Wheater Is a Man of Steel [Edition 2]
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TH E p r o u d n e w captain of Middlesbrough put the club first and his World Cup ambitions second. This is the story behind his reasons why.
David Wheater, 22, is far from immune to the devastation the recession is wreaking in these parts. Both his grandfathers, Arthur and the late Sid, worked in the Redcar steelworks, now threatened with closure, before watching every game he played from the age of seven.See the full content of this document
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Wheater Is a Man of Steel [Edition 2]
Like Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson, Wheater is a vocal campaigner in the 'Save Our Steel' campaign aiming to protect jobs for 4,000 Corus employees and contractors in his home town. They face redundancy after a consortium of steel magnates walked away from a 10-y...
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