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‘I FEARED I WAS FINISHED BUT NOW I’M HAVING FUN’

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The LeaguePaper Team
17 November 2019

By Chris Dunlavy

ON A HIGH: Luke Varney celebrates another goal for Cheltenham Town
PICTURE: PSI/ Antony Thompson

BIG INTERVIEW: LUKE VARNEY
LUKE Varney is an easy target for opposition fans these days. “I’ve got a receding hairline and I’m pretty old, so yeah,” laughs the Cheltenham Town striker, “I do get a bit of banter!”
At 37, however, he is just grateful to be getting stick at all. Released by Burton Albion in the summer of 2018, Varney spent four months out of work.
Marooned in front of Soccer Saturday, he increasingly feared the curtain had ...

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