previously underwent three bouts of chemotherapy and will have three more, but hopes to attend a Town game soon.

“The staff at the hospital, led by Doctor Kumar, have been fantastic with their care and expertise. I couldn’t be in better hands,” he told the club site.

“It’s been a difficult time but my immediate family and close friends have given me great strength to help me get through this period.

“It was a big operation but I’m still standing and now I have three more bouts of chemotherapy to go through in the coming months.

“I’ve kept in touch with what’s being going on at Portman Road and I’m delighted to see the club doing so well this season.

“Mick McCarthy is a good man. Hopefully I can get down there and see a game before the end of the season.

“I’ve got a long way to go yet but the support I have received from not only my family and friends, but people I know in the game, coaches, staff, young players that I have worked with and their parents as well has been so uplifting. I’d like to thank them all.”

Morgan was with Port Vale, Aston Villa, Brighton, Cambridge United, Sparta Rotterdam and Groningen during his playing days and won 18 Northern Ireland caps, scoring three goals.

The Belfast-born striker, who qualified as a teacher after retiring, was the director of Norwich City’s academy prior to moving to Playford Road in 2004, initially as head of education. He was academy manager between 2009 and 2012.

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Millsey added 18:09 - Feb 4 Get well soon Sammy. You used to manage my brother when he played for Gorleston FC.
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blueboy1981 added 21:53 - Feb 4 Very Best Wishes for a full and speedy recovery Sammy - will always be indebted to this man for all the help and advice afforded my son during his early Academy days. A Great Coach, and thoroughly good man.
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wellhungphil added 22:10 - Feb 4 I don't know if you'll read the comments left for you here Sammy, but if so, I wish you all the strength and courage in the world to fight and beat this thing. I'm in Beaumount Hospital in Dublin myself at the moment, I've just had the big toe on my right foot amputated today after they found a benign but destructive tumour there 7 days or so ago. It's been a bizarre week, you go through so many thoughts and ideas, but always the notion that someone is worse off than me kept coming back and telling me not to be too selfish, and so I find myself wishing them all the spiritual strength I can while counting myself lucky that my case could have been so much more serious. They've made good inroads into cancer therapy and chemo treatments lately, so I hope so much that you come through this with gusto and high spirits, and that the love of your family and friends and even the honest goodwill of kindly strangers will help you on your path. Take care, Phil

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MacMan added 09:28 - Feb 5 I used to work in the Norfolk and Norwich hospital as a radiotherapist before moving to NZ. I know Sammy will get excellent care and my very sincere best wishes go out to Sammy, his family and everyone who reads this who has been affected by cancer.
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Razor added 10:52 - Feb 5 Good luck Sammy----you can beat this and hope to see you back at Portman Road before the end of the season----good luck to you Phil in Dublin as well.
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Robert_Garrett added 16:33 - Feb 8 The shiitake (Lentinula edodes) is an edible mushroom native to East Asia, which is cultivated and consumed in many Asian countries. It is considered a medicinal mushroom in some forms of traditional medicine. One or two dried Shiitake in the morning joghurt build sup the body resistance again. Taken regularly it can perform what other medicines have failed. It helped my uncle back on his feet although he's a Canary(!)

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Robert_Garrett added 16:33 - Feb 8 The shiitake (Lentinula edodes) is an edible mushroom native to East Asia, which is cultivated and consumed in many Asian countries. It is considered a medicinal mushroom in some forms of traditional medicine. One or two dried Shiitake in the morning joghurt build sup the body resistance again. Taken regularly it can perform what other medicines have failed. It helped my uncle back on his feet although he's a Canary(!)

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