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: 04-04-26 Pat Kelliher
Do you think England could ever have fielded a team with Stan Bowles, Alan Hudson, Rodney Marsh and Frank Worthington together in their line up ?Updated: 04-04-26 Alan Griffin
As well as being a top footballer, at school Patsy was also a top chess player. His favourite move was to swap queens after which you didn’t stand a chance!Updated: 04-04-26 Nicky Rowlands
About 53 years ago, we were living in a 2up - 2down terrace in West Norwood, South East London. My brother, (a lifelong Gooner who worshipped the ground CG walked on) and I shared a bedroom. We were both about 5 or 6 years old (we’re 1 year apart in age). His half of the room was festooned with Arsenal pictures and my half had the Wombles! We were sitting on the end of our beds chatting when he said, “I want my first child to be named after Charlie George.” I honestly can’t remember what else we talked about, but that stuck in my mind. Fast forward 25 years and his first kid was born. Charlotte Georgina will be 31 this year.Updated: 04-04-26 Leslie Chapman
Would love to hear from him. Had the great privilege of playing along side him at Stockport. Great player and very funny guy!!!Updated: 04-04-26 Alan Cooper
Sorry nothing exciting from me but I remember when I and my friends were 15 Billy Bentley, who was the same age as us, occasionally joined us over the fields in Ashwood - Longton to have a game of football. Always remember him as a big strong lad who was just about impossible to get past. I think Billy lived in Dunster Rd and I lived in the next street Barclay St.Updated: 19-03-26 Anne Davidson (Fraser)
I worked with Ann at SEDC after Loughborough... Glad to see you are both well and enjoying life!! Think about you both often!Updated: 19-03-26 Lucy Gallpen
Royston James Pack died 15th March 2026 at Queen Elizabeth hospital LondonUpdated: 19-03-26 Michael Solway
I lived in the next street(Nibley Road) when he was at Bristol City. I was about 10 knew him well and when he left he gave me a pair of his boots.Updated: 12-03-26 Emma Kehoe
My Dad, Les Kehoe, went to school with Steve and they remained in touch up until Steve went to the States. I vaguely remember visiting Steve and Jackie in their big house when he was playing for Leicester and playing with their two sons Jamie and I can’t remember the other sons name!Updated: 12-03-26 Joyçe marinello
I would love to hear from you Ron my great friend please contact me
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.