A CHERRIES fan has spoken of his joy at seeing his first game since he learned he had cancer six months ago.

Daniel Hall was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia in October last year and has since been treated at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital and Southampton General Hospital, but after a long struggle his cancer is now in remission.

And on Saturday the 26-year-old, who was visited in hospital by AFC Bournemouth captain Tommy Elphick and player Marc Pugh, felt well enough to attend his first game for months at the Goldsands Stadium, as the team reached a 2-2 draw with Sheffield Wednesday.

"I was very nervous at first, both about just how well they are doing and about how people would react to me," he said.

"But I got a round of applause as I went to my seat, it was quite emotional.

"And it was quite a rollercoaster of a game, any more of that and I think I would have had to go back to hospital for a pacemaker."

Mr Hall, a warehouse worker who lives in Ringwood with his partner Kirsty and two-year-old daughter Madison-Skye, has been a Cherries fan since he was taken to his first game by his friend's father 14 years ago.

Although his cancer is in remission he is still undergoing bone marrow tests and could have to have a transplant if it doesn't completely recede.

"I am in a waiting game at the moment, but I am glad to be out of hospital," he said. "I wasn't able to watch many games on TV during my treatment. It is amazing how far the team has come.

"It just goes to prove that if you keep believing and keep dreaming, as I have been doing with leukaemia, you can achieve something positive. It is hard work but it gets results."

Mr Hall also met the players before the match, and caught up with old friends at the pub where many strangers also wished him well.

He has kept in touch with the players who visited while he was in hospital via Twitter.

"The players have been great, coming to the hospital and keeping in touch. You don't get many clubs like that," he said.