Matthew Upson listens to Matt
Retired Rawtenstall RCC cricketer, Matthew Hanson, won a competition organised by a radio station to write a poem to motivate the England football team. Matt was invited to Wembley where he read his verse to the England players who immeditely perked up and promised to win the World Cup for Matt. Simples.
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