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‘SCHOOLING WITH STONES HELPED ME REACH THE TOP’

‘SCHOOLING WITH

BRIGHT SPARK STUART PEARCE LOOKS BACK AT HIS NON-LEAGUE DAYS

By JOHN LYONS

SWITCHED ON: Stuart Pearce doing some electrical work in his Nottingham Forest days and, inset, advertising his services in the Forest matchday programme
PICTURE: PA Images

FIRST STEPS: Stuart Pearce on his debut for Wealdstone at Dorchester in March 1979
PICTURE: Bob DuGard

WHETHER it was penalty heartbreak at Italia ‘90, redemption against Spain in Euro ‘96 or getting stuck in for Nottingham Forest, many of us will have memories of Stuart Pearce’s playing days.
But it’s easy to o...

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