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: 30-06-26 Archy Cunningham
I went to school with Jimmy (Jumbo) and played with him for Musselburgh Grammar, great footballer and great pal. Can you tell me where in Spain is he living as well I would love to get in touch with him.Updated: 30-06-26 Jimmy Scott
Good lad. Happy days at Morpeth Street School.Updated: 30-06-26 Terrence Arnold
Best defender Southend ever had. I have a magnet picture of him on my fridge when he played for Millwall.Updated: 30-06-26 Roy Clark
As a child I coll collected autographs and used to wait at a bus stop at Kent Elms corner to go to the ground to see Southend United train. One day Eddie stopped and picked my friend up and took us to the ground. He said that each day if we were at the bus stop he would pick us up. Needless to say we were never late.Updated: 30-06-26 Eddie Carpenter
Played with Freddie for Kent schoolboys and against him for Bexleyheath and Welling Colts when he played for Spurs Colts. I signed pro for Charlton when I was 17 and it was the worst mistake of my life. Always liked Freddie and we for along well. He was a great player even then. God bless you Freddie if you read this. EddieUpdated: 30-06-26 Ed Holford
I recently wrote a article on John Cutbush with several photos of John from his time at Fulham, on one of the Fulham facebook sites I run called Craven Cottage & Fulham FC Archives. I hope you allow links:- https://www.facebook.com/groups/332326351408249/permalink/1684581002849437/Updated: 30-06-26 Beth
Barry is my father. I would love to know more about him. If anyone knows/has any stories... I am here!Updated: 30-06-26 EileenEldridge Nee Constantine)
My Father Jimmy Constantine Centre Forward 1946/47 for Man City won the second Division Championship earning promotion to Division one. He was highly influential during first half of that historic promotion charge, then heartbreaking severe injury prevented him from playing for the club again. CHAMPIONSHIP MEDAL despite the injury his early-season goal contribution was so vital to the clubs Success that he was rightfully awarded the solid goal League Championship medal which has never been reported.Updated: 30-06-26 Bobby Bennett
Hi MonicaUpdated: 30-06-26 Bil Gibbs
I am Chairman of the Fairs Club, and we are all Newcastle United fans. Arthur has been one nf many ex Newcastle United players at our talk ins and I speak with him now and again. His birthday is next week.
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.