article_snippet: At one point, during a break between Bradford defender James Meredith seven English – and one Irish – clubs, the defender found the defender training alone in a park in Derby ‘like Rocky Balboa’.
article_snippet: I signed pro at Derby
article_snippet: At that time I really struggled to get a club, like a lot of players do when players have no experience as a professional.
article_snippet: I was in the country on my own.
article_snippet: At one point I was without a club for six months.
article_snippet: I was running in a park in Derby every day on my own like Rocky Balboa.
article_snippet: and I ended up going all the way down to the Conference North.
article_snippet: From there, I’ve had to work as hard as I can to build my career to get to a notable league to do the best I can for myself.