‘After a footballing career, players have 50 years of leftover life to kill’

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West Ham’s Mark Noble in a match against Manchester United in March
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1. A long retirement is the price footballers pay. Is 15 years of glory worth 50 years of emptiness?

Hunter Davies in the New Statesman

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