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WHATEVER HAPPENED TO?

ALEXANDER LYNN takes a look at some of football’s most bizarre post-retirement career choices...

OOTBALL is a game of two halves – career and retirement. For every Gary Lineker given a lucrative punditry career and an unlimited supply of crisps, there are ten others who do something different.
Ray Wilson 
Huddersfield and Everton left-back Ray Wilson was part of the 1966 World Cup-winning England team. One would imagine that after such a momentous achievement, Wilson would have had his pick of any number of high-profile career moves. However, having buried West Germany...

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