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ALEX IS SO HOT ON NEW CAREER

By Alan Peacock

FIRING: Alex Nicholls

FORMER Walsall forward Alex Nicholls insists he has never been happier after swapping football for firefighting.
After nine clubs, 66 goals and 429 appearances, the 33-year-old is relishing the real world.
“I look at people talking about football on the TV, listen to players doing interviews and I kind of pity them a little bit,” said the former Northampton, Exeter, Crewe and Burton player.
“They are caught up in it. I feel like my eyes have been opened and it’s nice. It’s something you only realise when you lea...

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