National League North

COURAGE FIRES IN FACE OF TRAGEDY

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
10 December 2017

Nortey draws inspiration in a battle against adversity

By Matt Badcock

to give up. There was nothing else I wanted to do so I had no choice.
PICTURE: Matt Bristow

IT’S IMPOSSIBLE to imagine what Nortei Nortey has been going through this season. It’s impossible not to be impressed by how he is using it to make the best of himself.
Before Dover Athletic played Margate in pre-season, the 23-year-old found out older brother Leon had passed away from sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP).
“It’s day by day,” Nortey says. “It’s not nice. You won&r...

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