'It allowed me to look back but also look forward': Clifford grateful for break from football treadmill

A period away from the game offered Kingdom talisman an opportunity to take stock and order more. 

GRATEFUL: David Clifford was grateful for a break from football. 

For David Clifford, it was out with the old rules on October 13 last year and in with the new on February 15.

Eighteen weeks is the longest break he’s had away from action possibly since he first picked up a football. It was, he says, “nice just to be a normal person for a few months”.