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A football fan is appealing for help in a bid to track down an amateur photographer who took the last photo of his dad before he died.

Liverpool supporter Stu Sword was with his father, Billy Sword, when his side played Watford at Anfield last May.

Billy, Stu and his uncle stopped off in the fan area at the back of Stanley Park car park on their way to the ground.

They were stopped by an older man with white/grey hair - who may have been wearing glasses - carrying a professional looking camera.

He told them he was an amateur photographer and asked if they would mind posing for a picture – he’d been taking shots of both sets fans around area.

(Image: Getty Images)

The man wasn’t wearing anything official, so looked like he did it as a hobby, reports the Liverpool Echo.

Billy took ill only a few days later and went into cardiac arrest, not breathing for between 5 and 20 minutes.

The paramedics tried CPR and managed to get him breathing, but in hospital he was unresponsive and six days later, his life-support machine was switched off.

To the family’s total shock he pulled through and woke a few days later, but had suffered severe brain damage.

(Image: Action Images via Reuters / Carl Recine)

He made incredible progress over the following months, even starting to talk, but unfortunately on 13 August, he suffered a massive stroke and didn’t wake up again.

He passed away on 19 August wearing his Liverpool top.

Reds supporters union Spirit of Shankly put out a request on behalf of Stu.

He would love to have a copy of the photograph of him, his dad and uncle, and if anyone has any info about who the snapper might be, please contact secretary@spiritofshankly.com.