7 hours ago, Timmy Elms said:

Think Peter Storey from Arsenal had a similar post footballing career trsjectory?

 

 

Yeah, think it was fake banknotes as well.

Can't remember any detail about it though.

Today's players are swimming in money, all of it real !

Edited June 17, 20241 yr by erskblue

14 hours ago, erskblue said:

I think that night we went to say hello in the stretford end!!!

Wembley, 1970.

12 hours ago, Boyne said:

Wembley, 1970.

In the matter of Peter Storey, read on …

 

Personal life and criminal convictions

His marriage to first wife Susan broke down six months after their marriage in summer 1969. She left him for good in February 1971 after tiring of his self-described "boozy, carefree ways". He met his second wife, Cathy McDonald, at London's Playboy Club in May 1972. The pair began living together before getting married in 1975. The couple had a daughter, Natalie, in December 1976. He married third wife Gill shortly before the arrival of his son, Peter, born in November 1981. His second son, Anthony, was born in December 1982. His third son, Jamie, was born in September 1987. He later divorced Gill and married a Frenchwoman, Daniele Scorceletti. He later split from Daniele and got back together with Gill, before leaving Gill and his three sons to return to Daniele some years later. By 2010 he was in regular contact with his three sons, but has not seen daughter Natalie in decades.

His life began to fall apart in 1975 after he took a three-year tenancy agreement out on the Jolly Farmers pub on north London's Southgate Road.  At the time it was common for footballers to invest in pubs, as did other Arsenal teammates. His marriage to Cathy fell apart as he spent more nights at his pub, with the attractions of drink and women, than at home with his wife. He became more dependent on alcohol as his career at Arsenal came to an end. He also invested in a minicab firm in Newington Green, that failed.

He turned to crime when helping local gangsters, the Barry brothers, to counterfeit money by providing finance and storage of the cast die. He was arrested, and whilst on bail set up a brothel called the Calypso Massage Parlour with three women to try and raise enough money to flee to Spain to avoid his trial for conspiracy to produce counterfeit money. He was arrested and pleaded guilty to keeping a brothel on 22 December 1979, and was handed a £700 fine and a six-month suspended sentence. He was also briefly jailed for contempt of court after failing to appear at his bankruptcy hearings.

In September 1980 the trial for conspiracy to produce counterfeit money came to a conclusion and Storey was sentenced to three years imprisonment. He served his time at Wandsworth and Spring Hill. He was handed a 12-month suspended sentence in April 1982 for stealing two cars he had on hire purchase whilst running his minicab firm. 

After a time on unemployment benefits he worked on a market stall in Portobello Road. In 1990, he was jailed for 28 days for attempting to import 20 pornographic videos from Europe which he had hidden in a spare tyre. After his release he worked as a minicab driver in Islington ran by Tommy Adams. He spent 1995 in Istanbul working as a chauffeur for Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and his entourage. In 2004, he moved to a village near Toulouse in Southern France with Daniele.  He sold much of his football memorabilia and medals for £20,000. 

In September 2010 he released an autobiography, True Storey: My Life and Crimes as a Football Hatchet Man; a bio-film project fell through.

Some bloke …

On 17/06/2024 at 19:58, Richard P said:

I think that night we went to say hello in the stretford end!!!

Much of a nothing.  Went up in my brothers VW Passat- a load left just before final whistle, momentarily scattered the Stretford End then made a speedy retreat before the Mancs could get organised. Look good from our end mind! Most of their young men where in the paddock next to us or the seats above.

 

 

 

 

 

On 18/06/2024 at 09:51, Gate 13 said:

In the matter of Peter Storey, read on …

 

 

Personal life and criminal convictions

His marriage to first wife Susan broke down six months after their marriage in summer 1969. She left him for good in February 1971 after tiring of his self-described "boozy, carefree ways". He met his second wife, Cathy McDonald, at London's Playboy Club in May 1972. The pair began living together before getting married in 1975. The couple had a daughter, Natalie, in December 1976. He married third wife Gill shortly before the arrival of his son, Peter, born in November 1981. His second son, Anthony, was born in December 1982. His third son, Jamie, was born in September 1987. He later divorced Gill and married a Frenchwoman, Daniele Scorceletti. He later split from Daniele and got back together with Gill, before leaving Gill and his three sons to return to Daniele some years later. By 2010 he was in regular contact with his three sons, but has not seen daughter Natalie in decades.

His life began to fall apart in 1975 after he took a three-year tenancy agreement out on the Jolly Farmers pub on north London's Southgate Road.  At the time it was common for footballers to invest in pubs, as did other Arsenal teammates. His marriage to Cathy fell apart as he spent more nights at his pub, with the attractions of drink and women, than at home with his wife. He became more dependent on alcohol as his career at Arsenal came to an end. He also invested in a minicab firm in Newington Green, that failed.

