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me, which it was.
“That was about seven months ago and to have come out of the other side is incredible. Just
thinking about it brings a tear to my eye”.
Having left hospital just before the turn of the year, Munn has undergone a truly remarkable return
to strength and after battling against all the odds, he made an extraordinary return to football
this pre-season with East Midland Counties
League side Borrowash Victoria.
“I simply can’t describe what I was feeling
when I stepped back onto the pitch” said the
inspirational defender.
“I managed to play for 80 minutes in the f ir s t
game, my whole family was there and when
I came off my mum was crying, that nearly got
me going but I just about managed to hold it
together.
“To have been in a position where just a short
time ago my next step was Travis Munn with staff at the London Royal death, I have learned
to cherish every single Free Hospital where he had his treatment. moment that I get.
So, as we all attend another round of tantalising
fixtures this week, win, lose or draw, let’s just be thankful for all that life has to offer.
It’s A Funny Old Game - Some Funny Football Quotes
Bill Shankly; “Of course I didn’t take my wife to see Rochdale as an anniversary present. It
was her birthday. Would I have got married during the football season? And anyway it wasn’t
Rochdale it was Rochdale Reserves.”
Bobby Charlton (on becoming a Manchester United director; “When I came to
Manchester as a 15 year old from the North East, I didn’t know what a director was or what
he did. My dad would have explained it as someone who didn’t work.”
Mrs Margaret Thatcher MP, (at the FA Cup final 1978); “I thought the No. 10, Whymark,
played exceptionally well.” (Whymark, listed in the programme didn’t play.)
Ian Botham (England Cricketer, on turning out for Scunthorpe Reserves); “There is
more to life than cricket.”
Colin West (ex Sunderland forward of the 1980s); “We went into the dressing room
after training to find a notice informing us that because of economy cuts we were no longer
to have a bath.”
Terry Venables (on life with Barcelona); The main thing I miss about London? The
sausages.

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