No chance to put down any roots anywhere, few friendships that last any amount of time, a long way away from their families with limited opportunities to visit them during the season, …
Back when Bury FC were a football league club and just prior to their financial collapse, we had a player who regularly came in to the school where I was teaching to do coaching sessions with the kids. I had a conversation with him about this and he said that many players in the lower echelons tended to base themselves in Greater Manchester/West Yorkshire as there are plenty of clubs within commuting distance. He subsequently moved to... Plymouth!
