Where Are They Now is designed for you if you are a football fan who is as curious as us to find out what happened to your favourite footballers after they retired from playing.
Have you ever wondered what happened to all of those players that you have seen come and go over the years? The heroes and the villains? The saints and the sinners? The stars that you talked about for years after they had retired and those you instantly forgot?
If so, Where Are They Now? is definitely for you!
Not all players end up running pubs or become TV pundits! It's no secret what Gary Lineker is up to these days but what about the many thousands of players who have slipped from public view? The first edition of "Where Are They Now?" uncovered some fascinating post football stories including the former Arsenal striker who became Iceland's Finance Minister; Millionaires; Bankrupts; Vicars; Comedians; Singers; a Phil Collins lookalike... and one or two publicans!
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Where Are They Now Books
This whole project began with a book entitled 'Where Are They Now? - Life After Soccer'.
This proved to be incredibly popular and led to the formation of this site as well as a number of club specific titles. So far, the series comprises of Manchester United, Chelsea, Portsmouth, Huddersfield Town, Aston Villa and Liverpool. Forthcoming titles include Arsenal, Southampton and West Bromwich Albion - watch this space!
Updated: 16-05-24 Gary Pasco
I used to go to Home Park in the mid 70s and used chant Jim Furnell and sing along with the rest of the Crowd he was a great keeper.Updated: 15-05-24 Hadyn jones
I first met Bob as a student at MSG college of education 1970-74. Doing a BEd. He was quite a bloke being a blokes bloke and part of the degree was in physical education coupled with Biology. He gave me confidence and help that I am truly grateful for being a working class lad, and for whom I have the greatest respect.Updated: 15-05-24 Lorraine
John is my cousin (our mums were sisters) and I sadly lost touch with him years ago, would love someone to pass this message to him with my email pleaseUpdated: 15-05-24 Lesley Parker
My great uncle Ike - taffy spelman played in the 1940’sUpdated: 15-05-24 Bob
Fred is one of my all time heroes. Always reliable and a very much under rated player.Updated: 15-05-24 Maria Lawson
I was Dereks girlfriend for sometime. We met through my sister who was married to Neil Young. Derek was a charming boyfriend. Very respectful. Can’t remember how we ended but I have fond memories of Derek.Updated: 15-05-24 Roger Edward Eames Caton
I am his grandson, my daughter appeared on the Antiques Roadshow. I hold all his football records and medals from his football career, and would be pleased to hear from any of his other relatives.Updated: 15-05-24 Roger Caton
I am his grandson. I hold all the memorial from his playing career, and would be pleased to hear from any other relatives interested.Updated: 15-05-24 Tiffany
Happy 70th for tomorrow :-) xxUpdated: 15-05-24 Phil Sammons
Hi Glenn. Researching Essex Schools records and came across G Keeley playing for Essex in 69/70 at the Skegness Festival. I guess it was you?
When we researched the first printed edition of 'Where Are They Now?' in the 1990's, footballers were already incredibly well paid by conventional employment standards but prior to that, players had to find a new career once they had hung up their boots.
This meant that we unearthed plenty of interesting and un-expected stories, many of which are found on the site. Sadly, there were some we could not re-produce for legal reasons - sorry!
Playing professional football, particularly at the highest level should ensure that modern players should not have to worry about money for the rest of their lives. Thankfully, this has not limited the number of fascinating tales for us to tell. For example, were you aware that former Sheffield United midfielder Curtis Woodhouse became British light welterweight champion when he took up professional boxing, having apparently 'fallen out of love' with football? If the rumours are true, he was not just a winner in the ring! At one point, he was considered to be 50 to 1 outsider to win the title and a successful £5,000 scooped him a cool £250,000 when he defeated defending champion Darren Hamilton.
As well as our regular club based pages, we also occasionally add more detailed player pages and would welcome your feedback. See: Ex-footballers who retired and got normal jobs, Did Tresor Kandol Score the Most Important Goal in Leeds United’s History?, Arsenal Greats, Ruud Gullit, Roy Bentley, Trevor Francis, Gavin Peacock, Carlos Valderrama, Graham Potter, Matt Holland, Liverpool's 2005-06 FA Cup Winning Team, and a look back at some of the best strikers to grace English football.
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Where are they now? – Boro players who played League Cup’s season opening game 8 years ago.
Where are they now? – some other celebrities.
If you know of any other stories that may interest fellow fans, please do let us know.