Manchester United ace Ella Toone pays tribute to late father and reflects on grieving his passing
Manchester United ace Ella Toone pays tribute to late father and reflects on grieving his passing
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ELLA TOONE has opened up on her grief following the death of her father Nick who passed away in September last year. The Manchester United midfielder, 25, paid an emotional tribute to her dad in a candid piece written for the Players Tribune. Nick Toone had been a huge influence on the Women’s Super League ace on and off the pitch.
![[Ella Toone of Manchester United warming up during a soccer match.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dca2b854-cbad-4adb-8c3a-bbac7f40e6d2.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
He was diagnosed with prostate cancer the day after watching the Lioness star score in the 2022 Euros final with England defeating Germany 2-1 at Wembley. And Toone wrote of her Dad informing her in May last year that the cancer had returned. This was soon after the midfielder helped Man United make history scoring her team’s 4-0 triumph over Tottenham in their first Women’s FA Cup final appearance.
![[Ella Toone of Manchester United celebrating a goal.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/manchester-uniteds-ella-toone-manchester-967320745.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Last September her father passed away three days before his 60th birthday. Toone wrote: "We win the FA Cup, last May. Dad texted after the game. "When I went to the house, everyone sat down in the living room, and Dad said, 'I’m doing some tests. And I’m not well.'.
![[Ella Toone of Manchester United running with the soccer ball during a match.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/jayde-chamberlain-spp-jayde-chamberlain-966927704.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
"I just remember thinking: 'Tests? What tests? What?. "It’s come back. I’ve got cancer.”. “I said, 'What do you mean it’s come back?'. "And he said the day after we won the Euros, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. "He’d fought it for a whole year without telling us, and it had gone. And then it came back.
![[Manchester United coach Marc Skinner speaking with Ella Toone.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/jayde-chamberlain-spp-jayde-chamberlain-966927561.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
