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Owen Coyle Jr and his team have high hopes for the tournament next week with the Manchester City player Rhyce Ramsden explaining how much the sport means for the players

“It all started about a year and a half ago,” remembers Rhyce Ramsden in his thick Bolton accent of his first meeting with Owen Coyle Jr, manager of the England Amputees side. “One of my teachers knew Owen and he came to my school to introduce football to me. I wanted to be a goalkeeper at first but I had a go at playing outfield on crutches and took to it straight away. Within four months I was part of the England team.”

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