Friends of a Bradford father who died after suffering an epileptic fit are holding a charity football match in his memory to raise money for his son.

Andrew Thompson was just 32 when he died at his home in Fairweather Green on March 30 after a fit.

Now his friends, family and colleagues have organised a football game in his honour tomorrow night to raise cash for a trust fund for his two-year-old son Harvey.

The lifelong football fanatic had been diagnosed with Epilepsy when he was eight years old. But his widow Gail said the condition had never affected his life and his death was a complete shock.

On Friday his friends will remember Andrew with a football match between a side from his former work-place Field Packaging in Hollingwood Lane, and one of his former teams Fairweather Green.

Gail told the Telegraph & Argus the game was the perfect tribute for her husband.

She said: "I think what they are doing is really good. He would have loved it, he had been playing football since he was eight years old.

"I am sure there will be lots of people there, we had 500 people for the funeral."

Friends and family have already raised more than £900 for the Epilepsy Foundation in Andrew's memory and hundreds of pounds for a trust fund for Harvey, who will celebrate his third birthday in June.

Gail, of St John's Crescent, Bradford said: "He was a fabulous father and a lively and bubbly person.

"He had not had a fit for years, so his death was completely out of the blue."

The match takes place tomorrow at 7pm at the Field Sports and Social Club off Hollingwood Lane, in Horton Bank.

After the game there will be a pie and pea supper and raffle to raise money for the trust fund.

Andrew's friend and work colleague Martin Vickers, who helped to organise the match, said: "He loved his football and obviously he loved his son most of all, he really doted on Harvey.

"The match is for Harvey and for raising money for Epilepsy but it is also another way for everyone to remember Andrew.

"I don't think anyone will ever forget him because he was such a character and such a livewire."

His friends plan to make the match an annual event.