The Secret Footballer

[milo]

An interesting read

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/...tballer-undercover-premier-league?INTCMP=SRCH

 

[billyiddo]

scraping the barrel with that one

 

[Jordinho]

I think it's obvious that it's not just one footballer, just a collection of stories from several footballers or even made up.

 

[Baleforce]

I still think its 1 guy, a few more clues there as to his identity

 

[Jordinho]

I still think its 1 guy, a few more clues there as to his identity

Started at lower league club, then got a big move.
Spent 5 years at one club.
Been relegated, then left the club early in his career.
Won stuff.
Scored goals (not a GK)
At the end of his career now.
Player of the season two years in a row.
Suffering from depression.
Had an operation once that lead to rumours of addiction to drugs/overdose on painkillers.

I can give you many examples that fit some of these, but nobody comes close to all of them

 

[milo]

scraping the barrel with that one

It's an extract from his book

 

[Baleforce]

http://www.whoisthesecretfootballer.co.uk

 

[Daisuk]

Cheap PR-trick to sell a book. Poor, poor him. Next.

 

[ArcspacE]

Cheap PR-trick to sell a book. Poor, poor him. Next.

This

 

[milo]

Cheap PR-trick to sell a book. Poor, poor him. Next.

In what way? The only way that it is different from the column is that is less focussed on a specific topic and it has a pop at Ashley Cole.

 

[Baleforce]

maybe, although cheaper tricks without the secrecy would make more money on retirement

 

[milo]

I thought that the bit at the end about drinking heavily and eating too much to get dropped was pretty risky. I would imagine that a club would have a good case for breach of contract if a player is unfit to carry out their job.

 

[Baleforce]

very much so, although according to the twitter stream he was out of contract this summer

 

[Roy1983]

Oh diddums must be very depressing earning thousands per week!!

 

[Modric THFC]

Oh diddums must be very depressing earning thousands per week!!

Depression has nothing to do with how much money you earn. Its a mental illness.

 

[DubaiSpur]

Probably Danny Murphy.

 

[JellySpur]

I don't know why but for some reason i've always wanted to believe it was crouchie.

 

[Roy1983]

Depression has nothing to do with how much money you earn. Its a mental illness.

Rightio.

 

[The Moonlit Knight]

I don't know why but for some reason i've always wanted to believe it was crouchie.

If it is one person, then my money is on Jimmy Bullard.

 

[chicken_badge]

Been reading it every week for the last season and it's an excellent read. Well written, normally topical and it does feel honest - not really anyway to know if it is or isn't. The book would be an interesting read but I don't know how it would be any different from an autobiography, if anything it would be more limiting.