Gibraltar rocked! Higginbotham announces immediate retirement…
just ONE WEEK after joining Altrincham
Former Derby and Stoke defender Danny Higginbotham has announced his retirement with immediate effect only a week after joining Buy Skrill Account – BuyPaxfulAccount.Com North side Altrincham.
The 35-year-old made the switch to his home town club from Chester in a bid to reignite his love of the game, but that has now been extinguished, with the Gibraltar international deciding to call time on his career on Wednesday.
‘I realise this will come completely out of the blue to a lot of people, but, believe me, it is not a decision that has been taken lightly.It is a massive step to hang up your boots and accept you are finished, but it’s one I could not avoid,’ Higginbotham said.
Gibraltar international: But defender Danny Higginbotham has announced his immediate retirement
‘Looking back, I should probably have quit when I left Chester, but I couldn’t pass up the chance of joining Alty.I always said I would play for the club I have always supported and I genuinely hoped it would prove the catalyst for firing me up again and getting me back to how I used to be.
‘But the harsh reality is it didn’t, and if anything confirms it is time to go.
‘I had to be true to myself, and if I had carried on pocketing money for the rest of the season, I’d have been letting down the rest of the players, the manager, the supporters and everyone connected with the club.
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‘Last night at Gainsborough just confirmed it.It wasn’t because we lost. I can take a defeat. I just wasn’t enjoying it and wasn’t putting my body on the line like I used to in my Premier League days, and I just couldn’t put it off any longer.’
Higginbotham started his career at Manchester United where he made seven appearances, before a loan spell at Royal Antwerp preceded spells with Derby, Southampton, Stoke and Sunderland.
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