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AFTER 20 YEARS, I STILL HAVE TO PINCH MYSELF

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
12 April 2020

GOAL ACE NATHAN TYSON IS ROLLING BACK THE YEARS

BY JOHN LYONS

STILL GOT IT! Nathan Tyson celebrates his hat-trick against Ebbsfleet for Chesterfield and inset, top left, scoring for England U20s against Germany
PICTURE: Tina Jenner

IT WAS 20 years ago this month that Nathan Tyson made his professional debut for home-town club Reading – though it didn’t turn out the way he dreamt it.
Introduced with ten minutes left as a replacement for Darius Henderson, the rookie striker’s mistake allowed hosts Bury to rescue a point in a 1-1 draw.
“I had just signed a prof...

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