Morton lives out dream to rescue draw for GB against Netherlands

Morton lives out dream to rescue draw for GB against Netherlands

Pool A result: Great Britain 2-2 NetherlandsMorton: ‘I’d given up on my Olympic dream’

“I’d given up on my Olympic dream. I was at rock bottom and was going to quit.” Scripts that would flatter the silver screen continue to write themselves in Great Britain’s pursuit of a first men’s hockey medal since the Boys of 1988 struck gold in South Korea.

Lee Morton, a 29-year-old half-back rescued from the international scrap heap and given a new lease of life under the revitalising reign of the head coach Paul Revington, struck two goals in four minutes late on as GB rescued a draw against the Netherlands in a summit meeting between the world’s two best teams in Pool A.

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