He turned to crime when helping local gangsters, the Barry brothers, to counterfeit money by providing finance and storage of the cast die. He was arrested, and whilst on bail set up a brothel called the Calypso Massage Parlour with three women to try and raise enough money to flee to Spain to avoid his trial for conspiracy to produce counterfeit money. He was arrested and pleaded guilty to keeping a brothel on 22 December 1979, and was handed a £700 fine and a six-month suspended sentence. He was also briefly jailed for contempt of court after failing to appear at his bankruptcy hearings.

In September 1980 the trial for conspiracy to produce counterfeit money came to a conclusion and Storey was sentenced to three years imprisonment. He served his time at Wandsworth and Spring Hill. He was handed a 12-month suspended sentence in April 1982 for stealing two cars he had on hire purchase whilst running his minicab firm. 

After a time on unemployment benefits he worked on a market stall in Portobello Road. In 1990, he was jailed for 28 days for attempting to import 20 pornographic videos from Europe which he had hidden in a spare tyre. After his release he worked as a minicab driver in Islington ran by Tommy Adams. He spent 1995 in Istanbul working as a chauffeur for Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and his entourage. In 2004, he moved to a village near Toulouse in Southern France with Daniele.  He sold much of his football memorabilia and medals for £20,000. 

In September 2010 he released an autobiography, True Storey: My Life and Crimes as a Football Hatchet Man; a bio-film project fell through.

Some bloke …

Pretty sad story. Back then footballers when retired quite often became publicans or involved in the motor trade. 

Makes Micky Thomas look like one the Osmonds by the sound of things

33 minutes ago, Timmy Elms said:

Makes Micky Thomas look like one the Osmonds by the sound of things

I still think the story about Micky and Joey when they stayed at Stamford Bridge in the Referee’s dressing room is great.

They decided one afternoon to go into the ticket office with balaclava’s on and made out they were robbing the place!!

Apparently the Manager needed a change of underwear!!!

On 19/06/2024 at 20:05, Richard P said:

I still think the story about Micky and Joey when they stayed at Stamford Bridge in the Referee’s dressing room is great.

They decided one afternoon to go into the ticket office with balaclava’s on and made out they were robbing the place!!

Apparently the Manager needed a change of underwear!!!

Didn’t they used to Kip on fans sofas after training rather than a four hour trip home in the motor- Can you imagine Enzo Ferdinand on 150k PW slumbering on a dodgy sofabed?

7 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

Sorry for the duplication.

" United fans circa 1974 , 2 blokes on the right wearing a " I hate Chelsea " badges. One helpfully pointing to it !

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10 hours ago, Timmy Elms said:

Didn’t they used to Kip on fans sofas after training rather than a four hour trip home in the motor- Can you imagine Enzo Ferdinand on 150k PW slumbering on a dodgy sofabed?

Spoke to Micky at a function last year. Use to stay in the referees room without people knowing and go out on the pitch in the dark for a kick about! Joey was trying to sell his house in Wales but no takers at the time. John Hollins was taking over and said he couldn’t carry on with the travelling and Hotel too expensive, so had to leave and Micky to. 
 

Money wasn’t as big as people think back then. Especially after the mid to late seventies financial state of the club.

19 hours ago, The Rising Sun said:

Sorry for the duplication.

" United fans circa 1974 , 2 blokes on the right wearing a " I hate Chelsea " badges. One helpfully pointing to it !

Looks a bit like Steve Finnieston on the right.

21 hours ago, The Rising Sun said:

Sorry for the duplication.

" United fans circa 1974 , 2 blokes on the right wearing a " I hate Chelsea " badges. One helpfully pointing to it !

Bumped into Banana Bob, main man from the Cockney Reds, in Hersham, Surrey maybe 9 months or so back. He used to run the door of the Alexandra bottom of Wimbledon Hill. Tough little sod and nice bloke. Cockney Reds were a serious force 70’s, 80s, early 90’s. A lot of them were from our natural patch- Tooting direction 

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Team picture from 1964, back row, Marvin Hinton, John Hollins, Ken Shellito, Peter Bonetti, John Dunn, Ron Harris, Alan Harris, Eddie McReadie Front row, Albert Murray, Bobby Tambling, George Graham, Peter Houseman, Terry Venables, Dennis Brown, Barry Bridge

 

 

Season 71-72. Looks like Keith Weller is wearing a quilt.

1 hour ago, Boyne said:

Season 71-72. Looks like Keith Weller is wearing a quilt.

Never thought I’d confuse Dave Webb with Noel Edmonds!

 

Edited June 24, 20241 yr by erskblue