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: 05-10-25 Vic Davies
I saw David playing for London schoolboys against West Germany schoolboys at The Valley (Charlton) in 1955. Although Jimmy Greaves was also in the London side I recall David being more celebrated at the time because he had recently played exceptionally well in a televised schoolboys match and was nicknamed "twinkletoes". From what I remember of the game they were both outshone by the London left winger Mike Harrison who was also linked to Chelsea. He seemed to be bigger and stronger than the others and he used that to his advantage.Updated: 05-10-25 Paul Leclercq
My name is Paul Leclercq and I live near Portsmouth, Hampshire. Lewis Morgan is my uncle’s father on my mother’s side of the family. I knew him for a while in my younger days before he passed away in 1982. I remember him showing me his winner’s medal from the 1939 F.A. Cup final success.Updated: 05-10-25 J keen
G Cox played for Gravesend Utd in the Kent League 1894-95 and appears to have been manager of The Grapes P.H.Updated: 05-10-25 Les Smedley
I went to Draycott school. I was 5 years younger than John (we called him Charlie) but Mr Horner, the football teacher used to knock on the class door and ask for me to go and play football with Johns class. It was a football mad school.Updated: 05-10-25 john porter
I knew Gerry Ward back in our school years in the nineteen forties.This was at Norlington Road boys school Leytonstone London E11. Most of his time was spent training for Soccer and Cricket too i believe and not much learning im afraid. During his stint in the national service stationed at Aldershot he played for the Army catering corps in a friendly game versus the London hotels team. The score ended ten-nil in favor of the Army catering corps and Gerry scored all ten goals.Updated: 05-10-25
I can remember him opening a sports shop in Halifax jack lees sports shop in George square Halifax believe around 1975Updated: 05-10-25 gerard mcdade
Peter used to train and manage our football team St Marks and at the time played for Clydebank around 1970 - 72. He had a wee red Hillman imp van which he used to open at the back for our half time oranges and hot drinks. He was good friends with Paul Wilson of Celtic fame...A real gentleman.Updated: 05-10-25 Gordon Nisbet
Hi Stephanie, just come across the article you posted a couple of years back. I often talk about your Dad we got on really well. I hope this finds you and you are all fit and well.Updated: 03-10-25 Jeremy Judd
Played for David at Bournemouth and Torquay. Gave me my league debut would love to get in touch with him.Updated: 03-10-25 Gary Folgate
I too used to be coached by Tony White at Inter-Royale - A club I think he helped to set up - It was a very good standard, with many players with non-league backgrounds, and was so popular it ran two teams: A and a B squad in different leagues. I played goalkeeper for the A team. Although the first time Tony came to see me play was for the B team, and I got sent off after 20 mins...! Great coach and an inspirational 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? – some other celebrities.
If you know of any other stories that may interest fellow fans, please do let us know.