Pringle and Fissler (1996)
Andy
Pringle and Neil Fissler's excellent book, 'Where Are
They Now ?' claims to have the answer to this question
for over 2000 players. The revised and updated edition
was printed in 1996 by Two Heads Publishing. Hence,
though the information is now out of date, it gives a
snapshot of the player's whereabouts in 1996. I still
recommend that you buy the book - it has photographs and
contains much more information than I've shown. (Click
the book to view from Amazon).
All the
following information was researched by Pringle nad
Fissler and is up to date for 1996. Natrually, the book
has a very large number of people from Bob's 1970-71
pages and I haven't the time to print every one of them
in one go. Sometimes I've added a minor update in brackets.
A
Tony Allen
(Stoke City) Lives in Stoke where he is a licensee
John Aston
(Man U) Didin't retire from football
until 1981 and now runs the pet shop, Pet World
in Stalybridge.
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Gordon
Banks (Stoke City) Career ended prematurely when he lost an eye in
a car accident. Managed Telford for a while and now works
self employed in the sports promotion business.
Mike
Bailey (Wolverhampton Wanderers) Had a spell as player coach at Minnesota Kicks
in the States. Sacked as reserve team coach for
Portsmouth in February, 1995. Went to manage Leatherhead.
Mick Bates
(Leeds United) Lives in
Doncaster and is a steward at a Working Men's Club.
Billy
Baxter (Ipswich Town) Now lives in Dunfirmline, Scotland and has been
an engineer for British Telecom for over 20 years.
Phil Beal
(Tottenham Hotspur) Splits his time between his home in Devon and
Surrey where he runs a care hire firm in West Drayton.
Rod Belfit
(Leeds United) Works as
a draughtsman which was his profession prior to becoming
a footballer.
Colin Bell
(Manchester City) Ran his
own restaurant until 1989, then returned to Manchester
City as Youth Development Officer.
Clyde Best
(West Ham United)
Playedfor Tampa Bay Rowdies and Portland Timbers in
America before going for a spell with Feyenoord. Returned
to Portland, Oregon where he owns a dry cleaning
business.
David Best
(Ipswich Town) Manager
of Dorchester Town before moving to Wareham and becoming
manager of Wareham Rangers in the Dorset Combination.
Alan Bloor
(Stoke City) Lives in Stoke where he runs a newsagents.
Billy
Bonds (West Ham United) Became coach and later manager (1990-94) at West
Ham. Later was youth team manager at QPR until September
1996.
Tommy
Booth (Manchester City) Was manager of Preston North End for 18 months,
now lives in Manchester where he works for Grenada, the
television rental firm that are based there.
Stan
Bowles (Manchester City) Gambling took its toll and he was unemployed
for a long time, before David Webb (Chelsea) took him on at Brentford.
Ian Bowyer
(Manchester City) Assistant manager to Peter
Shilton at
Plymouth Argyle in 1994, moved to Rotherham United until
September 1996. Then became coach at Birmingham.
Ronnie
Boyce (West Ham United) Chief Scout for West Ham in October 1992 to
1996. a brief spell as scout for QPR followed.
Sandy
Brown (Everton) Ran a boarding house in Blackpool,playing
football with Blackpool Rangers in the West Lancashire
League. Afterwards worked in the Peak Frean factory
living on the Flyde
Ollie
Buton (Newcastle United) Career ended with knee injury in 1972 and worked
as a brewery representative.Then set up a sandwich bar he
runs in Diss, Norfolk.
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Ian
Callaghan (Liverpool) Now lives in Ormskirk and runs the 'Hesketh' pub
with Geoff Strong (Liverpool). Ian is another of the former
players on the Littlewoods Pools panel.
John
Charles (West Ham United) Left football at just 26 years of age and had a
fruit and vegetable business until his health declined.
Jack Charlton (Leeds United) Became manager of Middlesbrough, Newcastle
United, and Sheffield Wednesday, before becoming Republic
of Ireland's most successful ever manager. In 1994
Ireland performance in the World Cup led to Jack being
given the freedom of the City in Ireland. He quit after
the failure to qualify for Euro' 96. Famous for his
pursuit of fishing.
Martin
Chivers (Tottenham Hotspur) Runs the Brookmans Park Hotel in Hertfordshire.
