The Swindon goalkeeper is ready to make an impact on the international stage at this month’s Africa Cup of Nations
It is three years this week since Jojo Wollacott lined up for Gloucester City at East Thurrock United in the National League South before a crowd of 242 supporters. That game was a month into the eighth loan move of a career that has taken him on a remarkable journey from Truro to Norway’s fourth-tier and now the Africa Cup of Nations, where he is set to be Ghana’s No 1.
No one can accuse the Swindon goalkeeper of not putting in the hard yards when he starts against Morocco on Monday. “It was always my ambition and I told myself it was going to happen one day,” he says. “To play for your country at a major tournament is every boy’s dream … I’ve got to pinch myself again.”