Non-League Paper

MOVING A MOUNTAIN

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
11 February 2018

By Matt Badcock
JOHN FARNWORTH used to stay behind after Garforth Town training sessions to practice his skills – now the professional freestyler is attempting to juggle a football as far up Mount Everest as he can!
The 32-year-old is taking on the daunting keepy-uppy challenge to raise money for Alzheimer’s Society in memory of his grandad, who passed away last year with vascular dementia.
To train for the epic feat, the CBBC presenter and former freestyle world champion has been practising on Snowdon and even in altitude chambers to replicate the stress his body will have to e...

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