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THE ‘BALLER TURNED BIKER

y fitness project is to turn myself from a footballer into a cyclist. From the age of 21 until I hung up my boots last May, I was a professional goalkeeper. In fact, I had two full-time jobs: I managed to balance football around my oil refinery job, working shifts – two 12-hour days, two 12-hour nights, then six days off. I ended up being third-choice ‘keeper for most of my career, but that suited

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