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JOE
THOMPSON “Don’t live life to survive, live life to thrive”
Rochdale midfielder, Joe Thompson, has announced his retirement from football after playing almost 200 games for the club. The courageous two time cancer survivor made his extraordinary comeback by scoring the goal that kept Rochdale in League One at the end of last season. After coming to the decision that he’d “pushed his body to the absolute limit”, Joe said goodbye to adoring Dale fans during the league clash against Coventry. Since then, he’s been popping up on our television screens as a pundit and is now forging a career in motivational speaking. As he celebrates his 30th birthday, Style caught up with Joe to discuss his remarkable story of sheer courage and overcoming adversity. We have to agree, there’s only one Joey T... 4
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