Former Premier League star, 38, makes retirement U-turn to join seventh tier minnows just weeks after quitting football

FORMER Premier League striker Matt Derbyshire has come out of retirement to sign for a seventh tier club.

Derbyshire announced that he was hanging up his boots just last month.

GettyFormer Bradford star Matt Derbyshire has completed a retirement U-turn by signing for a non-league club[/caption]

In a statement on social media, he wrote: “What a privilege in life to play this wonderful game of football. I have never taken a single day for granted waking up and being able to do this as my job for the past 22 years.