Regularly heard on Radio 5 Live (...sorry not heard him
since the pages began, so I haven't yet added him to the
commentater's list), and organises the ex-Spurs Charity
XI.
Frank
Clark (Newcastle United) Became assistant manager to Sunderland and
Orient, before becoming Leyton Orient's manager. Took
over from Brian Clough at Forest winning promotion to the
Premiership in his first season. (Sacked before impending
relegation in 1996).
Allan
Clarke (Leeds United) Managed Barnsley, Leeds United and Lincoln City.
Now lives in Scunthorpe as a travelling salesman for a
firm that makes ventilating extractors for industry.
Ray
Clemence (Liverpool) Had a spell as manager of Barnet (1994-96) and
coaching with Spurs. Now a full time goalkeeping coach
for England (where he's often seen on the bench at
matches).
Terry
Conroy (Stoke City) Runs an insurance business in Ashton-Under-Lyne
Ian
Collard (Ipswich Town) Retired through hip injury and has a home in
Bristol, but is employed as a manager of Sunshine George
Cross in Australia.
Peter
Collins (Tottenham Hotspur) Now a P.E. teacher in Chelmsford, and until
1995, part-time manager of Baintree Town. Has also been a
record dealer and market trader.
Terry
Cooper (Leeds United) Was the country's first player/director at
Bristol City whom he managed until 1988. Has also managed
Exeter twice and Birmingham City. Retired from Exeter in
June 1995 due to ill health, spent a year in Tenerife,
before returning on the coaching side at Sothampton.
Joe
Corrigan (Manchester City) Moved to Cheshire where he acted as coach to
goalkeepers at Celtic, Middlesbrough, Tranmere and
Barnsley. Then became Liverpool's first full - time
goalkeeping coach.
John
Craggs (Newcastle United) Runs a sports shop in Teeside Park which was
once owned by Willie Madden.
David
Craig (Newcastle United) Was player/assistant-manager at Carlisle United
in July 1983 and player coach in October 1984. Then ran a
newsagents in Dunston, and now owns a milk business back
in Newcastle United.
Hugh
Curran (Wolverhampton Wanderers) Lives in Carstairs where he is a publican aftre
working as a publican following jobs as a hotelier and
owning a grocers and hairdressers.
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Wyn Davies
(Newcastle United) Known as 'Wyn the Leap' apparantly. Became a
baker in the Bolton area.
Peter
Dobing (Stoke City) Runs a business selling crockery to hotels and
restaurants in the Stke area.
Derek Dougan (Wolverhampton Wanderers) Was Chairman of the PFA.
Returned to Wolves in August 1982, as Chairman and Chief
Executive. Still lives in the Wolverhampton area, where
he works as a marketing and PR Consultant.
Mike Doyle
(Manchester City) Lives in Ashton - Under - Lyne where he has
been a sales manager for Slazenger for ten years.
Commontates on local radio.
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George
Eastham (Stoke City) Manager of Stoke City (1977-78), and awarded the
OBE in 1975. Now in Johannesburg where he owns a
sportswhere business and is vice-president of the Arsenal
Supporters Club in South Africa.
Mike
England (Tottenham Hotspur) Was manager of the Welsh national team from
1980-88, during which time he earned an M.B.E. for
services to football. Now a businessman, he owns
residential homes in Rhyl and Colwyn Bay.
Peter
Eustace (West Ham United) Manager of Sheffield Wednesday (1988-9) and
Leyton Orient (1991-4). Left football and now runs a pub
in Sheffield.
Allun
Evans (Liverpool) Left English football for American and
Australian soccer, retiring in 1980. Now lives in
Melbourne, Australia where he has worked variously as a
carsalesman, a delivery driver at a fish market, and a
painter and decorator.
Ray Evans
(Tottenham Hotspur) Lives in Seattle in the United States, where he
coaches youngsters.
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Bobby
Ferguson (West Ham United)
Emigrated to Australia in 1981 where he took over
Adelaide City FC. In 1982 he ran a scuba diving firm for
six years, but gave up when a colleague was attacked by a
shark. Now a director of a flooring business.
Alan
Foggon (Newcastle United) Now lives in Jarrow where he works as security
manager for a major company.
David Ford
(Newcastle United) Now runs
a plumbing and heating business in Sheffield.
