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POSITIVE FRASER LOOKS TO FUTURE AFTER CAREER OF HIGHS AND LOWS

POSITIVE FRASER

By MATT BADCOCK

PROUD MOMENT: Fraser Franks captains England C in 2014
PICTURE: Pinnacle

FRASER FRANKS didn’t know it at the time but his goal that set Newport County on their way to a 4-1 win over Notts County last February would come in his last game of football.
Within ten days, the former AFC Wimbledon, Welling, Luton, Stevenage and England C defender would be told by doctors he had to retire aged just 28 because of a heart condition. He was devastated.
Franks had just captained Newport to a famous FA Cup third round win against Leicester.
A rolled ankle in the next game kep...

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