Ex Oldham player Andy Barlow now works as a JCB.
Ex Oldham player Andy Barlow now works as a JCB.
As a JCB?
Wow that's impressive! 😀
Gary Imlach's "My Father And Other Working Class Football Heroes" is an excellent book that will interest many of you.
Talks about the "good old days" of maximum wage, which meant that just about any club could achieve success, the players had to have a summer job (pay was halved during the summer break), and their career could be finished with one tackle.
John Philiben the former European Youth cup winner, Motherwell defender and Stirling Albion boss is now a driving instructor (fund yourself and fit it around training as your career fades away).
The fact that even such "stars" need another career goes against the actions of the local high school - a sporting academy - which pulls kids out of classes for coaching sessions (they're meant to make it up in the lunch hour but even so the disruption must be considerable). But then I'm only a SFA Level-1 coach so what do I know 😉
Oh - and Terry Butcher (former England defender) used to own a local hotel.
Getting bloatier by the looks of it - talk of 5 NFL games in London next season. Long term they must be thinking of a permanent London team.Junkyard - lazarustheir rules are designed to keep it, broadly, fair and competitive and to stop money,alone, letting you win the league.
Its very different from ours in that,sporting, respect.
they are both bloated cash cows
The one that got me was Clive Mendonca, who now works on the Nissan plant in Sunderland, now it might be in a sports/health type roll, or he might be on the production line, but I cant imagine anyone else who's currently playing onnthe premier league ending up like that
He's on the production line which believe me is a bloody hard job, very nice chap he is too and isn't scared of a bit hard graft - lots of young new starters can't hack it and walk out.
This Chap, http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Moir_(footballer) was a Fireman at an old BNFL works, and a friend of mine.A true gent and a lovely guy. When he was sold by Man Utd his replacement was a real character......George Best!
