In last week’s issue, we ran a story on page 2 on Barking striker Billy Jones, who in October was told he would never play football again after collapsing shortly after a game early in the season. Jones’ collapse was diagnosed as a first-degree heart block, but miraculously the striker has returned to full fitness and is playing again, scoring in the Blues’ recent 2-1 win against Maldon & Tiptree.
Forgive the terrible pun here, but this was heart-warming stuff. Also heart-warming was the support Billy received from the club, his manager and playing staff, as well as th...