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Johnny
Giles (Leeds United) Was player-manager for Eire towards the end of
his career.Managed West Brom (1975/77), Philadelphia Fury
NASL, Vancouver Whitecaps NASL, and West Brom again
(1984-5). Now writes a regular column for the Daily
Express.
Alan
Gilzean (Tottenham Hotspur) Had a spell in South Africa, then returned to
manage Stevenage from May 1975 -August 1976. He now runs
a haulage firm in Enfield.
Bobby
Gould (Wolverhampton Wanderers) Has been manager of West Brom, Coventry,
Wimbledon and Wales. Presented 'Talk Back' on Sky
television. (Went on to manage Cardiff City)
Jimmy
Greaves (West Ham United) ( With Ian St.John was the front of the
excellent Saint and Greavesy football review programme on
ITV - now continues to pop up on t.v. shows offering his
witty views. Has also had his own talk show and has a
newspaper column in 'the Sun'.)
Jimmy
Greenhoff (Stoke City) Has an Insurance Business Greenhoff, Peutz and
Co in Audley near Stoke.
Eddie Gray
(Leeds United) Managed
Leeds United and Rochdale, before running soccer camps
for youngsters in Yorkshire. Now back on the coaching
side of Leeds United.
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Dave
Hatton (Blackpool) Works in an estate agents in Blackpool.
Colin
Harvey (Everton) Managed Everton (1987-90) then went on to
become assistant manager of Oldham Athletic
George
Heslop (Manchester City) Was on Manchester City's books as a coach before
becoming a licensee at the Hyde Road Hotel, then the City
Gates pub.
Terry
Hibbett (Leeds United) Had a newsagents when his career ended. Died of
stomach cancer at 46.
Pat
Holland (West Ham United) Was youth team coach at Spurs from 1988, and
later became the reserve team coach. Became Leyton Orient
manager (95-96). Went on to run 'Hollands' wine bar in
Upminster, and the 'Red Lion' pub in Barking.
John
Holsgrove (Wolverhampton Wanderers) Working as a financial advisor in the Midlands.
Emlyn
Hughes (Liverpool) Managed Rotherham for two years whilst becoming
a 'celebrity' for a number of years appearing in such
television shows as ' Sporting Triangles' and 'A Question
of Sport' (in which he was one of the team captains).
Norman
Hunter (Leeds United) Was manager of Barnsley and Rotherham, and
assistant manager of West Brom and Bradford City. Now an
after dinner speaker and coach at local schools.
Geoff
Hurst (West Ham United) Managed Chelsea between 1979-81. Managing
director of a firm selling car warranties.
John Hurst
(Everton) Became youth team coach at
Everton
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Tommy
Jackson (Everton) Managed clubs in Northern Ireland, then became
self-employed upholsterer for Bannon and Co in Belfast.
Derek
Jefferson (Ipswich Town) Coaches school children with Christians in
Sport.
Pat
Jennings M.B.E., O.B.E.(Tottenham Hotspur) Won the M.B.E. in 1976 and the O.B.E. in 1987.
Coaches goalkeepers at White Hart Lane and makes personal
appearances.
Johnny
Johnston (Blackpool) Is a sales representative for a paint company.
Mick Jones
(Leeds United) Retired
in 1973 due to knee injury and became a representative
for a sports company after which he ran a sports shop in
Maltby for fourteen years. Now runs a market stall in
Nottingham selling sportswear with his son, and lives in
Worksop.
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Howard
Kendall (Everton) (I've added lots of extra info. to this one ...)
Player/manager
with Blackburn Rovers 1979-81
Returned to Everton - initially as player manager
1981-1987 - during which time Everton won the League
Championship twice in 84-84 and 86-87, the FA Cup in
1984, and the Cup Winners' Cup in 1985.
Took over Xanthi of Greece.
Returned once again to Everton in 1990-1993 - but fell
out with the board and resigned because they would not
sign Dion Dublin.
Next he became manager of Notts County in January 1995,
but this only lasted weeks.
Moved on to Sheffield United 1995-1997.
Had a final spell at Everton in the Premier League
1997-1998.
