Few footballers will have clocked up anywhere near the miles Folkestone’s James Rogers did over the weekend. Rogers put in a big shift on Saturday, dropping in at left-back for around an hour to help 10-man Invicta beat National League South Dulwich Hamlet 1-0 in the FA Cup.
But the 37-year-old wasn’t done there. Having previously deferred a place he had got on a ballot to run the London Marathon, Sunday saw him finally take on the 26.2-mile course.
He said: “My wife put me in the ballot, thinking I had nothing to do. I deferred it for a few years because of Covid but it was finally time to step up to the plate. “I enjoyed it.
It was tough, physically and mentally, but it’s one of the most rewarding things I have done. “Football is about a team but that was a little bit more personal.