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Alfie’s back in the swing

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
15 October 2023

By Jon Couch

RECOVERY: Alfie Rutherford took just two minutes to find the net after 13 months out of the game
PICTURE: Alamy

LONG-TERM injury victim Alfie Rutherford wasted no time in shaking off 13 months of hell on the sidelines – scoring just TWO MINUTES into his first game back.
The 25-year-old goalscoring ace has been out for the game since tearing his ACL while playing for Dorking Wanderers in a 5-0 home drubbing by Wrexham last September.
But after a lengthy rehabilitation process which including undergoing a knee operation and even open heart surgery, Rutherford made a welcome r...

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