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Published 10:20 27 Dec 2015 GMT
Updated 10:43 27 Dec 2015 GMT
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"I was playing right midfield and it was tough, I was up and down, tracking the full-back. "But I did get my second wind. Adrenaline gets you through. And caffeine. A lot of caffeine. Before games I tend to have loads of coffee"Worn out by the physical effort, the emotion and the illness, the 32 year old skipped the post-match celebration party - choosing instead to hang out at the hotel with his wife Jo, their children and more than 40 relatives who he brought along to the game. Football correspondent for The Sunday Times, Jonathan Northcroft chose Walters as his player of the year, just like SportsJOE's Conan Doherty, and when the Stoke forward reveals he played with a chronic knee tendon injury for the last two seasons you can see where the spike in form came from. "For two years I couldn't walk down the stairs," he revealed. "During games I'd feel it, so I had to adapt my play. Two years of pain." What a hero.
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