45-year-old nets in Vase triumph

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Chris Swailes became Wembley’s oldest goalscorer, and won the competition for a third time, as he helped Morpeth Town beat Hereford 4-1 to win the FA Vase on Sunday .

The 45-year-old, who played for Ipswich, Bury and Rotherham among others during a lengthy Football League career scored Morpeth’s equaliser just over two years after falling ill while playing for Dunston UTS and having to have his heart restarted three times.

Swailes, who has since undergone four lots of heart surgery, returned to the playing ranks earlier this year after ending a spell as assistant manager to Martin Canning at Hamilton …

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