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: 13-06-26 Gina Ley
Hello All!Updated: 13-06-26 Garry Hill
Hi Dave keep battling mate always was a winnerUpdated: 13-06-26 Andy
I worked for John Lewis a few years back with Mrs Swain woul love say helloUpdated: 13-06-26 Cooper Keith
I played for Staffordshire Schoolboy with Dave Evans in 1973. He also played for West Bromwich Schoolboys. This was prior to him signing as an apprentice for Aston Villa where he made 2 appearances in the first team. He also played for Halifax Town and Bradford City.Updated: 13-06-26 Dave Packer
I remember galley almost taking the net out against Sheffield United first match at home season 1968/69 great with his head but sometimes just as good with his feet.great to know he is still alive.Updated: 13-06-26 Oliver
It’s Brian’s grandson here (Oliver). And I Js wanted to say… “ I play for Celtic football club and want to follow in your footsteps I’m a massive Fenion and I’m sure you were toUpdated: 13-06-26 Colin Finch
played football with vic at castle gresley school great player then nice to see pics best wishes colin finch( played county football then)Updated: 13-06-26 Charlie
He is a frequent regular at my job in Falkirk.Updated: 13-06-26 Dave
Worked with Doug Allder at Heathrow Airport in security with his wife Linda who has sadly passed away now RIP,and now lives up north near his daughter and her family and spends time watching his grand child playing football top manUpdated: 13-06-26 Dominic May
Hi Tom , worked with you for years , lost contact , email mate . Hope you are good x
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.