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I doubt very much that any of our current players will have to do a normal job after leaving the game, so I found it interesting to hear what some of our old players are up to now;

David Bacuzzi
Travel agent in Dublin

David Baker
Set up a driving school in Surrey

Carl Bradshaw
Runs a B&B in Norwich

Tony Coleman
Works for Australian state railway

Gordon Davies
Working for Rentokil in Bedfordshire

Wyn Davies
Baker in Bolton

Harry Dowd
Works for JW Lees brewery

Ronnie Ekulund
CEO of a company who market fashionable nursing covers for breast feeding mothers!

Ivan Golac
Ran a chocolate factory in Belgrade for a number of years.

Gerry Gow
Works in the engineering trade in Dorset

Tony Grealish
Scrap metal merchant

Eike Immel
Appeared on the German version of 'I'm A Celebrity Get Me out Of Here' in 2008 (I know it's not a job but thought it was worth a mention!)

Ged Keegan
Works for a car parking comapny at Manchester airport.

Jamie Pollock
Director of a glass making company in Middlesbrough

David White
MD of a recycling company

Kenny Clements was Hs driving instructor and neighbour when she lived at her folks.

Only really impressive post-football career I've ever heard of except those continuing within the game as pundits, coaches or whatever is a Norwegian keeper (used to be at Tottenham) called Espen Baardsen. He is now a very succesfull fund manager in London.

He retired young so pretty sure he has earned ways more as a fund manager than as a football player. He said in a interview once that when they did not practice and the other guys used to read comic books, party, watch TV etc. he used to read books about economics. Kind of reminds me of Kompany doing algebra on the train to Wembley.

Quote from wikipedia

He is currently a partner and fund manager for Eclectica Asset Management, a London-based asset management company. He is a frequent guest on the business television network, CNBC.

Niall Quinn...apparently invested in some sort of American Wild West Show...or was it a cowboy outfit?...he employs another ex player as an Elephant man impersonator.

Roy Keane has had a very successful career as a proffessional failure.

Where did you find those Kevin? Some really interesting career paths.

bobby mcdonald my dustbin man

rick holden - owns a physio practice on the isle of man. and his autobiography is a hilarious read!

Not our player but ken monkou now runs a pancake shop in holland

david brightwell is now a fireman

Mark Ward - Working for a national building company.

I remember reading somewhere that Gerry Creaney moved back to his home town and became a taxi driver.

Flixton Blue wrote:Mark Ward - Working for a national building company.

isnt he doing a stretch for drug offences?

Terry Phelan
He is now living in McAndrew Bay in Dunedin, New Zealand and is Football Development Manager for Football South, a football federation that manages the game from the provinces of South Canterbury southwards.

Keith Curle
Coach with Neil Warnock at Queens Park Rangers .Appointed 1 March 2010, .

Nigels Tackle wrote:

Flixton Blue wrote:Mark Ward - Working for a national building company.

isnt he doing a stretch for drug offences?

Released early.

Gary Owen MD of a Business Consultants

Got a newspaper cut out from 2005 which researched th 1966 2nd div championship team. Soem willl have died and I'm sure some will have changed jobs since.= and many retired by then. Of the ones still working then -

Glyn Pardoe - Part time security worker
Bobby Kennedy - works for a Manchester tailor
George Heslop - was a Social worker and worked on a boating lake in Fairhavens
Roy Cheetham -Players association
Johnny Crossan - own sports shop in Londonderry
Ralph Brand - taxi driver in Edinburgh

Nigel Gleghorn's now working at Trafford College teaching Coaching NVQ.

Isn't Lee Crooks out in Afgan with the RAF Regiment?