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I've measured my life in football grounds. While my friends went clubbing I got my kicks from away days at Halifax and Rochdale, writes OLIVER HOLT

I've measured my life in football grounds. While my friends went clubbing I got my kicks from away days at Halifax and Rochdale, writes OLIVER HOLT

OLIVER HOLT: My mum was an actress and she sometimes went to pubs around Manchester to push down piles of pennies for charity with footballers like Lou Macari and Jimmy Greenhoff.

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