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New Matlock Town coach Paddy Kenny is keeping it real

Former Premier League star Paddy Kenny has put away his boxing gloves and dusted down his goalkeeping mits to land a new role at Matlock Town.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
25 January 2026

Former Premier League star Paddy Kenny has put away his boxing gloves and dusted down his goalkeeping mits to land a new role at Matlock Town.
The 47-year-old has taken up an offer to become a goalkeeper coach at Causeway Lane, where he will link up with Gladiators boss and former Middlesbrough midfielder Adam Clayton and his ex-Sheffield United teammate Ryan Cresswell, who is Clayton’s assistant.
And it’s a move which spells an end to the former Republic of Ireland international’s brief career in the boxing ring, three months after he was left needing oxygen after being floored by former H...

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