Death of Gary Ablett

LONDON: Gary Ablett, the only player to win the FA Cup with both Liverpool and Everton, has died. He was 46.

The former defender died on Sunday night after a 16-month fight against non-hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of blood cancer, it was announced yesterday.

“There was also a steely determination about Gary,” said Paul Walsh, who played alongside Ablett at Liverpool. “You don’t get in the Liverpool team and come through the ranks at Liverpool and play 100 times for them if you haven’t got that little bit of steel.”