A fundraising night held in memory of a Bootle man who died suddenly while playing football raised £600. 

Gary Burke, 24, from Fernhill Road, was born with a heat defect that could have killed him at any time. 

He died in January while playing five-a-side with friends at St Wilfrid’s High School in Litherland. 

His family presented a cheque to the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) after the fundraiser at The Stanley Social Club.