Former Chelsea goalkeeper Lenny Pidgeley tried to play through depression until someone else announced his retirement

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Lenny Pidgeley came through Chelsea's youth academy and made two first-team appearances for the club, before moving onto other teams such as Watford, Millwall, Exeter City and Newport County during the course of his career.

A goalkeeper by trade, Pidgeley spent the majority of his playing days in the lower reaches of the Football League, before dropping down to the then-Conference with Newport in 2012. 

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