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Tom Victor

Premier League reject who downed Man Utd gave up football career to become a builder

Freddy Eastwood will be best known to many football fans for his heroics in a Southend United shirt against Manchester United, but his professional career is well and truly in his past.

The striker, who turns 40 later this year, hasn't played professionally since leaving the Essex side in 2014. He made more than 150 league appearances across multiple spells at Roots Hall, but had to come up the hard way.

Eastwood, a Wales international, was also one of the only members of the Traveller community to play professional football at a high level. These days, though, he is working as a builder as he closes in on 10 years out of the game.

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