{"id":413926,"date":"2025-09-10T19:36:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T19:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/413926\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T19:36:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T19:36:14","slug":"ex-rangers-star-reveals-hes-battling-prostate-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/413926\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Rangers star reveals he&#8217;s battling prostate cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Graham Roberts\u00a0was a\u00a0commanding defender whose leadership on the pitch earned him recognition as one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/sport\/rangers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rangers<\/a>\u2019 finest during his time at the club.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He&#8217;s now said he&#8217;s undergoing treatment for prostate cancer in a heartfelt post on social media.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/sport\/25359102.glasgow-show-celebrating-rangers-nine-in-a-row-30th-anniversary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glasgow show celebrating Rangers nine-in-a-row 30th anniversary\u00a0<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/news\/25455414.struck-chord-rangers-fans-raise-358k-homelessness-charities\/?ref=ial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cStruck a chord\u201d: Rangers fans raise \u00a3358k for homelessness charities<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/news\/25454222.boozer-launches-line-rangers-themed-labubu-dolls\/?ref=ial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boozer launches own line of Rangers-themed Labubu dolls<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He wrote on X: &#8220;I&#8217;m undergoing radiotherapy treatment and brachytherapy for prostate cancer and would love to raise money for this charity.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;This October my daughter is walking 5km each day and I am going to try and do as much as i can as well. Please donate to this.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Roberts, 66, spent two seasons with Rangers between 1986 and 1988, scoring three goals in 69 appearances to help <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/topics\/graeme-souness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Graeme Souness<\/a>&#8216; side to win both the league title and a Scottish League Cup.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He came to Ibrox following a successful six-year spell at Tottenham, where he won two FA Cups and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/topics\/uefa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UEFA<\/a> Cup in 1984.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  On the Prostate Cancer site, Hollie wrote: &#8220;My dad Graham Roberts is currently undergoing radiotherapy treatment and brachytherapy for prostate cancer.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Prostate cancer kills one man every 45 minutes \u2013 that&#8217;s half a football match.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;But it doesn\u2019t have to be this way.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;This October, I\u2019m joining Prostate United by walking, 5km every day with my fellow football fans to help save men\u2019s lives.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Dad is also going to try and walk each week as well after his treatment.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Sponsor me to help fund lifesaving research for men and their families affected by this disease.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Thank you.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  You can read more about their challenge <a href=\"https:\/\/prostateunited.prostatecanceruk.org\/fundraising\/hollies-fundraising-page58?utm_medium=FR&amp;utm_source=dssb-TW&amp;utm_content=MPC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Graham Roberts\u00a0was a\u00a0commanding defender whose leadership on the pitch earned him recognition as one of Rangers\u2019 finest during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-413926","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115181688105717626","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}