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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Updated: 18-06-19 Dennis Dalzell
Johnny was a real hard man on the pitch. At half time Charley Hurley would say "Johnny, sort out number so and so". Johnny would reply "OK CHAS" and the request was always carried out.
Updated: 21-06-19 Jilly Averme
Do you remember Jilly, friend of Val and Bev?
Updated: 20-04-19 Steve Peak
This is for the St Mungo's lads. Tony and his wife Christine live in the Blackpool area. I am sure Tony would be happy to get re-aquainted with his old school pals. His address is as follows: 137 Hardhorn Road, Poulton Le Fylde, Lancashire, FY6 8ES. See Tony down at Blackpool FC, even drove him and Christine home a few weeks ago. Still one of the nicest humble guys you could ever meet and an absolute legend at Blackpool.
Updated: 20-04-19 Andy Garrick
Brian Dear presented league winners medals playing at shad well park floodlight football. This was in the mid sixties... I can't remember our team's name but our manager was Mr Ramsey......anyway, thanks again for taking the time Mr Dear.
Updated: 16-06-19 Ewart Henry
Undoubtedly one of the greatest all round sportsmen at school he actually excelled in everything not just sports but academically as well !!
Updated: 22-06-19 Derek Van Ryne
I'm told that he now works as an Administrator for the Rail, Maritime & Transport Union at their Euston HQ
Updated: 22-06-19 Kelly snowdon
He was a brilliantly teacher.
Updated: 22-06-19 Tom Fergusson
I was in the RAF at Kinloss with Johnny, who was playing with His there, and kept up with him after I joined the Edinburgh City Police. I used to meet him, after his footballing life, in Edinburgh when he became an insurance actuary there. I lost touch with him after he moved to live in Leicester. We are both in our 80's now, and hope he is well. My phone is 07713 154501.
Updated: 21-06-19
Met Ally in Madeira. Spent some time with Ally and his partner. Told me about his playing career had a few drinks with him on a few occasions. What a very nice man.
Updated: 21-06-19 Eric Hall
Playing at Gresty Road in Crewe, I once saw a shot of his hit the bar with such force that it didn't touch the ground until it was back in the other half of the field.
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: Roy Bentley, Trevor Francis, Gavin Peacock, Carlos Valderrama, Graham Potter and a look back at some of the best strikers to grace English football.
If you know of any other stories that may interest fellow fans, please do let us know.