Walsall defender Stephen Ward announces his retirement from football

Thank you for reading 5 articles this month* Join now for unlimited access. Get daily World Cup 2022 news, updates and other football frolics to your inbox. Mark White has been a staff writer on FourFourTwo since joining in January 2020, writing pieces for both online and the magazine. An encyclopedia of football shirts and boots knowledge – both past and present – Mark has also been to the FA Cup and League Cup finals for FFT and has written pieces for the mag ranging on subjects from Bobby Robson's season at Barcelona to Robinho's career. He once saw Tyrone Mings at a petrol station in Bournemouth but felt far too short to ask for a photo.