SCREENING sessions for a "deadly ticking time bomb condition" which claims thousands of lives each year have are continuing at Bolton Wanderers.

For the club held a second round of free screenings for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) – a swelling of the aorta, the biggest blood vessel in the body – at the Macron at the weekend.

Male season ticket holders aged 65 and over were invited to be checked over in the home dressing rooms before receiving a tour of the stadium by former Whites players.

About 100 fans signed up to undergo the first lot of five-minute screenings last month, with aneurysms detected in three men and sub-aneurysmal aortas – those likely to swell in future – in a further two.

And another 150 fans were screened on Saturday.

Andrew Dean, the club’s promotions manager, said: “The response has been exceptional."

The idea to hold screening sessions at the club was suggested by former Bolton Wanderers player Ian Seddon who was spurred on after his friend, Stoke City legend Terry Conroy nearly died from the condition.

Mr Conroy had no idea he had been suffering from an AAA until it ruptured in March 2011 and he collapsed in the street.

After being rushed to hospital for emergency life-saving surgery, he lived to tell the tale and was on hand to chat to supporters last month alongside Mr Seddon and fellow Wanderers stars Syd Farrimond, John Thomas, Albert Lord and Stan Walker.

For more information about the screening programme call 0161 291 5716.