BARRY BIDS TO KEEP ON SAVING

By Joe Leavey

GOOD SHOUT: Morecambe goalkeeper Barry Roche and, insets, boss Jim Bentley and Roche in typical action
PICTURE: PA Images

BARRY Roche knows that, when you get to a certain age in football, the dinosaur jokes are inevitable, but he has no plans to allow his career to become extinct just yet.
The 37-year-old Morecambe keeper is knee-deep in his 20th season as a professional, over 600 appearances under his belt and a glorious, solitary goal – against Portsmouth in February 2016.
Times have changed since the Dubliner’s debut for Nottingham Forest as an 18-year...

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