Referee: 'Football bash on the head saved my life'

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An amateur referee from Sheffield discovered a brain tumour the size of his fist, after being hit on the head by a football during a game. Melvyn Scarborough aged 55 had been suffering from chronic tiredness and a lack of balance - which his doctors put down to feeling depressed. But after agreeing to referee a friendly, he was knocked out by a stray ball and sent to hospital where a CT scan revealed the tumour. Melvyn said: "They must have thought they'd killed the referee because when I fell down I smashed all my teeth at the bottom." Melvyn hopes to return as a referee in the future. This clip is originally from 5 live Daily on Wednesday 14 October 2015.