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James has eyes on a top perch

By Dave Flett

James Perch has admitted that he almost quit football last season after fracturing his skull – but the 36-year-old veteran is now targeting unfinished business with his home-town club.
The Mansfield-born defender missed out on a dream end to what had started as a nightmare 2021-22 campaign after he suffered his life-threatening injury in August as the team went on a 14-game winless run through to mid-October.
But Perch defied medical opinion when he returned to the pitch by the end of January and subsequently led a much-improved team out at Wembley for the League Two play-of...

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