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Touching video of eight-year-old playing football with his Ireland heroes through Make A Wish foundation

Published 15:03 20 May 2016 BST

Conan Doherty
Touching video of eight-year-old playing football with his Ireland heroes through Make A Wish foundation

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Bobby Simpson has high hopes of being a football legend.

The eight-year-old is living with cystic fibrosis but he is dreaming big. On May 27, Make A Wish and SSE Airtricity are launching a nationwide Jersey Day, to get Irish people up and down the country wearing their favourite sports shirts to work and donate to the Make A Wish cause - so more kids can have the sort of day that Bobby Simpson had. The video below shows some brilliant clips of the young footballer meeting Ireland players Kevin Doyle, Daryl Murphy, and Ciaran Clark and spending the afternoon in Abbotstown, getting the full international experience. Football Simpson was presented with Ireland gear and given tickets for upcoming matches and treated like one of the squad, the same squad he hopes to be playing on one day. football2 On May 27, wear your jersey to work and get more people tasting a bit of their dreams like young Bobby got to. Football3

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Touching video of eight-year-old playing football with his Ireland heroes through Make A Wish foundation