Non-League Paper

ASHLEY HAS A TASTE OF ASIA

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
12 July 2020

By Steven Oldham

PRE-SEASON won’t be the same for Northern Premier League veteran Ashley Young this year - he’s leaving Non- League football behind to teach in China.
The former Ashton United and Buxton midfielder - who split last season between FC United and Hyde United - is due to fly out as his former teammates are set to return in August.
Young is relocating for a job as a PE teacher at the Harrow Innovation Learning Academy in Zhuhai - a Chinese campus for the prestigious private school.
Learning a new language and settling into a new culture on your own can be difficult...

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