Children on hospital ward left with ‘big smiles’ after Easter egg surprise

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Children on a hospital ward were left with “big smiles” after they were surprised with Easter eggs by players of a football team who have jokingly been referred to as “the other Wrexham”. On Saturday, five players from the men’s side at FC United of Wrexham – Hugo Matthews, Taylor Edwards, Kiyan Roger, Harvey Frost and Kyrun Ruscoe – alongside their 36-year-old Wrexham-born manager Andrew Ruscoe, distributed Easter eggs to patients and staff on the children’s ward at Wrexham Maelor Hospital, to spread some “Easter joy”. “All the nurses and children were really appreciative – one of the nurses turned around and said we have put a smile on children’s faces today, which is incredible.” Mr Ruscoe said that he was also compelled to distribute eggs to this particular hospital because it had helped his son Caelan-Jac, who is six months old, and daughter Anaya-Jasmin, four, over the years when they have been “poorly”. “The sponsor is very community minded and when we organised to go down to the hospital, they were onboard and said, ‘let’s put some joy on people’s faces’,” Mr Ruscoe added.