West Ham captain Mark Noble surprised a former soldier with a pair of signed football boots.
A group of Afghan veterans were on a visit to the club's Chadwell Heath training ground when they bumped in to skipper Noble.
The midfielder was heading home but stopped by for a chat with the group from Blesma, the limbless veterans charity.
And for one lucky member of the group, it was a day to remember as Noble handed over a pair of signed boots.
Matty Wollard, a lifelong Hammer , lost his right leg while on his first tour with the Royal Anglian Regiment in Afghanistan.
Noble is set to be back in action when West Ham face Hull on Saturday.
The midfielder missed the defeat to Leicester but Slaven Bilic has confirmed he is fit.
"Mark is back in training and he came back on Monday," Bilic said.
"He's training so he should be in the squad. He's been out for a couple of weeks because of the injury he had in a couple of games against Chelsea and Bournemouth, but he's back."
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