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Ex-Fulham keeper Etheridge on the hunt for new home

Goalkeeper Neil Etheridge admits he is on the lookout for a new club after leaving Fulham at the end of last season.

The 24-year old London-born Philippines international ended an eight-year stay at Craven Cottage in the summer and is now on the search for a new home after failing to gain a contract with Championship club Wolves.

"I spent the last two weeks training at Wolves and thought I had done enough to earn myself a chance, but in the end it wasn't to be," said Etheridge.

"But that's football and you just have to pick yourself up and get on with it.

"Football can have a habit of kicking you when you're down and I suppose I've been very fortunate in my career up to now. I think what makes you as a professional is how you react to the challenges that football presents.

"I had been at Fulham since I was 17 and so it was always going to be hard leaving, but the manner in which so many of us were released was a bitter pill to swallow."

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