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: 02-11-25 Ex work mate , contact me Tom x
Hi Tom , how are you , remember the Woodford bridge days , contact me nice to hear from you x hope u r well xUpdated: 02-11-25 Phillip Hopkins
When I was a small child outside Anfield, Alan gave me and my mate two tickets for the main stand and then met us both inside with cups of tea. Great memories.Updated: 02-11-25 Ian reynolds
I spent 3 months in hospital with bob in 1976 we had great fun I would like to meet up with him again as I am a Cardiff city fan now and go to games regularly. Maybe we could meet up for a drink? It is 49 years now since our operations and much has changed. I will leave my no again in the hope he gets it. It’s Ian Reynolds Bob 0780 1316759.Updated: 02-11-25 Heather Hill
Worked for Terry in Spitlebeck pub.Updated: 02-11-25
Loved watching George play. Never know what he do next. Always shut his eyes when heading the ball and that was a rare sight him heading a ball!Updated: 28-10-25 Wendy
Paul was my son Richard’s Godfather in 1975. Sadly absent from his life but not forgotten. A very lovely man. Richard is now 50 years old and still a very loyal Fulham supporter.Updated: 28-10-25
New Phil via his wife Valerie who lived next door but one prior to their marriage, I subsequently visited her a few times in the 60’s in Godstone where they lived with their three children, they seemed so young at the time and seeing he is now 80 doesn’t seem quite so bad as I am 87 and my husband Mick 93 ! Time passes so quickly, remember 1967 as Tottenham playing our club Chelsea and he had the broken arm, was a disappointment all round.Updated: 28-10-25 Peter
Northampton v Bolton sticks out in my memory. Cobblers were in scintillating form hammering the Trotters 4.0. Two things I remember well from the game. Don Martin scored a screamer from just outside the box and Bryan saved a Franny Lee penalty. He dived to his right as Lee powered it straight down the centre. Luckily, BH stuck out out a leg and the ball careered off his foot into the night sky. I think it ended up in the open end. That was a great season for NTFC and if my memory serves me well, Bryan saved 7 from 9 that season.Updated: 28-10-25 lee graber
he was my manager from 2000 until 2012 when he left i worked with him at Black lion leisure centre in GillinghamUpdated: 28-10-25 Andy creaney
Mates in early eightys love to know he is keeping well
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.