Good luck to the lad, decent midfielder. Anyone who that has lived through that diagnosis at a young age deserves all the luck they can get in life.
Very interesting that his mind wasn't on our big play off match to be sneaking out to meet another manager, to leave us. We had this thread on the BBS at the time...... http://barnsleyfc.org.uk/threads/mcphail-gone.31757/ Was it Mcphail the players on the coach home were singing for the board to sign him up? Bet they felt betrayed when they realise he had already decided his decision.
Who cares now? Pretty much every footballer is the same. That's not really what the story is about, although you are right to flag up what i read as well.
Shame he legged it out the hotel room the night before the biggest game of our season to effectively sign for another club.