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: 04-06-25 Glyn Jones
Remember how upset I was when I heard my team, Leicester had sold him to Sunderland for £200,000. Autumn 1976.Updated: 04-06-25 Susan Gennoe
He didn’t retire because of a back injury! He went to live in Spain because the weather was better for his health ie: arthritis etc but came back at Shay Givens request to come back to coach him at Aston Villa.Updated: 04-06-25 Martin Greenwood
My Dad who’s 79 has just cleared his loft and has a series of cuttings of the orient Man United game in 1962. If he wants a copy e.mail me and I’ll send them overUpdated: 04-06-25 Stefan Jordan
My dad Peter Jordan played football and went to school with Ray in the Smethwick tech league ! He was telling me today the story when they were in headmaster Collins office and Ray picked up one of his pencils from his desk twiddled it and said sir I’m leaving tomorrow to go and play professional football and left …… i would dearly love to contact Ray and put him in touch with my dad Peter Jordan I really hope this reaches Ray thank you best wishes Stefan JordanUpdated: 04-06-25 Lawrie Waight
I used to wear your boots at London Collney when I was an associate schoolboy!Updated: 04-06-25 Robert Campbell
I don’t know know if this is any good but my friend told a story about working with a scouser who used to play for Everton he told me he played for Liverpool? But Peter played for south Liverpool but the funny part was that his dad was a life long Liverpool man and when he signed for Everton never spoke to him again and banished him from the house he had to sneak back to see his mum his pictures were not on display anymore this was told to me by my mate as i was trying to explain English football culture in my local aussie pub they do not understand but then my days started in 70s with Chelsea so if it’s him he’s living in Australia around Newcastle nsw and was working with my mate who is a concreter i don’t know if this is of any interest to anyone but good luck in the new stadium i hope you don’t lose touch with the people who made Everton i enjoyed going to goodison proper footballing people respect over land and sea and LeicesterUpdated: 04-06-25 Tony Shaw
Along with Matt Tees, part of the goalscoring duo which helped Grimsby Town win the then Division 4 title in 1972. Fast, skilful and always a danger in the opposing penalty area.Updated: 04-06-25 Paul Masters
He is doing plumbing and heating now lives in MiddletonUpdated: 04-06-25 John Barton
David Barton is my Dad and I enjoyed a brilliant childhood 50% down to this man. I love you Dad.Updated: 04-06-25 Paul Jolley
Worked with Danny in the 1980s at Barclays Life Assurance, Forest Gate , East London.
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.