Can you even tell that this person used to be a professional athlete?
Quote from: brian green on September 08, 2015, 06:32:36 PMMuch depends on the time frame when you assess whether a footballer has gone wrong. The best player I have ever seen was John Charles and the crock of gold at the end of his rainbow was the tenancy of a pub, in Leeds I think. That in turn led to excessive drinking and the all too familiar sad end. However, that was considered to be a well planned exit from the game in the not so distant past. Players with less generous clubs got a newsagents.Anyone remember Craystons newsagents in Blackwood Road, Streetly. Arsenal and England.
Much depends on the time frame when you assess whether a footballer has gone wrong. The best player I have ever seen was John Charles and the crock of gold at the end of his rainbow was the tenancy of a pub, in Leeds I think. That in turn led to excessive drinking and the all too familiar sad end. However, that was considered to be a well planned exit from the game in the not so distant past. Players with less generous clubs got a newsagents.
We made David White look like Zico. That was terrible.
Can anyone post a recent photo of Neville Southall?
Here you go, Chico.
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