Late Tackle

BIG IN JAPAN

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The Late Tackle Magazine Team
31 May 2018

JOHN LYONS TALKS TO DIARMUID LINEHAN ABOUT WHAT IT’S LIKE TO PLAY FOOTBALL IN THE FAR EAST…

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GARY Lineker rounded off his career at Nagoya Grampus Eight, but you don’t get many players from these shores playing football in Japan.
Diarmuid Linehan, from Lowestoft but of Irish descent, is breaking the mould. He arrived in Japan for work purposes a little over a year ago, but has also dipped his feet into Japanese Non-League football, playing for SRC Hiroshima.
It’s been a great experience for the 24- year-old, who previously played for Lowestoft Town for tw...

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