Preston fan says sorry after lying about terminal cancer

A woman has apologised to fans of Preston North End after claiming she was suffering from terminal cancer.

Linda Moon from Preston told family and friends she had incurable bowel cancer and that it was her dying wish to see her team play in the League One Play Off final at Wembley. She was given signed shirts and had visits from some of her footballing heroes.

But today she admitted she made it all up.

Our correspondent Elaine Willcox reports:

A woman who lied about having terminal cancer has apologised. Linda Moon, 33, said she had incurable bowel cancer and it was her dying wish to see Preston North End promoted to the Championship. Linda had been given signed shirts and had even had visits from some of her footballing heroes.

Linda has now given an interview to Rock Fm after rumours began to circulate on twitter that her story wasn't all it seemed. It followed the emergence of a text message from her brother which threw the illness into doubt. Linda does however, have a vascular disease which does require treatment.

She said: “It came out as cancer and it all just spiralled out of control and I couldn’t get out of it.” She added: "I've hurt and upset a lot of people, all I can do, sincerely from my heart is apologise."

Linda says she will get help and has already made an appointment, she says she is in contact with the police over concerns for her safety.

Click the link below for the full interview:

Granada Reports first spoke to Linda after the play offs when the Club paid a special visit to her home with Preston's new silverware.

In the interview, Linda spoke about in detail about the cancer, claims which she has now admitted are untrue.

Watch the interview here: