The 'where are they now?' files

[Norbs]

I got stuck on Grobbelaar. Kept spelling it Grobelaar and tried Brucey and Grobs ffs. Probably wasted a minute

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[Exiled_red]

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2 of the 3 I missed were from 2007

[Irishnev]

96/99

2 of the 3 I missed were from 2007

Ya I forgot a couple in 2007 also

[El Diego]

Forgot Lee, Beglin, Wark and Walsh

[Mark79]

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[Norbs]

Looks like he dropped and smashed it

[Mark79]

Before or after he licked it?

[Fivex]

It is definitely bent on the top

[Charly]

lol... it is too

[Cormack74]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52710214

Former Liverpool and Wales striker Craig Bellamy says he has been diagnosed with depression.

Bellamy revealed he has been taking medication for three years and says injuries made his condition worse.

"For the last three, four years I've been diagnosed with depression, I'm a man of depression. I can't get away from that," he told Sky Sports.

"I've been medicated for three years and this is the first time I've ever spoken about it."

He added: "I've had ridiculous highs and massive lows.

"The injuries didn't help. The injuries were so, so difficult to try to overcome. I felt tortured. This wasn't what I expected my football career to be like. I didn't want to sprint, it hurt too much."

Bellamy, who played 78 times for Wales and represented Great Britain at the 2012 Olympic Games, played close to 300 Premier League games, scoring 81 goals.

Speaking in Mental Health Awareness Week, Bellamy explained how his career was the pinnacle of his depression.

"During my career my depression was worse, way worse, the emotional side… I'd come home and wouldn't speak for three days," he said.

"I had a wife, young family and I literally wouldn't talk. I would shut myself away in a room and then I would go to bed on my own. That was the only way I could deal with depression.

"Football's only here a short time, that's why you probably see a lot of footballers - more from our generation - do struggle with it.

"I've never spoken about it, I don't really feel it's anyone's business to talk about it, I'm quite private in what I do.

"Very few people know. My private life is very, very private to me, I always want to keep that separate. You only see what I want you to see."

Bellamy said his lowest point came at Newcastle, aged 23, when tendinitis in both knees made him want to quit playing altogether as he rejected interest from Manchester United.

"I was struggling with tendinitis in both knees and just wanted my career to be over," he added.

"Newcastle had invested heavily in me and I felt I couldn't justify it.

"I remember Manchester United were interested in me as well, that summer, but I knew I couldn't go there.

"I knew I was in no position to compete with the likes of the players they had there.

"Having to deal with that was the toughest time during my career. It becomes a relief when you have an operation."

Bellamy is working as Belgian club Anderlecht's Under-21 coach and says he feels his experiences help him as a coach.

He was previously Cardiff City's Under-18s coach, stepping down in 2019. He subsequently apologised "if I inadvertently offended anyone" following the club's decision to investigate a bullying claim made during his time there.

[Irishnev]

I wonder can this thread to be extended to 'where were we then'

15 years ago today I was partying in Istanbul ahead of what will go down as one of the most amazing nights in football history

[ChesterDave]

I was outside the Pumphouse Inn getting vox popped for a segment on Granada Tonight

[Norbs]

I wonder can this thread to be extended to 'where were we then'

15 years ago today I was partying in Istanbul ahead of what will go down as one of the most amazing nights in football history

I was possibly just taking off from Luton to the other Istanbul airport in what was going to be a desperate dash to the Attaturk for kick off. Was with a bloke called London Liverpool Red from YNWA and a fella I worked with. I was so caned that I vommed in to my meal on the plane but it was a private charter so no one really gave a ****

[Buzzo]

Did anyone watch ‘Harry heroes’? it’s mainly ****, well the football bits are.

Except for some insightful interviews. Lee Hendry on his struggles with depression (multiple suicide attempts for the poor fella).

And Paul Mersin trying to get through to an ebullient Neil Ruddock that he is slowly killing himself. Razor weighs a mighty 152kgs and has been told to amend his lifestyle, which he 100% is not doing.

They have a massive arguement and to be fair Mersin comes out of the programs really well. Seems to have fought off his demons.

Ruddock has to leave for health issues and later announces he needs a pacemaker installed.

John Barnes Alan Kennedy, Michael Owen and briefly Robbie Fowler appear.

Kills some time over three episodes and makes you forget about the virus.

[Shaggy]

Did anyone watch ‘Harry heroes’? it’s mainly ****, well the football bits are.

Except for some insightful interviews. Lee Hendry on his struggles with depression (multiple suicide attempts for the poor fella).

And Paul Mersin trying to get through to an ebullient Neil Ruddock that he is slowly killing himself. Razor weighs a mighty 152kgs and has been told to amend his lifestyle, which he 100% is not doing.

They have a massive arguement and to be fair Mersin comes out of the programs really well. Seems to have fought off his demons.

Ruddock has to leave for health issues and later announces he needs a pacemaker installed.

John Barnes Alan Kennedy, Michael Owen and briefly Robbie Fowler appear.

Kills some time over three episodes and makes you forget about the virus.

I thought it was great. Of course their incessant lame ass lads banter was tedious and irritating, and crap football too, as well as much of it being clearly scripted, but some of it was funny and I absolutely loved Merson's contribution. For all of his clownish punditry, he's clearly a lovely, troubled fella. Him v Ruddock was great telly.