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‘THE PAST IS GONE. I’M SO EXCITED TO BE BACK’

BIG INTERVIEW: STEPHEN IRELAND

By Chris Dunlavy

playing for Aston Villa and Stoke

LOOKING BACK: Stephen Ireland in his Manchester City days

FRESH START: Ireland is eager to get stuck in at Bolton
PICTURE: PA Images

STEPHEN Ireland can pinpoint the exact moment his career hit the skids. August 17, 2010. The day he joined Aston Villa.
“I’d basically been forced into it,” explains the 32-yearold, who this week signed for Bolton after eight years of dwindling fortunes and six months without a club.
“City wanted to sign James Milner and they wanted me to go th...

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