please log in to view this image This is a shame as I don't like to see anyone failing in life or falling on hard times. I just thought Id post this up for anyone who may not have seen already. Bankrupt keeper David James: Football memorabilia sold off Former England goalkeeper David James' football memorabilia has been auctioned off after the star went bankrupt. James, 44, who played for Liverpool, Aston Villa, West Ham, Manchester City and Portsmouth, was declared bankrupt in May despite earning around £20m. Full story athttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-30109281 And... Former England footballer Neil ‘Razor’ Ruddock's wife Leah lashes out when debt collectors show up at their Kingsnorth home in Ashford Former footballer Neil ‘Razor’ Ruddock was seen getting into hot water over an unpaid kennel bill on a TV programme shown last night. Mr Ruddock now asserts that the debt for the dog kennel was written off when he was declared bankrupt in 2011.. http://http://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/do-you-know-who-i-24036/ A shame really.
I saw this too, very sad. Is there help and advice offered by the FA to players regarding financial matters? Must be a luxury to earn a high wage, but a challenge if you only earn that high wage for a very limited time.
This one, at our expense, laughing all the way to the bank, for the next 6 months or so at least! Ashley Cole flashes envelope full of money as England outcast hits Hollywood with former team-mate Shaun Wright-Phillips Ashley Cole holds a wad of cash weeks after England squad snub and Chelsea contract runs out Former Chelsea and England team-mate Shaun Wright-Phillips joins him for lunch in Hollywood Cole nicknamed 'Cashley' by Arsenal fans after move to Chelsea Full back booed by his own fans and derided by public after Cheryl split Published: 11:08 GMT, 28 May 2014 please log in to view this image Meeting: Former team-mates Ashley Cole (left) and Shaun Wright-Phillips meet at the Hollywood hotel for lunch please log in to view this image Cash: Ashley Cole (right) holds an envelope stuffed with cash as he meets Shaun Wright-Phillips for lunch please log in to view this image Counting: Cole gives his wad of cash a check after settling down in the Hollywood hotel http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...t-Phillips-flash-envelope-cash-Hollywood.html
No tears from me on this one, I'm sorry to say. They're hardly down and out. Bankruptcy isn't what it used to be, and if you can afford the kind of lawyers that Razor and James have then you can write off all of your debt in one stroke and do very nicely out of it thank you very much. Just look at the size of Razor's house! He's now "debt-free" and the dog kennels who looked after his dogs for years don't get a penny. How's that fair?
