 The boys are four of only 100 people diagnosed with XLP |
Football fans are being asked to help four brothers with a rare disease who need life-saving transplants. Joshua, 12, Nathan, 10, Daniel, eight, and Luke Hartley, four, suffer from X-linked lymphoproliferative disease (XLP), which attacks the immune system.
A full bone marrow transplant would give the boys, from Romsey in Hampshire, normal life expectancy.
The family is making an appeal for donors on the big screen at the Southampton home game on Saturday.
More than 500 people have already given blood samples in the search for suitable bone marrow donors.
A worldwide search by the Anthony Nolan Trust, which maintains a register of bone marrow donors, has, so far, proved unsuccessful.
Anyone who is healthy and aged between 18 and 40 can join the Anthony Nolan Trust register and see if they are a match for the boys.
Those interested in joining the register should call 0901 88 22 234 or visit the trust's website. Calls cost 25p a minute.
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