Wolves favourites Matt Murray and Wayne Hennessey celebrate Scott's recovery

Scott Borley, aged 11, was left in complete shock when the pair visited his school in Wednesbury.

The special assembly had been organised in secret by teachers at Tameside Primary School, in Price Road, to celebrate Scott's full recovery.

It was a return visit for Matt and Wayne, who went to meet him at the school two years ago when it was discovered that doctors had found a 100 per cent bone marrow match with a donor in Germany.

Former goalkeeper Matt Murray said: "When we first met him he was very ill and you could tell he had been through a lot. It's nice to see a smile on his face. I think this news is the best Christmas present he and his family can have."

Wolves goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey added: "It's great to see him again looking so much better."

The two goalkeepers presented him with a pair of signed Wayne Hennessey match-worn gloves, a Wolves shirt, tickets in the directors' box and a team tie for his dad – who supports West Bromwich Albion

The young football fanatic was first diagnosed with life threatening Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma three years ago and had chemotherapy to reduce a tumour pressing down on his throat.

His dad and full time carer Stephen Borley said: "He started coughing and at first I thought he was just trying to avoid going to school, but we went to the doctors and he was diagnosed with the condition and began treatment straight away.

"You don't realise how difficult it is until it happens to you."

A year later it looked like he was beating the lymphoma, but doctors discovered he also had Leukaemia and began the desperate search for a bone marrow donor.

Since then he has undergone the transfusion and hundreds of treatments, which he has recorded with beads, each representing a different procedure. He has now been told he is in remission and is unlikely to get the condition again.

"We didn't think this day would ever come," said 56-year-old Mr Borley, from Durham Road, Wednesbury.