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There comes a point in life when you re­alise you’re not just los­ing time — you’re los­ing peo­ple.

Not in one dra­mat­ic mo­ment. It hap­pens grad­u­al­ly. Some­one you worked with for years pass­es on. An­oth­er name be­comes a mem­o­ry. An­oth­er fa­mil­iar face is no longer around. You don’t no­tice it at first, un­til you look back and see how much small­er the room feels.

In foot­ball, I’ve ex­pe­ri­enced that more than I ever ex­pect­ed.