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In the beginning...
You may not be surprised to learn that the
idea of 'Where Are They Now?' was first discussed
in a pub!
A pre-match conversation one wet Saturday was prompted
by the sight of a couple of former players who hadn't
been seen for a few years. We wondered what they had
been doing since retiring from the game and the idea
for a book was born! Two years and lots of research
later, we knew what they and over 2,000 of their fellow
ex-pros had been up to since hanging up their boots.
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It was a great excuse (and fairly
surreal) to meet famous former players and to
wallow in nostalgia with the characters who
had made growing up as a football fan so exciting.
The first edition was effectively self-published
and very quickly became an 'underground' hit.
1,000 copies were printed and sold out almost
immediately. Remarkably, it can still occasionally
be found advertised on Amazon.
Labelled the 'bog-readers bible' among
other things, it appeared to capture the imagination
and spent several weeks listed by the Sunday
Times as the best selling Sports Book of the
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Charles Frewin of Two Heads Publishing
then made contact and offered to publish a new
revised and updated version of Where Are They
Now?
With the help of London sports journalist Neil
Fissler, the second edition was created . This
was much slicker and contained considerably
fewer typos, although I always thought they
added character!
People still talk to me about the book and
we still have the same conversations wondering
what happened to ...? |
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Where Are They Now -
Pop & Rock.
Following the success of the football books,
it seemed to make sense to try and track down
former pop & rock stars in the same way.
Sadly, this was not so much fun, as most of
them still considered themselves to be stars,
even though they had long since disappeared
from the charts.
One amusing exception was David Essex. The
reply to my request for a career update did
make me smile:. "David is currently number
13 in the album charts, so may we ask... WHERE
ARE YOU NOW?" |
Can you help us write the next chapter(s)? I would
love to hear from you if know of any former players
and what they are doing now.
Andy Pringle |
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