Non-League Paper

SO STOKED BY A TOP CAREER!

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
29 May 2022

GLORY DAYS: Tony Stokes in action for Canvey Island and, insets, for Concord Rangers, left and boyhood club West Ham, right
PICTURE: Alamy

IT’S nice to wake up to no aches and pains”, Tony Stokes joked fresh from retirement following a fairytale ending to what was an incredible career.
The 35-year-old announced in March that he was to hang up the same boots that found the back of the net on over 150 occasions.
With Hullbridge Sports facing an uphill battle to survive at the time, signing off with a relegation to tarnish the glittering the CV looked to be more than ...

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