World Cup story showed England stars’ class with reporter’s mum who has dementia

Raheem Sterling and Kieran Trippier showed their class by showing their faces on a Zoom call from a reporter to her parents back home, who both have dementia.

The Chelsea forward and Newcastle defender spotted Carrie Brown speaking to her mum and dad following England's win over Iran, coming over to say hello to the shock of care home staff.

Brown, who has followed the England national side at previous World Cup tournaments and European Championship showpieces and again in 2022, has recounted her heart-warming story.

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Speaking on beIN SPORTS, she said: "I've got a sweet personal moment that will really stick with me. I think people ask me about the special relationship this team have and how they are a real family.

"My parents have dementia and there is only one hour in a day where I can really get them on a Zoom call because the care home can only have the time to get that with them when they are quite with it.

"For the first seven days I hadn't managed it and I made a mental note that after the Iran game that might be quite a good time after the flash zone was done.

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I saw one of the coaching staff John McDermott doing the same thing with his family when everything is done and all the players had gone.

"But my mum at the moment with dementia doesn't believe I'm in Qatar, she thinks I'm making it up and I should go and visit her, so the nurses said: 'Carrie, you're going to have to try and convince her, can you show her anything written with Qatar?'.

"So I showed her the pitch and the England dugout and she still wasn't convinced and so I took her into the flash area where we interview them and I showed her the sign for Qatar and I just looked over my shoulder and some of the players were down in the tunnel.

"It was really dark but I said: 'you can probably see there's some players' and Raheem Sterling came to look in my screen to see who it was and waved and when he realised it was my mum and dad in a care home he got Kieran Trippier over and they waved and they engaged.

"My dad doesn't have words and my mum didn't know what to think, but you know who it meant the world to, the nurses and the doctors who have got so many people through Covid.

"They'll never forget the day that Raheem and Kieran spent some time with their care home and that will stay with me longer than I think any goal in this tournament."

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