Former Norwich City pair Lappin and Holt not at King’s Lynn for ‘easy ride’

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By Jon Couch
SIMON LAPPIN insists he and fellow former Premier League ace Grant Holt have not joined King’s Lynn Town for an easy ride as they see out the twilight years of their career.
The Evo-Stik Southern Premier high-fliers stunned Non-League yesterday by unveiled the two former Norwich City aces in a sensational double swoop yesterday.
And The Walks boss Ian Culverhouse, himself a former Canaries favourite, could be ready to hand them their debuts against Hitchin Town tonight (Tuesday).
Holt, 36, netted 15 league goals in his debut season in the Premier League in 2011 and was tipped by some for a place in England’s Euro 2012 squad.

Since starting his career in Non-League with Workington, Holt has scored over 200 Football League goals for the likes of Nottingham Forest, Shrewsbury Town and Rochdale before returning to the latter on loan from Wigan Athletic in 2016.
Lappin, a former Scotland Under-21, spent six years at Norwich after starting out with Scottish club St Mirren and has also turned out for Cardiff City, Sheffield United (loan), St. Johnstone and York City.
The 34-year-old said: “I’ve travelled the length and breadth of the country and I’ve stayed in Cardiff, Sheffield and back in Scotland, and I’ve just never felt as settled as I do in Norfolk – and my wife feels the same.
“We’ve got young children and we want to bring them up here, and while I’m here there’s an opportunity to play football so it ties in hand in hand with that.
“But I don’t want people just thinking it’s the easy option because it’s just along the road. As a player you never lose that hunger and desire to go and compete. But the Norfolk thing, I’m not the only player to stop down here!”