Cyril
Knowles (Tottenham Hotspur) Inspiration for the top 20 hit 'Nice One Cyril'
by the Cockerel Chorus in 1973. Became the manager of
Torquay 1987-89. Was only 47 when he died in 1991.
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Brian
Labone (Everton) Went into business in Merseyside, then worked in
insurance. Went on to work in the commercial office at
Everton.
Frank
Lampard (West Ham United) Was player-coach at Southend, but otherwise (in
September 2000) has nearly spent 35 years at the club,
now in the role as coach and right hand man to (his
brother-in-law) Harry Redknapp.
Tommy
Lawrence (Liverpool) Apparently nicknamed 'The Flying Pig' due to his
portly stature. Now works the nightshift at a wire
factory in Warrington, Cheshire.
Francis
Lee (Manchester City) On retiring from football, he became a
full-time businessman. Made a fortune from owning and
training racehorses and a recycling paper business (I
always thought it was bog-rolls - Bob). In 1993 lead a
consortium took over Manchester City. (This has since
failed to make any changes to City's fortunes and Lee no
longer controls the club).
Larry
Lloyd (Liverpool) Coached at Wigan and Managed Notts County. Now
runs a pub in Nottingham
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Jim
McCalliog (Wolverhampton Wanderers) Was player-coach at Lincoln City in 1978. Went
to manage Halifax Town and Runcorn, but is now a
journalist and publican, running the 'County Hotel' in
Harrogate.
Willie
(Iam) McFaul (Newcastle United) Was Newcastle United's manager from August 1985
to December 1988. Now lives in Northern Ireland and is
part of Bryan Hamilton's National team set-up.
Paul
Madeley (Leeds United) He sold his chain of 26 DIY stores which he
owned with his brothers for £27 million. In 1992 he
successfully had an operation to remove a brain tumour.
Still based in Yorkshire, he is a property consultant.
John Marsh
(Stoke City) Lives near Stoke working as a sales
representative.
Mick Mills
(Ipswich Town) Became
manager of his last club Stoke City. Lives in
Staffordshire and was chief scout for Sheffield Wednesday
before becoming coach at Birmingham City.
Bobby
Moncur (Newcastle United) Became player manager of Carlisle United in
November 1976 and resorted back to just player from
September 1977. He was manager of Hearts from February
1980, and Plymouth Argyle from June 1981 to September
1983. Was coach of Whitley Bay for a while, and now runs
his own yacht charter business in Newcastle. Has
apparantly sailed in the Round the Britain Race;
Transatlantic Race and the 1987 Fastnet Race.
Bobby
Moore (West Ham United) Briefly had a career in management at Oxford
City, and Southend (1984-86), but did not match his
on-field successes. Sadly died of cancer aged only 51.
Roger
Morgan (Tottenham Hotspur) Lives in Chingford. Worked as a recreation
officerfor Haringey Council before becoming a community
officer at West Ham.
Peter
Morris (Ipswich Town) Was manager of Boston United until the summer of
1994, and assistant manager at Northmapton Town until
February 1995.
John
Morrisey (Everton) Successful businessman in Merseyside.
Alan
Mullery M.B.E. (Tottenham Hotspur) Awarded the M.B.E. in 1975.Had spells of
management with Brighton (twice), Charlton, and Q.P.R.
appointed director of Football at Barnet in 1996, and is
a football presenter on Capitol Gold Radio in London. (If
someone can confirm that he still is I'll add him to my
commentators list - Bob.)
Francis
Munro (Wolverhampton Wanderers) Coached and managed teams in Australia between
1981-89. Worked as a salesman in a garden furniture
company. In January 1993, suffered a severe stroke and
now requires ta stick to aid his walking.
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Keith
Newton (Everton) After his League career, Keith went on to play
for non-league sides Morcombe and Clitheroe - where he
was player-manager. Went on to set up a sports trophy
business, newsagents and a local garage group in
Blackburn. (Sadly died in 1998.)
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Alan Oakes
(Manchester City) Joined Chester in June 1976 in a player -
manager role. Manager until 1982, he returned to the club
as coach.
Mike
O'Grady (Wolverhampton Wanderers) Worked as a grip for Yorkshire Television for
18 years. Now works behinfd the bar of the Royal Oak pub
in Wetherby, and still plays in the ex-Leeds United side.
