{"id":429579,"date":"2011-05-24T17:59:30","date_gmt":"2011-05-24T17:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/24\/bolton-midfielder-mccann-retires\/"},"modified":"2011-05-24T17:59:30","modified_gmt":"2011-05-24T17:59:30","slug":"bolton-midfielder-mccann-retires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/24\/bolton-midfielder-mccann-retires\/","title":{"rendered":"Bolton midfielder McCann retires"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"67.0252600297\">\n<div readability=\"64\"><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/52939000\/jpg\/_52939343_gavinmccann.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Gavin McCann\" \/> McCann in his final appearance for Bolton against Arsenal in January 2010<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Bolton midfielder Gavin McCann has retired from football at the age of 33 after a 16-month absence with an ankle injury.<\/p>\n<p>McCann, formerly of Everton, Sunderland and Aston Villa, will now take up a coaching role assisting the youth set up at the Bolton academy.<\/p>\n<p>McCann said: &#8220;Unfortunately I&#8217;ve had to call it a day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are times now when my ankle is sore and aches, and further down the line I will need another operation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McCann made a total of 363 appearances at club level and won one one cap for England in a friendly against Spain at Villa Park in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>He last featured for Bolton in the 4-2 defeat by Arsenal at the Emirates on 20 January 2010, and underwent surgery on his injured ankle soon after.<\/p>\n<p>But despite attempting to make a return in pre-season at the beginning of the campaign, after speaking to the surgeon he made the decision to hang up his boots.<\/p>\n<p>McCann continued: &#8220;I have to give thanks to the staff at Bolton, particularly the club doctor and the gaffer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They were accommodating and let me still train and use the facilities at the club as I tried to get back to full fitness, even though my contract had expired.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"42.8786610879\">\n<div readability=\"5.63080684597\">\n<p>FROM OTHER SPORT SITES<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/c.moreover.com\/click\/here.pl?z4662539629&#038;z=1250248769\">Telegraph<\/a>\u00a0<span>Is Drogba off to Turkey?\u00a0&#8211;\u00a09 hrs ago<\/span><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/c.moreover.com\/click\/here.pl?z4662314275&#038;z=1250248784\">Guardian.co.uk<\/a>\u00a0<span>Football transfer rumours: Scott Parker to Liverpool? | Simon Burnton\u00a0&#8211;\u00a010 hrs ago<\/span><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/c.moreover.com\/click\/here.pl?z4661349802&#038;z=1250248784\">Swansea City<\/a>*\u00a0<span>Sinclair makes final England cut\u00a0&#8211;\u00a016 hrs ago<\/span><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/c.moreover.com\/click\/here.pl?z4659968850&#038;z=1250248740\">TheFA.com<\/a>\u00a0<span>Pearce names squad for Euro 2011\u00a0&#8211;\u00a023 hrs ago<\/span><\/div>\n<p>* May require registration or subscription<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/football\/13528271.stm\" title=\"Bolton midfielder McCann retires\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bolton midfielder McCann retires<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> McCann in his final appearance for Bolton against Arsenal in January 2010 Bolton midfielder Gavin McCann has retired from football at the age of 33 after a 16-month absence with an ankle injury. McCann, formerly of Everton, Sunderland and Aston Villa, will now take up a coaching role assisting the youth set up at the Bolton academy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-429579","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bolton midfielder McCann retires - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/24\/bolton-midfielder-mccann-retires\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Bolton midfielder McCann retires - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"McCann in his final appearance for Bolton against Arsenal in January 2010 Bolton midfielder Gavin McCann has retired from football at the age of 33 after a 16-month absence with an ankle injury. 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