Northern Premier League

HERO DOC DAVE SAVES THE DAY

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
30 August 2020

By Alex Thrower
ARLESEY Town keeper Dave Jones has been lauded as a ‘hero’ after saving an opposition player’s life last Sunday - and he’s even got a new nickname!
The shot-stopper works as a doctor in his day job and was able to perform CPR on a 49-year-old man playing for Sheffield Veterans against Arlesey’s Sunday league outfit.
Jones has been thanked for saving the man’s life while his teammates accessed the defibrillator on site.
Manager Nino Nieli told The NLP: “We were just coming up to half-time when one of their lads fell on the floor. It w...

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