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: 24-07-24 Rushys bald head
Unit best teacher ever.Updated: 23-07-24 James Brown
I played with and against Micky Mellows. I played for the Bahamas 1968/9 when England toured the Caribbean we lost 4-0 nil. I swapped shirts with Micky which I kept in my wardrobe for years and then, one day, I just put it on and decided to use it whilst training for the second London Marathon 1982 and completely wore it out training.Updated: 23-07-24 Howard James
Hi Dennis. I remember you. We played together for Newcastle boys. I have been living in The Netherlands for almost 50 years. Played for Newcastle boys and Northumberland boys but did not get any further.Updated: 20-07-24 Lynne
Our lovely cousin Tom (or Tommy as he is known down south) has been discharged from the Dell home in Gorton after being admitted to hospital last month. We have lost touch since. Can anyone please give an address or phone number. Thanks.Updated: 18-07-24 Steven Godfrey
Also Barry Silkman is on facebook, Tunji Banjo is now a train driver.Updated: 18-07-24 Joe Matthews
Hi Ray, great start as a youngster at the Rovers and a magnificent career. Remember training with you and all the others but you were outstanding, congratulations, you deserved everything, Joe Matthews still a Gas fan at 80 and always will be.Updated: 15-07-24 Carl Meds
Neil McNab was an absolute Top Quality player for City in the time he was there ! Respected and loved by all BLUESUpdated: 11-07-24 Dave Gibson
He was my postman in the early 90’s when I lived in Foxlands Avenue Darley Abbey it got to the point where he had to sign autographs for all the lads in my team at work I was a Sales Manager at Crown Paints when we used to Sponsor Liverpool!Updated: 10-07-24 Simon. James
When Dave Willis was a trainer at Raith Rovers his daughter Peggy married Alex James later of Preston and Arsenal. I am their grandson.Updated: 10-07-24 Steve Fisher
Great times watching Ted at Derby. Worked for Royal Mail for a while after his football career ended.
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.