Where are they now?

[Nine while nine]

Weird start to this thread. Bloke in the office was talking about a crime novel he'd been reading set in Ancient Rome in which the detective went by the name of Marcus Didius Falco, at which point I said "Fuck off, he's never called Mark Falco", but turns out he is. Who knew?

Anyway, that got me thinking. Where is Mark these days? Quick look at Wikipedia tells me that he works with John Pratt, clearing asbestos from Hertfordshire. Which is a bit random, but not every ex-player can talk bollocks on Sky, BT, Talksport or the BBC (even if it sometimes feels like it), so some of them must be doing something a bit more everyday.

And I'd have left that thought there, if I hadn't come across this video with Allan Nielsen. Turns out that Allan is now a life coach, which is a bit of a made-up job, but it keeps him off the streets and means he's really invested in the concept of helping others, which is nice. Sadly for Allan, he can't say 'others' and, in a weird turn of events, a couple of Danes are ripping the piss out of Allan for this. Or at least I think that's what's happening as I don't actually speak Danish.

Anyway, enjoy Allan and his lutrine friends and, while you're doing that, let me know if you know what any other ex-Spurs are up to these days? The more random the better.

 

[Dougal]

Chris Fairclough cuts my hair. Not even a barber, he just jumps out at me in the street with a pair of scissors. Random enough for ya?

 

[VegasII]

Apparently Mido can eat pies and pussy at the same time these days...

 

[NinjaTuna]

Gareth Bale is an extra on Casualty nowadays

 

[tony_parkes]

Allan Nielsen is essentially Denmark's version of Terry Nutkins from the The Really Wild Show?

Allan, watch your finger mate, they bite!!

 

[riggi]

Joe Jordan runs the firm.

 

[goughie1966]

David Howells

Head coach at Charterhouse in Godalming.

 

[kmk]

Apparently Mido can eat pies and pussy at the same time these days...

 

[Dougal]

Looks like Ron Jeremy. So that’s a yes on the pies and pussy then.

 

[Rocksuperstar]

Unreal... Aside from that being an amazing jacket, i was hunting for my favorite pic of Mido while he was playing for us:

So, I used google image search and entered the words "keane cartwheel mido" and there it pops up... linking to the thread where i last posted it! Small world, man.

 

[eddiev14]

He looks magnificent!

 

[Dharmabum]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espen_Baardsen

After retiring, Espen Baardsen went travelling around the world for a year, before studying for a degree at the Open University. [5] He is currently a partner and fund manager for a London-based asset management company. He is a frequent guest on the business television network CNBC.

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...tballers-who-voluntarily-retired-in-their-20s

Five years after retiring, Espen Baardsen described to the Observer in 2008 his final day in football: “I had been living out of hotels and suitcases for months. It was in a Tesco in Sheffield that I reached my lowest point. I went into Neil Warnock’s office to negotiate my wages and he offered me less than what a tube driver earns. I turned it down. I got bored of it. I felt unsatisfied intellectually, I wanted to travel the world.”

Of all the abandonments on this list, Baardsen’s seems the most pragmatic. He was a good goalkeeper, nothing more, who had gone to the World Cup in 1998 with Norway but played second fiddle at every club after, at Tottenham, Watford, Everton and Sheffield United. Just like 25-year-olds up and down the country, he was bored with his job, not making enough money and fancied a change. So he went travelling for a bit, got an Open University degree and got a gig in finance, managing “close to a billion dollars”, dealing in interest rate trades, foreign exchange rates and stocks. “You wouldn’t think a person working in the city could say this, but I’m more relaxed, five kilos lighter, fitter and healthier than I was at the end of my football career,” Baardsen added. “Football is stressful, try playing in front of 40,000 crazy football supporters who are happy or sad for their whole weekend depending on how you perform.”

 

[sickboy_se]

Or at least I think that's what's happening as I don't actually speak Danish.

Don't worry mate, neither do the Danes...

 

[spursfan77]

Was looking to see what Rory Allen was up to and found this. Amusing.

https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/so-whats-the-story-with-missing-rory-6982323.html

 

[cider spurs]

Steve Sedgley runs a construction company called...


COYS

You can follow him on twatter @COYSBuilders

 

[Rocksuperstar]

Steve Sedgley runs a construction company called...


COYS

You can follow him on twatter @COYSBuilders

Wasn't it Sedge who used to hang out with Gazza, stories of drunken madness, eating toilet disinfectant-cakes straight from the urinal for a bet, etc.?

 

[cider spurs]

Wasn't it Sedge who used to hang out with Gazza, stories of drunken madness, eating toilet disinfectant-cakes straight from the urinal for a bet, etc.?

Yep. £20 bet.

Gazza used to call Sedge "long neck", Gazza turned up late for training one day carrying a large sack.

Just as Venables was going to bollock him he let a feckin ostrich out of said sack with a Spurs shirt donning the bird with a #7 and Sedgley's name emblazoned across the back.

 

[Wheeler Dealer]

Neil Ruddock still feels the need to be recognised in a not so discrete way.... He's also an inspiration for any fat lad that it's always possible to pull a decent looking bird now matter how many extra pounds you may be carrying

 

[Geyzer Soze]

Neil Ruddock still feels the need to be recognised in a not so discrete way.... He's also an inspiration for any fat lad that it's always possible to pull a decent looking bird now matter how many extra pounds you may be carrying

What a sad ****

 

[TheChosenOne]

Wasn't it Sedge who used to hang out with Gazza, stories of drunken madness, eating toilet disinfectant-cakes straight from the urinal for a bet, etc.?

Sedge was an Enfield lad.

Ive told the story on here before..

It was just before he signed for us that my lot were off to Southend on a beano, the pick up was The Bell/Chimes down in Enfield - I think it's a Turkish restaurant nowadays.

He was on the coach with some of his buddies, nice enough bloke.

This standout memory of the day was that my mate had obtained a pair of trophy knickers from some old sort - I don't know why he was still in possession of them on the coach home but I do remember they ended up on Sedgeley's head.