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ENGLAND C GET RESOUNDING A FOR ACHIEVMENT

STUART HAMMONDS looks back over a decade of excellence for Paul Fairclough and his Non-League international team

WHEN Stuart Pearce was popular, his swashbuckling style of play at left-back earned him 648 appearances for Coventry City, Nottingham Forest, Newcastle United, West Ham and Manchester City, not to mention 78 caps for England.
It’s the one that got away that still grates with the current England Under-21 manager, however, and that dates back to the 242 games he played for Wealdstone while working as an electrician before a £25,000 move to Highfield Road in 1983 ...

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