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Glyn
Pardoe (Manchester City) Remained on the coaching staff until sacked by
Peter Reid in 1992. Now works for a security firm.
Derek
Parkin (Wolverhampton Wanderers) Lives in Wheaton Aston and works as a
professional gardener.
Jimmy
Pearce (Tottenham Hotspur) Finished playing at 25 due to a rare bone
complaint. Now works in the fashion industry, running a
clothes shop in Essex.
Mike Pejic
(Stoke City) Was assistant manager of Port Vale and a coach
in Kuwait before taking over Chester City 1994-95.
Steve
Perryman (Tottenham Hotspur) Was manager of Brentford and Watford, before
becoming Gerry Francis' (Q.P.R. squad) assistant at Tottenham
Hotspur. In January 1995, became Ossie Ardiles's
assistant at Shimizu S-Pulse in Japan. (Now he's the
manager).
Matin
Peters (Tottenham Hotspur) Was player/manager at Sheffield United, before
choosing a career outside football. Now works for the
same motor insurance company as Geoff Hurst (West
Ham United).
John Pratt
(Tottenham Hotspur) Lives in Ashton-under-Lyme and works for the
community programme attatched to Oldham Athletic.
Eric
Probert (Burnley) became a pub landlord in North Yorkshire.
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Paul
Reaney (Leeds United) Australia's Player of the year in 1980 !. Now
lives in Knaresborough and runs coaching courses for the
World in Sport Organisation, as well as being a partner
in the Classic Portrait Company.
Harry
Redknapp (West Ham United) Manager of Bouremouth (from 1983-1992) before
going to West Ham initially as coach then became manager
(in 1994).
Jimmy
Robertson (Ipswich Town) Lives in the Stoke area and is a director of a
computer insurance company, The Task Force Group.
Bryan
Robson (Newcastle United) Player Coach at Chelsea before returning to the
North-east where he owns a newsagents.
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Ian St
John (Liverpool) Apparantly set a record for the quickest hatrick
scored in Scotland at 150 seconds whilst at Motherwell.
Was player-assistant manager at Coventry City, then
manager at Portsmouth, coach at Sheffield Wednesday. Left
to become a television pundit.
Jimmy
Smith (Newcastle United) Retired through injury in 1976. Gambling lost
him a fortune, and now drives taxis in Tyneside.
Tommy
Smith (Liverpool) Was player-coach at Swansea City until a knee
injury ended his career. Coached Liverpool's youth team
for a spell, and is still involved with them in a public
relations capacity.
Geoff
Strong (Liverpool) Lives in Birkdale where he is a successful
businessman owning a thriving hotel furnishing company.
Also owns a pub with Ian Callaghan (Liverpool).
Mike
Summerbee (Manchester City) Was player -manager of Stocport County (1978
-9) until he retired. Now chairman of his own made to
order shirt makers, whose clients have included David
Bowie, Michael Caine and Sylvester Stalone ! Also helps
the commercial department at Manchester City.
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Gerry
Taylor (Wolverhampton Wanderers) Had a brief spell as a publican, but has been a
policeman since 1976.
Peter
Thompson (Liverpool) Ran two caravan parks for seven years, then went
to the Lake District where he has run a country pub for
fourteen years.
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Colin
Viljoen (Ipswich Town) Became a pub licensee near Heathrow Airport
after retirement.
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Dave
Wagstaffe (Wolverhampton Wanderers) Runs 'Waggy's Bar' inside Wolves' ground,
Molineux.
Tony Want
(Tottenham Hotspur) Works as a warehouse manager for a frozen food
company.
Gordon
West (Everton) Worked on the ground staff at Tranmere Rovers,
then later worked in security in Merseyside.
Alan
Whittle (Everton) Went to Australia, then returned to the Wirral,
where he worked for a football in the community based at
Everton.
Trevor
Whymark (Ipswich Town) For four years ran courses and coached
youngsters, then became a van salesman.
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Ron Yeats
(Liverpool) Became player-assistant manager for Tranmere
Rovers in 1971, and then manager until April 1975. Had
spells with Stalybridge Celtic and Barrow, before
entering the haulage business and then the catering
trade. Is now the Chief Scout for Liverpool.
Neil Young
(Manchester City) Runs his own soccer school in Wimslow and
coaches youngsters in Cheshire schools.
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