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’I’M SO LUCKY THAT I’VE LEARNT THE HARD WAY’

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The LeaguePaper Team
8 November 2020

By Chris Dunlavy

HARRY’S GAME: Harry Burgoyne in action for Shrewsbury and, inset, celebrating victory for Wolves against Liverpool in the FA Cup in 2017
PICTURES: PA Images

IT’S not much fun being a goalkeeper when Ruben Neves is lining one up from range. Just ask Harry Burgoyne, who spent two years picking the Portuguese Pirlo’s efforts out of the net.
“They always used to practise free-kicks at the end of training,” laughs the 23-year-old, who spent a decade on the books at Wolves before joining Shrewsbury Town in January.
“The rule was you didn&...

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