Grant Leadbitter: Sunderland midfielder helps Black Cats to Wembley just a day after his mother’s death
Grant Leadbitter helped Sunderland reach this season’s League One play-off final just one day after his mother died. The 33-year-old midfielder played the full 90 minutes of the Black Cats’ 0-0 semi-final second leg draw with Portsmouth on Thursday evening after his mother, Susan, lost her battle with cancer on Wednesday. Leadbitter started and completed…