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’RISKY LIFE AS A TRADER HAS SET ME UP TO BE THE BOSS’

BIG INTERVIEW: MICHAEL JOLLEY
By Chris Dunlavy

MICHAEL Jolley was 16 when Barnsley pulled the plug on his dreams of playing professional football.
“I was a decent young player,” says the 40-year-old. “I’d played for Sheffield Schoolboys, alongside good players like Kevin Davies and Jack Lester.
“And I got a way down the track with Barnsley. But once it came to handing out contracts, they said that, physically, I wasn’t quite up to scratch.
“Obviously, it was devastating. I could have done the rounds and tried elsewhere. But I sat down with my fat...

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