Original sentence: Having said that "if I can't play in first-class football, I don't want to play any football at all", after two-and-a-half years out of the game, in early 1959, he attempted a comeback with Leicestershire side Hinckley Athletic, but found himself unable to play a full game
Edited sentence: Having said that "if I can't play in first-class football, I don't want to play any football at all", after two-and-a-half years out of the game he changed his mind.In early 1959 he attempted a comeback with Leicestershire side Hinckley Athletic, but found himself unable to play a full game