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: 15-05-25 Jim Rankin
Terry and I worked together at a company called Potter Cowen we played football at lunch time on the waste ground nearly every day.Updated: 13-05-25 Guy Bristow
Have been meaning to get in touch for a couple of years .Have a great memory of playing in the stiffs for Watford and you cutting in from the left side and cracking a right footed shot into the near post at the old Brighton ground going up the hill . Stuck with me all these years.Never new all the clubs you played for all up to date now.Hope this gets to I m coming up 70 now so this would have been 53/54 years ago . Hope this find you well all the very best. Guy Bristow.Updated: 13-05-25 Gerry Heaney
Played with John on the Our Lady,s high School, Motherwell school soccer team which won the Scottish Schools Senior Soccer Championship v Coatbridge HS in 1960Updated: 12-05-25 Nicole webb
I have a photo and more information as he is my grandads grandad and will happily give you a photo as we have oneUpdated: 12-05-25 Stephen Pidgeon
I remember Ray working on Leatherbarrows stall on Edmonton Green early sixties and he attended Huxley School EdmontonUpdated: 07-05-25 Philip Sanderson
I had the pleasure of working for Tim &John Hudson their company was called Wiseroy ltd . I enjoyed every minute there . Tim loved a good joke had me howling with laughter. As an ex professional footballer myself we had a lot in common, I was sorry to hear that he had passed . Give my regards to Mandy and Steve who I new well and still see Steve playing guitar and making people laugh .Updated: 07-05-25 Peter Turley
John Holsgrove when playing for Wolves in the late sixties, did a bit of PE work at the school I was attending at the time in Wolverhampton. Carlton House, Broad Lane, Bradmore. Strangely, I can copy his autograph signature as good as his!!Updated: 07-05-25 garry mulvenna
hi, i went too school with eric at great barr comprehensive,his dad picked me and eric up outside the school and dropped me off at home,i wonder were eric is now love to get in touch with himUpdated: 04-05-25 Ray
Met a guy in Norwich purporting to be David Goose playing for Norwich, Nottingham Forest and Swindon.Had no doubt I was talking to a real person but no records found. Being a Swindon fan I have a fairly good but not comprehensive memory of Town Players. I do not recall him. Was there apparently under Danny Williams. I am still checking the convenance of this.Updated: 04-05-25 Maiden name was Cynthia Grindle
I was in the same class as Peter Eustace at Stocksbridge Secondary school. My maiden name was Cynthia Grindle
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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If you know of any other stories that may interest fellow fans, please do let us know.