It was a shock to hear that Bryan Robson had undergone surgery for throat cancer. http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Club-News/2011/Mar/Bryan-Robson-statement.aspx
I know he is not the only person to be afflicted by this pernicious disease but as a boyhood hero whose posters I had on my bedroom wall it feels particularly sad from a personal point of view. The prognosis sounds positive but once cancer rears it's ugly head then the spectre of it haunts you for the rest of your life.
   The abiding memory I have is of his goal after 27 seconds against France in the 1982 World Cup http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJio5ZcBLLA although injury blighted the latter part of his career he was able to collect a Premiership medal finally in 1993 before retiring.
   Hopefully the worst of his ordeal is over.