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PATIENT JON GE TS GAELIC BOOST

By Dan Barnes

NO RUSH: Former Ipswich man Jonathan Douglas is waiting for the right call.

The Gaelic game
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WITH the season now in full swing, Jonathan Douglas could reasonably have expected to be right in the thick of the action.
That hasn’t happened just yet but, thanks to Gaelic football training keeping him in trim, the 35-year-old free-agent midfielder – released by Ipswich at the end of last season – is still confident of a Football League return.
Douglas made 23 appearances in all competitions last term but, come the end of the campaign, h...

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