National League North

YOU CAN PUT YOUR SHIRT ON DETERMINED JJ

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
17 May 2020

NATIONAL LEAGUE NORTH
Hungry Heed ace seizes his second chance

TOP HATTER: JJ O’Donnell in action in his Luton Town days
PICTURE: PA Images

JJ O’DONNELL has fitted a fair bit into his decade- long football career - he’s even had a spell as a kitman!
An FA Cup giant-killer with Luton Town, the talented left-sider looked set to fulfil his Football League dream until a freak foot injury came within a whisker of ending his promising career at the age of just 22.
Determined to stay in the game, O’Donnell put his two-and-a-half year spell on the sidelines to good use as...

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