Brian Horton has hailed the ‘lifesaving’ League Managers Association (LMA) after announcing his diagnosis with prostate cancer this week.
Horton, who spent 20 months at City between August 1993 and May 1995, took part in an annual health check-up in early April as part of his long-term affiliation with the LMA – and the results flagged up the disease a month later.
The 74-year-old is now encouraging more men to know their risk of prostate cancer, the most common cancer in men, by taking Prostate Cancer UK’s 30 second risk checker.
You can check your risk in the next 30 seconds here: prostatecanceruk.org/riskcheck
Hugely respected Horton has taken charge of well over 1000 matches in a distinguished managerial career, led Hull City, Oxford United, Manchester City, Huddersfield Town, Brighton & Hove Albion, Port Vale and Macclesfield Town, as well as coaching many more clubs. He also played for Vale, Brighton, Luton Town, and Hull before transitioning into player-management when joining the Tigers.
And on the eve of the Premier League clash between two of his former clubs, Manchester City and Brighton, he decided to talk about his diagnosis, including a former England striker who convinced him to go public and the son of a Man City legend who is helping him navigate his treatment.
“Until this happened, I didn’t know anything at all about prostate cancer; I never dreamed this would happen. So I’m hugely grateful and thankful to the LMA for the work they do as they are saving lives,” said Brian, who reserved special praise for Doctor Sally Harris who oversaw the check-up and initially flagged the potential danger of prostate cancer.
“Even now I feel as fit as I anyone. I didn’t feel any different before the LMA check. I wasn’t going to the loo more or anything; there were no symptoms. Probably in our era, you think you are okay, you think you are invincible.”
Check your prostate cancer risk and find out what to do about it. It takes 30 seconds. prostatecanceruk.org/riskcheck
