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Retired: What Happens to Footballers When the Game´s Up
Alan Gernon
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Description for Retired: What Happens to Footballers When the Game´s Up
Paperback. Retired is the ultimate 'where are they now?' What actually happens to footballers once they hang up their boots? While an elite few land plum managerial jobs or punditry roles, it transpires that for the majority retirement is more likely to be a descent into bankruptcy, a spiral into addiction, ill health, depression, divorce, prison or worse. Num Pages: 256 pages, separate colour picture section of approx 20 images. BIC Classification: WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 256.
Almost half of professional footballers face the threat of bankruptcy within five years of their retirement. A third will be divorced less than a year after hanging up their boots. With little or no support from the game to which they gave their lives, many end up addicted, depressed, living with debilitating illnesses, behind bars or even worse. While an elite few may be financially secure, or others may land plum managerial jobs or punditry roles, it transpires that for the majority retirement is something they're not prepared for and lives can spiral into a rapid and depressing decline. Retired ... Read more
Almost half of professional footballers face the threat of bankruptcy within five years of their retirement. A third will be divorced less than a year after hanging up their boots. With little or no support from the game to which they gave their lives, many end up addicted, depressed, living with debilitating illnesses, behind bars or even worse. While an elite few may be financially secure, or others may land plum managerial jobs or punditry roles, it transpires that for the majority retirement is something they're not prepared for and lives can spiral into a rapid and depressing decline. Retired ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pitch Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Hove, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785311383
SKU
V9781785311383
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-3
About Alan Gernon
Alan Gernon is a writer and award-winning stand-up comedian. He's written about football for a number of national and regional Irish newspapers, is a regular columnist for Ireland's leading independent bookmaker and has written and starred in comedy sketches on RTE television as a Football Manager addict. He supports Dundalk FC, Manchester United and the underdogs.
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