'Amputees wanting to play sport have doors shut in their face - I kick them down'

Amputee football coach Elaine Oakey was gobsmacked and in tears when comedian Jason Manford surprised her on the pitch with a Pride of Britain award. Jason dropped in on a training session with the England Amputee Football Association Juniors in Nantwich, Cheshire, to deliver the news. Elaine, 53, says: “I can’t believe it. I’m shaking. To win a Pride of Britain award is just amazing. I’m absolutely chuffed to bits.” She will receive her incredibly well-deserved P&O Cruises Inspiration award at the Daily Mirror ’s Pride of Britain Awards in partnership with P&O Cruises, on October 19 at Grosvenor House…