"It is not the end of my story."

For Matt Taylor, the old line about football being more important than life and death was exposed for the lie it is when tragedy struck last winter.

After six years as a Football League manager with Exeter, Rotherham and Bristol Rovers his career had to take a backseat.

Here, as told to Adam Bate, he shares that story. It is one of profound loss and the challenge of rebuilding after it, revealing much about football's relationship with grief as he looks to return to the game with a different perspective on life…

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I was delighted on the coach home on that Saturday night in late November. We had played Mansfield away from home and won 1-0. A big result.

The first thing that my wife Sarah said to me when I got home was that Hannah was having contract

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