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: 30-10-26 Dave Kent
Darlington FC early 1950s:Updated: 30-10-26 KAREN MULDER
Hi there,Updated: 30-10-26 Janet Holden
Hello there,Updated: 30-10-26 C Doyle
I have been a friend of Billy for a long time, he has been diagnosed with dementia and needs support for him and his family. Any help would be really appreciatedUpdated: 01-08-26 Andy Warren
My Dad, Selwyn Warren, was secretary of the Oldham and District Referees. He talks about Ken doing extra training when the referees were training at Boundary Park. Later, in about 75/76 Dad was refereeing a Central Leage match on Friday evening. Ken had given permission for me to come along. I spent the evening watching and running round the nearly empty stands. Dad still speaks very highly as a footballer and really fantastic player / coach to work with.Updated: 01-08-26 Harry Charlton
Played with Andy at Chesterfield. Lovely bloke. Great player.Updated: 21-07-26 Bob Hayman
Best coach I ever had at Penarth stanwell road youth club, Windsor Penarth FC. Hope you are well.Updated: 21-07-26 Jackie Donnelly
I knew Eddie a long time ago, 1993 remember his dad really well, a legend in the library and pubs locally, as we are all guilty of looking up old friends, I am quite impressed with Eddie, personally in my younger days, I thought he was a bit rough! Oh my goodness, he does speak a bit poshUpdated: 21-07-26 Jackie Donnelly
Would love to see how he is doing now.Updated: 21-07-26 Sheila Tarrant
Many Years Ago, when I was a Nurse and Kevin had an accident on Mill Street Kidderminster when admitted to the Hospital on that Road, he was treated and worried because he was a footballer in the Harriers Kidderminster, He was treated very well and able to continue playing and eventually went to play for Norwich,
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.