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: 19-05-26 Albert Johnson
I remember when he signed for the toon 1964,i went to ayrsome park on boxing day 1965,it was our promotion year we won 2=1 hilley and mcgarry scored,i also played over 40,s with him for walker celtic ..great gentlemanUpdated: 19-05-26 Robert Lawrence
Bill was one of the Southend United players whom I got to know from times at the Elms pub Leigh-on-sea on Friday nights out. He later had a trophy shop in Rochford, Essex. Bill got me a ticket for Man U v Chelsea where he scored the winning goal.Updated: 19-05-26
Well done Andy I saw most of Towns winning the title in early 60 ‘You were a great centre backUpdated: 19-05-26
Are Roy Pack and Marlon Pack related?Updated: 19-05-26 John mitchinson
I used to the same school as me Whickham Comprehensive School, I was year younger I think Joe left 1966 I left a year later,very popular with his school pals..he played for Swalwell before turning Professional football..Updated: 19-05-26 Steve Williams
A great bloke and mate. No longer in Doncaster. He moved back home to the land of the deep fried thistle.Updated: 19-05-26 Bill Procter
We lived next door to you in Fenham in Newcastle when you played for United. You were great guy, smashing neighbours and a lovely family. I remember you coming to our New Year parties and I think it was my Dad who introduced you to flat green bowling at the Summerhill Bowling Club. But I understand that subsequently your wife became the real star of the bowling greens. All the best Dave. Take care, BillUpdated: 19-05-26 Malcolm
I will never forget seeing PK playing at white hart lane. He disputed a throw in that the linesman gave by shouting ‘open your bleeding’ eyes’. I was in the front row and as a very young lad it quite surprised me.Updated: 19-05-26 Vicky
I lived across the road from Mike in Liverpool. It was a cul-de-sac. I lived at No. 18, Mike was at No. 3, and even Nicky Tanner lived in our close at No. 12! They used to play football in the street with us kids; me, Jenny, Paul and Matty, until Mrs Large put a stop to it, so we’d sometimes play in his back garden instead. I even learned how to do a handstand in Mike’s living room! He was always so normal and down-to-earth. Such fond memories, I hope he’s doing well.Updated: 24-04-26 Richard Moore
Richard (Dickie) Guy - went to West Greenwich (Central) Boys School early 60’s he was clearly destined to be a great goalkeeper even then. The school had house system Scott, Wolfe, Nelson and Clive. The hardest games were always against Wolfe were Dickie Guy was the keeper. He also played for the school team. Great times.
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.