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Andy McGilvray

Ex-Rangers ace hangs up his boots after years of physical and mental struggles

Former Rangers ace Lewis MacLeod has retired from football aged 28, after revealing he has gone through physical and mental 'trauma' for years.

MacLeod, from Newmains, says former Plymouth Argyle boss Ryan Lowe urged him to see a psychologist towards the end of his playing days and she made him realise just how much of a physical and mental struggle he had been through.

The midfielder suffered a right knee injury at Plymouth, underwent surgery in June last year, but knew even then that he was probably looking at retirement.

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