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300 not out: Alan Sheehan proud to hit milestone with Notts County


Joe Jones

Alan Sheehan has expressed his happiness and pride in playing the 300th professional game of his career in a Notts County shirt.

The defender, on loan from Bradford City, reached the landmark in Tuesday night's 2-2 draw at Wycombe Wanderers, where he put in another good shift on the way to a crucial and morale-boosting away point.

In a career spanning 13 years, more than half of Sheehan's games have been for the Magpies over two different spells, and he admitted he was happy to hit 300 in the black and white of Notts - especially because he was ill at Adams Park.

He told local media: "My dad always used to say 'if you aren't right, don't play', because once you cross that white line you are judged the same as everybody else. But you've got to get out there and put a shift in for the team.

"Tuesday was my 300th competitive appearance and it's nice to think that nearly half of them have come for Notts County in a period spanning three years and a bit.

"Obviously I am happy, but there's been some bad games in that 300! But hopefully we can keep on putting a run together. We've just got to keep building on that performance because we looked very good in spells."

Sheehan has two more games of his loan spell left to play with his final game set to be the Boxing Day clash at Hartlepool United.



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Chris

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I think it's a great achievement, yet it also highlights how important it is that he's available for selection and signed to a team whom want him. I'm not referring to the politics behind him moving from us though, I just mean, it's better for him to be playing wherever that is.

We are the only club where he's made more than 30 appearances.

At the age of 29, he could be celebrating more but as I say it's a brilliant achievement. I hope that he marks 500 wearing the famous black & white shirt.

BigMag

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Why dwell on bad games when he's reached 300 games as a professional? Well done Alan now stay where you are wanted!

liampie

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it would be nice to have him around for a few more years, no idea why he would comment about bad games but i guess he wants to weigh things up.



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