The mystery man bailed out the grateful lads after their motor conked out because the wrong fuel had been accidentally put into it.
And the man in question suggested that he had been prompted into the act of generosity by the recent news that his wife's life had been saved by major surgery.

As the engine of Mark Morgan's car began to splutter, there was a horrible dawning that he had just put unleaded fuel in his diesel Citroen Picasso.

The Ashton 21-year-old and pals Mark Oakes, Liam Oakes and Alan Fletcher had been playing football at the Soccer Dome at Robin Park, one evening and he bought a small amount of fuel at the nearby BP garage on Scot Lane.
But as the vehicle headed towards Wigan, it became obvious what he had just done.

With hardly any cash left, they decided to head to Wigan Tesco's where there is a 24-hour petrol station, but on arriving they discovered the kiosk was shut and the self-service pumps were only taking cards – of which they had none. In stepped the fellow motorist who was also filling up.

Mark Morgan, said: "We got all our money together and asked this guy if we could get some diesel on his card up to the £17 we had got together. He agreed and then kept on filling once past the £17 mark until he had put about £25 in.

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