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Perch is still sitting pretty

Former Nottingham Forest and Newcastle United star James Perch is loving life in Non-League with Northern Premier League club Ilkeston Town.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
10 December 2023

By Mark Carruthers

PEDIGREE: Ilkeston Town’s James Perch in his Newcastle days tackling Chelsea’s Fernando Torres
PICTURE: Alamy

FORMER Nottingham Forest and Newcastle United star James Perch is loving life in Non-League with Northern Premier League club Ilkeston Town.
Now 38 years old and a veteran of over 650 Premier League and Football League fixtures, Perch grasped an opportunity to extend his career when he joined the step three Robins in the aftermath of his departure from League Two club Mansfield Town.
The capture of Perch was something of a coup for Ilkeston as they prepared f...

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