Non-League Paper

O’KEEFE CALLS IT A DAY AT MAGPIES

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
31 May 2020

By Neil Harvey
JOSH O’KEEFE has stunned Chorley by announcing his retirement from playing at the age of 31 – and adding to the recent Magpies exodus. The former Hereford United and Lincoln City man has decided to hang up his boots to concentrate on a career in physiotherapy. O’Keefe, a former Blackburn Rovers trainee, spent four years at Chorley, helping the club secure promotion to the National League through the play-offs last summer. But after a disappointing fi rst season back in the top-fl ight, O’Keefe said via Twitter: “After years of telling the lads th...

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