ex footballers gone wrong

[four fornicholl]

just been reading about sasa curcic, cant help feeling a little bit sorry for him.
what are peoples views and tales of ex villa players gone tits up
McGrath excluded cos he can do no wrong

[TheMalandro]

The self-proclaimed intellect, David James, was declared bankrupt a few years ago.

That's pretty good going for the career he had. You can only blame bad advice so far!

[Chico Hamilton III]

Mike Tindall

[Risso]

I think of everybody, Gary Charles is about the saddest and worst case.  I hope he's got his life sorted now because a few years ago it wasn't looking too clever.

[Bernie]

Clarke Carlisle

[Stirchley Villain]

I never understood the whole Sasa Curcic thing. I was really excited when he signed. He fell apart pretty quickly.  They didn't earn the money then that players earn now... but it was still enough at that level to secure their future if managed sensibly.

[LeeS]

Mike Tindall

Good shout. I'm sure I read somewhere that Roy Keane gave him a leg-up and he is back in the business now.

[fbriai]

This thread made me wonder what Gary Charles was up to now, which led me to this:

Roy Keane and Gary Charles: A different perspective on the Man Utd legend

It also offers an interesting alternative perspective on Roy Keane.

[LeeB]

This thread made me wonder what Gary Charles was up to now, which led me to this:

Roy Keane and Gary Charles: A different perspective on the Man Utd legend

It also offers an interesting alternative perspective on Roy Keane.

It certainly does. Really pleased to see Charles has sorted himself out.

For all of Keane's faults, I've always felt there was an underlying decency beneath, and that much of his angst came from having to live and work in a phoney, backstabbing business.

[Risso]

This thread made me wonder what Gary Charles was up to now, which led me to this:

Roy Keane and Gary Charles: A different perspective on the Man Utd legend

It also offers an interesting alternative perspective on Roy Keane.

Good to hear that Charles is doing much better.  Annoyingly, I now have to give Keane some resect for doing something which not many people would.

[Percy McCarthy]

This thread made me wonder what Gary Charles was up to now, which led me to this:

Roy Keane and Gary Charles: A different perspective on the Man Utd legend

It also offers an interesting alternative perspective on Roy Keane.

Good on him. Both of them in fact.

[garyshawsknee]

Another non Villa player, but it was shocking to see Kenny Sansom in the paper a while ago, alcoholic and pot less, was reduced to sleeping on a park bench.

[pauliewalnuts]

Another non Villa player, but it was shocking to see Kenny Sansom in the paper a while ago, alcoholic and pot less, was reduced to sleeping on a park bench.

He's having a terrible time.

I was also reading about (the very ill) Ralph Milne at the weekend, and he too has had it rough, to say the least.

I always feel really bad for some of the players who missed out on the "set for life" money by being around too early. I read the other day that Nigel Spink is now a van courier. I'm not suggesting he's anything but happy with his lot, not at all, but I wonder how many players in the top flight these days will ever have to work like that in times to come?

[LeeB]

Another non Villa player, but it was shocking to see Kenny Sansom in the paper a while ago, alcoholic and pot less, was reduced to sleeping on a park bench.

He's having a terrible time.

I was also reading about (the very ill) Ralph Milne at the weekend, and he too has had it rough, to say the least.

I always feel really bad for some of the players who missed out on the "set for life" money by being around too early. I read the other day that Nigel Spink is now a van courier. I'm not suggesting he's anything but happy with his lot, not at all, but I wonder how many players in the top flight these days will ever have to work like that in times to come?

Milne has had it very rough, as he's now dead.

[Villafirst]

Lee Hendrie went bankrupt? I think it was bad advice on property deals.