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The Times & The Sunday Times

The Times & The Sunday Times

JAMES GHEERBRANT

Teacher, therapist, architect: players who rejected football’s afterlife

Not every retired footballer goes into coaching or punditry. Here are three who took a different path and found that ‘normal’ life suits them better

Many footballers, when they retire from playing, choose to remain in the only industry they’ve ever known, as managers, coaches, executives and media personalities. But there is also a subset of players who choose to leave the sport behind entirely, and do something completely different professionally. I have always been fascinated by their stories, partly because...Many footballers, when they retire from playing, choose to remain in the only industry they’ve...Many footballers, when they retire from playing, choose to remain in the only industry they’ve...

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