Goal-scoring hero battles back for charity!

By Hugo Varley

PEDAL POWER: Jon Parkin digs deep

IT IS fair to say that York City talisman Jon Parkin’s preparations for the Football to Amsterdam cycle ride didn’t go quite to plan, but the evergreen 37-year-old still broke through the pain barrier to raise money for Prostate Cancer UK last week.
“I wasn’t really able to do any training, to be honest!” the former Preston North End and Forest Green Rovers frontman said.
“I had an operation on my leg just over two weeks before the ride and only had the stitche...