By David Richardson

END OF AN ERA: Jim Cooper has stepped away from football to spend more time with his family
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MET POLICE legend Jim Cooper says it was the right time to retire from management with Grays Athletic top of the league – in order to spend more time with his family.
The 53-year-old, who will also be retiring from his role as a police officer, spent 15 seasons at Met before taking charge of the Blues in February 2019.
His time at Grays was hampered by the pandemic but he went out on a high over the Bank Holiday weekend by hammering Basildon United 7-0 and then wi...