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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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: 01-05-24 Maria Martin (nee Turner)
I remember John very well from Eldon school and Mandeville school. He used to walk me home from The Newbury Youth club!Updated: 01-05-24 Bryce McCutcheon
I remember Gerry Queen when I was a lad watching him at Kilmarnock v Celtic. He hit the ball so hard that it hit the roof of the net. None of the players saw it go in. I had the privilege of being a colleague as an apprentice at Crystal Palace FC 71/72 and what a gentleman he was.Updated: 01-05-24 Dave Tregunno
I used to drink with his Dad Fred in the Tigers Head.Updated: 01-05-24 Keith Edwards
Run ran the cafe at the top of our road in Old Swan Liverpool called ‘The Centre Half’. My dad was a builder and often went in there for his bacon butties and got to know him well. When my dad was 70 we had a ‘this is your life’ party for him and got lots of old faces being introduced etc. Ron came on stage towards the end with a few funny stories to a room packed with 250 reds. Remember we saw him as we were setting off for Chelsea away to win the League in 76 that we were going but had that little twinge of I remember those days so well’ in his eyes. Top top fella!Updated: 01-05-24 Gerry Keenan
Now retired living in Morecambe.Updated: 01-05-24 Chris
I was with Scott in a pub in York many many years ago, we were playing darts with some locals and I scored my one and only 180.Updated: 23-04-24 donna wayman
im the grandaughter of charlie wayman and i feel he dosernt get enough credit for being one of the best centre forward in 1940s to late 50s im personally very proud to be his grandaughter,something must be done regarding him getting the credit he deserves mybe a rememberance day whats your thoughts on this matterUpdated: 21-04-24 Marc underdown
Hi, does anyone know how I could contact Alan? I have a very old football shirt that he wore and would love a photo of him holding it.Updated: 21-04-24 David Matthias.
Hey, Staners, how are you doing. Wonder if you remember me. Bon Bonne clubUpdated: 19-04-24 C Dowling
Remember watching him play for Bristol City in the 70s. Got his autograph outside St Pius Xth church in Hartcliffe in Bristol. A good humble man.
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.