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on 13 Jan 2008

John Carew: Why football will never be more important than life and death

A year after arriving in the last transfer window, John Carew is thriving at Aston Villa. But, the Norwegian striker tells Jason Burt, it is his work for the club's charity that has helped put the game in perspective

Published: 12 January 2008

Alieu. The word is said to mean "strength" in the Gambian homeland of John Carew's father. It is also the proud footballer's middle name. John Alieu Carew. But the day that the imposing Norwegian visits the Acorns Children's Hospice in the Birmingham suburb of Selly Oak the "alieu" is all around him. Acorns is the kind of courageous, humbling and uplifting place that is desperately deserving of such attention and support.

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