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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Alex Pattle

‘You see a ball of problems, it weighs you down’: Rob Green on mental health, art and that World Cup goal

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During his playing career, Rob Green made more than 250 appearances in the Premier League, went to two major tournaments as an England international, and successfully navigated two Championship play-off finals – among many other accolades as one of his country’s best goalkeepers.

But how did Green come to find himself standing in that 24x8ft space at the end of the pitch, one of the smallest yet simultaneously most cavernous in all of sport?

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