JOHN LYONS TALKS TO FORMER FOOTBALLER MARCUS BENT ABOUT HIS FRESH CHALLENGE...

In the big time: Marcus Bent celebrates in his Everton days

THE route to success in football can be a long and lonely one. For every kid that dreams of turning professional and hitting the big time, there are many, many more who never make it.
Perhaps they never had the talent in the first place, maybe they didn’t have the right coaching or opportunities to impress. It could be that injuries got in the way or there was a lack of application. Maybe there were simply too many distractions.
Even for those wh...