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Fulham's workrate, in their deserved victory over Arsenal, was typified by the terrier-like display of Bullard, who admitted just how close he came to retiring after a succession of injuries — the latest being an horrific dislocated kneecap.
He said: “I went through horrible times. But now I’m playing again I’m just enjoying every minute.
“I know how close I was to not making it, so every time I step on that pitch I just try and enjoy 90 minutes of football
“At one point, it was another op or hang-up-your-boots time.
“It was my decision. I wasn’t sure how it was going to go.
“But I stuck in there, did the rehab properly when it was bloody hard graft and stuck with the main surgeon, Dr Steadman, who I really cannot thank enough.
“He got my leg back to where it is, if not stronger.
“Days like these are special. That’s what you play footie for, to be honest, turning over Arsenal on your own patch.”