The left-back tonight announced on Twitter that he was leaving Brunton Park for a new challenge . And shortly afterwards he was confirmed as one of four new signings at Joey Barton s newly-relegated League Two side. It ends the 25-year-old s season-and-a-half spell in Cumbria. Anderton was one of six players to be offered a new contract by the Cumbrians at the end of the 2020/21 campaign. But the ex-Blackpool, Accrington and Barrow man has instead headed to the Memorial Stadium on a two-year deal. He was tonight unveiled by the Pirates along with fellow new boys Sam Finley, Paul Coutts and Mark Hughes.
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First-half goals from James Norwood, Gwion Edwards and Troy Parrott saw Town to a comfortable 3-1 home victory over Fleetwood Town in a typical meaningless final-day game at Portman Road. Norwood gave the Blues the lead on three, Edwards made it 2-0 six minutes later and Parrott added the third on 29, while Wes Burns pulled one back for the visitors in the 72nd minute.
Luke Chambers skippered the Blues in what could be his final game for the club, coming in at right-back for Kane Vincent-Young, who suffered a shoulder injury at Shrewsbury on Tuesday evening.
There’s now a sense of regret in the air from some of his former team-mates that they didn’t speak out and stand beside McClean over the last decade, since his stance of not wearing the poppy on his shirt every November turned him into a hate figure for many.
Former Ireland team-mate David Meyler said he was “actually lost for words looking at James McClean’s Instagram”. A random follower picked up on Meyler’s indignation and asked why Meyler did not speak out before, or else show solidarity by also shunning the poppy. “Honestly, I was to afraid to get involved. I stood by and watched a friend & teammate get abused time after time and thought to myself I don’t want that aimed towards me and my family,” Meyler responded on Twitter.
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