’IF PEOPLE GIVE ME STICK, THEN I’LL GIVE IT BACK’

By Chris Dunlavy

CRAWLEY’S HARRY KEWELL ON HIS NEW CHALLENGE
HARRY Kewell barks out a laugh when I ask if football has changed much since he arrived in the UK as a 16-year-old kid in 1995.
“Just a bit, mate,” says the Aussie, who left his family behind in Sydney to forge a career that would eventually yield 274 Premier League appearances, 56 international caps and a Champions League crown with Liverpool.
“I made my debut for Leeds at 17. Back then, I think George Graham just sent us to the park in pre-season and told us to run. If you dropped out first, that was i...

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