One show are doing a piece on ex professional players who fall on hard times after they stop playing.Interviews with Warren Aspinall and Lee Hendrie , worth a watch on catchup/iplayer.
Probably was mentioned before but did anyone watch the footballer secret suicide program fronted by Clark Carlisle. He interviewed Hendrie. To be fair Hendrie looked after his family by buying them houses, but then the property slump screwed him over.
I watched it just goes to show without the right advice about investments you can feck your life up.
This article offers some insights: http://tinyurl.com/6va5n2h