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I have learned from the school of hard knocks

Punched. Spat on. Kicked. And that’s before James McKeown even thinks about donning his gloves and keeping goal for Cleethorpes Town!

I have

JAMES MCKEOWN
THE BIG INTERVIEW
By CHRIS DUNLAVY

PUNCHED. Spat on. Kicked. And that’s before James McKeown even thinks about donning his gloves and keeping goal for Cleethorpes Town!
Now 34, the former Grimsby stopper works as a teaching assistant in a non-mainstream school for children with special educational needs.
“I absolutely love it,” laughs McKeown. “But it wouldn’t be for everyone. I’ve been spat at. I’ve been punched. I’ve seen things that I never could have imagined.
“I’ve come home a couple of times cut and bruised. My wife just goes ‘What are you doing this for?’ But I absol...

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