Non-League Paper

JULIO FEELS YOUNG AGAIN AFTER WEMBLEY MOMENT!

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
28 May 2017

WE’VE DONE IT: South Shields lift the FA Vase at Wembley and, inset, captain Julio Arca in his Middlesbrough days
PICTURE: Action Images

THERE’S people who love their football and there’s people who really love their football. Then there’s Julio Arca. When he talks about desire and emotion, you can’t help but listen and take it all in.
Here was a man who just three years ago was handing over £3.50 in matchday subs to get his kicks on the Sunday League parks within months of his professional career coming to an end.
Changing in car parks, and warming up...

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