A season ticket holder for our Women’s team, she was in an intensive care unit following surgery on a brain haemorrhage when City beat Arsenal in the League Cup semi-finals.
Such is her love for the Club, Lindsey watched the game on an iPad with one of her nurses, as Mary Fowler’s last-gasp strike saw the Blues win 2-1.
“I made this poor nurse watch it on an iPad and she was like: ‘please don’t be getting excited, you’re not supposed to get your blood pressure up’,” she reflects with a smile.
“A fun fact now is that I apparently have £25,000 worth of platinum in my head.”
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Lindsey looks back on a traumatic time in her life with an incredible sense of positivity, but she still admits that the experience was one filled with fear around each operation’s outcome.
The first of two surgeries took place in January, with Lindsey then having a stroke.
She reflected that thoughts of waking up as a different person, or not waking up at all, were in the back of her mind, but that City provided her with a comfort and purpose in such trying circumstances.
“You could be left with problems with speech, walking, height, sight.
“When I was sat recovering from the stroke waiting to have another surgery, I thought I’ll wear one of my City shirts every day.
“As silly as that is, it gave me something to think about while I was waiting for this surgery.”
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Thankfully, Lindsey is on the mend and was even able to attend the League Cup final in March.
The fact that she was able to cheer on her beloved City just weeks after surgery shows what the Club means to her.
“City’s been part of my life for so long,” Lindsey adds.
“Football brings together a really diverse group of people, and there’s a really diverse group at City.
“We have a massive fanbase who are people I might not have ever met or spoke to. Everyone’s tied together by their love of football.”
