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LUKE IS KEEPING HIS HEAD DOWN IN SCHOOL

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The LeaguePaper Team
29 September 2019

CHAMPIONSHIP By Jeff Welburn
LUKE Matheson skipped school in style this week as the 16-year-old netted a famous goal for Rochdale at Old Trafford – but playing against Manchester United was not enough to get him out of a psychology test.
Rather than head to Trinity C of E High School on Wednesday, the talented right-back was given permission to head two-and-a-half miles up the road to play at Old Trafford in the Carabao Cup third round.
Matheson, who is studying for A Levels in psychology, history and sociology, was thrown in from the start and flourished under the floodlights, cappin...

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