Police team show support for Wolves goalkeeper Carl Ikeme
West Midlands Police officers have publicly offered their support to Wolves goalkeeper Carl Ikeme following his leukaemia diagnosis.
Members of the Wolverhampton city centre policing team donned their football shirts and had a photograph taken in front of a police van.
The picture - in which they hold a banner with a picture of the stopper and the word '1keme' - was posted on the team's Twitter account.
PC Dave Langford, from the city centre team, said: "We have all got links to Molineux as we all work in the city centre.
"It was a show of support from our team and we are hoping he pulls through and everything is fine.
"Carl has actually thanked our officers for the show of support."
Ikeme's diagnosis was made public in July since when he has received support from far and wide.
This week Wednesfield FC unveiled a stand named after the goalkeeper at its Cottage Ground.
The stand was unveiled ahead of Wednesfield’s match with Wolverhampton United in the Ron Brown Memorial Cup on Wednesday.
In a social media statement, the club said it had been looking to sell naming rights to the stand to raise cash but chiefs decided support for the 31-year-old keeper was more important.
Matt Murray and Phil Parkes are among Ikeme's predecessors and colleagues who have backed him to fight leukaemia.
