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Today the boys (Martin & Patrick) have professional footballer Steve Wignall as a guest and he openly discusses his professional football career. He also touches upon his recent struggle with memory loss and the possibility of having CTE (Chronic traumatic encephalopathy).

CTE is a brain condition thought to be linked to repeated head injuries and blows to the head. It slowly gets worse over time and leads to dementia, but with the right help and support can manage the symptoms.  

Steven Leslie Wignall (born 17 September 1954) is an English former professional football manager and player. During his playing career,  Steve played as a Central defender and made over 600 appearances in the Football League. 

Position Central Defender

Previous clubs:

1971-1972 Liverpool: 0 apps
1972-1977 Doncaster Rovers: 137+5 apps, 1 goal
1977 Nottingham Forest (Loan): 0 apps

Clubs played for after leaving:

1984-1986 Brentford: 84 apps, 3 goals
1986-1991 Aldershot: 195+3 apps, 7 goals

Managerial Career
1992-1995 Aldershot: 146 games
1995-1999 Colchester United: 218 games
2000 Stevenage Borough: 8 games
2000-2001 Doncaster Rovers: 79 games
2003 Southend United: 23 games

Born in Liverpool, Steve played professionally for Doncaster Rovers, Colchester United, Brentford, and Aldershot, making a total of 639 appearances in the Football League. He retired as a player in 1991, barely a year before Aldershot went out of business.

After he retired from playing he joined the coaching staff at Aldershot, before assisting Ian McDonald. After Aldershot went out of business in 1992, a new club, Aldershot Town was formed, and Steve became their first-ever manager, winning back-to-back promotions before former club Colchester United signed him in January 1995. During his time at Colchester, he led the club to promotion via the play-offs in 1978/79 and to the final of the Associates Members Cup the year before. He stayed as manager until he resigned in January 1999, believing he had taken the club as far as he could. In April 2000, he joined Stevenage Borough and was offered a two-year contract but never signed it and, when approached a month later by former club Doncaster Rovers, he decided to manage them instead, having only managed 8 games at Stevenage. He managed Doncaster for just one season, In 2003, he became manager of Southend United but only lasted seven months. He also worked as a first-team coach and assistant at Wivenhoe Town from 2005 before leaving the club due to financial reasons in January 2008.

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