Ben Burgess on the BBC

[andrewesq]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29972022

interesting story that shows how normal lower league players are! having to work to live and pay the bills.
It was odd at the time but he obvisouly didnt enjoy football not tranmere in particular !

 

[bring back the cowshed!]

Thanks, Andrew. It's a fascinating article. Ben sounds a great bloke. I admire his honesty in retiring when he did and not just sitting back in the physio's room and taking the money for a year or two. What a shame he couldn't play for us. He'd have been a great asset. I'm not surprised he made a good teacher.

 

[drwhoman]

Very interesting article on the BBC website. His career and the two weeks at Rovers (!) and adapting to a new career after football. I remember him here in Sydney when he was on loan to my then local team, the Northern Spirit. an honest hard working centre forward. Shame about his injuries. I am sure he would have done a decent job for Rovers.

 

[Ian]

Merged threads.

Great read, and actually makes more sense because at the time it's a little strange when a player retires who's never played a game for you.