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The sad demise of Kerry dixon

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Yes, a painful decline for a great Chelsea servant. I really hope he can put all this behind him. We should all buy his book, which should be a good read.

Sad to hear this, Kerry was my hero when I was a kid. I used to run around the playground shouting DIXON, DIXON when I scored. Good days for us both.



Sorry and all that, but I am getting fed up with reading about football players who have hit the skids.  They had the world at their feet that many of us here could only dream of, and many like Dixon squandered it away.  Who do you blame? The player? The Agent? The club(s)?  because clearly each and everyone of them knew of the players problems and they didn't help;  he and the others like him, didn't help themselves until it's far too late when everything around them has gone.  Sorry, I loved him as a player, watched him at Reading and Chelsea many times, bags of talent....like the others no brains....sex, drugs, gambling and rock and roll....look how they have all ended up.  Fortunately today the players at least get some education from the clubs. 

Very sad. Such a great player. And so close to beating Tambling's goal scoring record. So many memories. That goal against Arsenal. I remember the 1994 FA Cup semi-final at Wembley when he was playing for Luton. He got a great reception from the Chelsea fans.

Boyhood hero. I will definately be buying his book. He's a human being and we all make mistakes. It's takes a big person to realise their mistakes and want to change. I wish him all the best. 

Edited by stevo

32 minutes ago, stevo said:

Boyhood hero. I will definately be buying his book. He's a human being and we all make mistakes. It's takes a big person to realise their mistakes and want to change. I wish him all the best. 

 

I made all my stupid mistakes when I was a teenager, during that time Kerry was my idol, I looked just like him with the blonde locks and freckles, so when he burst onto the scene in the very early 80s he became an instant attraction to me.

 

I would dearly like to write to him and remind him of his cult like status amongst our generation of Chelsea supporters, we adored him.

 

Anyone know his HMP number and which jar he's in ?



1 hour ago, coco said:

 

I made all my stupid mistakes when I was a teenager, during that time Kerry was my idol, I looked just like him with the blonde locks and freckles, so when he burst onto the scene in the very early 80s he became an instant attraction to me.

 

I would dearly like to write to him and remind him of his cult like status amongst our generation of Chelsea supporters, we adored him.

 

Anyone know his HMP number and which jar he's in ?

 

12 minutes ago, PloKoon13 said:

He's out isn't he?

 

Yeah, lads, he's out.  Shortened sentence and got out last November.

 

Sad to read things like this.  It's tough for a lot of professional athletes.  They often come from nothing, and suddenly they have everything.  Same out in the US; you hear of guys who once had million dollar contracts, had won Super Bowl's etc.  Now, they are pumping gas somewhere and sold off their Championship Rings to make rent/pay off a debt.

I think a number of these players need some form of support, or counseling.  Frank Lampard at least came from a footballing family, so I think he had some support around him.  Others like say a Rooney or a JT for example will have to have a plan for when the playing ends. 

3 minutes ago, mad_mac said:

I think a number of these players need some form of support, or counseling.  

I vaguely remember a Mourinho interview from a couple of years ago in which he discusses the various support mechanisms (or laments the lack of) available to youth players for financial stuff:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/managers/jose-mourinho/11519921/Jose-Mourinho-I-have-a-problem.-Im-getting-better-at-everything.htm

 

It is a cause of constant frustration and bemusement to fans, I say, when young footballers are given the opportunity that every fan dreams of – only to squander it.

“I know.” Mourinho nods. “But, remember, they’re the final product of something. I had one player, for example – I won’t name him – and I gave him the chance to play in the first team. A couple of weeks after he’d played his father left his job, his mother left her job; they were living with him, living his life, making decisions for him. It’s very difficult.”

And what happened to the player? His shrug suggests a career that quickly went into decline.

“That’s one example out of 1,000. They need to be lucky with the parents; they need to be lucky with the agents. They need education. I had a player once that came to me with a new car, and I told him, ‘Another one? Why? Do you have a house?’ No. ‘Do you have lots of money in the bank?’ No. He said, ‘This car, I didn’t buy it; my father got it for free in leasing and I signed the document.’ I said, ‘Do you know what leasing is?’ He said, ‘It’s free!’ No! Sit here and I explain to you what is leasing. He didn’t know, because nobody had explained.

“When I got real money in my hands – real big money – it was my second contract with Porto in 2003, I was thirtysomething. I was married. I was ready for it. These guys, they’re 16, 17, 19, 20. They don’t know how to react, what to do.

“In Chelsea we have a fantastic department which we call Players Support and Welfare where they help the players with everything. They have people in the bank to explain money. You want to buy a house? Let’s make sure you’re with the right person making the right deal. Young players coming to the first team – don’t buy a car, we’re sponsored by Audi and they provide the cars for the players. The players need this. This is a complicated world.”

Glad to hear he's not still in the clink, hopefully he has turned a corner and can look back and see where he went wrong.



3 hours ago, CFCCAN said:

Sorry and all that, but I am getting fed up with reading about football players who have hit the skids.  They had the world at their feet that many of us here could only dream of, and many like Dixon squandered it away.  Who do you blame? The player? The Agent? The club(s)?  because clearly each and everyone of them knew of the players problems and they didn't help;  he and the others like him, didn't help themselves until it's far too late when everything around them has gone.  Sorry, I loved him as a player, watched him at Reading and Chelsea many times, bags of talent....like the others no brains....sex, drugs, gambling and rock and roll....look how they have all ended up.  Fortunately today the players at least get some education from the clubs. 

Many footballers serve as a cautionary tale that sudden fame, publicity and money can be very bad things. The fact that by definition footballers have a limited window for earning money doesn't help, nor does the fact that the vast majority of them would not be experienced in handling large amounts of money (if you give originally poor people large amounts of money, they don't tend to use it well).

Unfortunately, it's King Kerry's turn to serve as a cautionary tale. 

Was never lucky enough to see Dixon in his pomp due to me born around then!. Would ve loved to have seen Chelsea, him and The Bridge back in yhe 80s.

 

I've read many a thing about him most notably in "Celery Representative Chelsea in the 80s" seemed like he was a proper out and out player who did the business over a prolonged period. 

Hope he gets back on his feet and wish him all the best  

Loved Kerry, I remember being heartbroken when we sold him and swore I'd never get attached to players again, it didn't last though! Hope he's OK, yes he's brought a lot of it on himself but we all do stupid things in life and I hope he manages to turn it around.



Let's hope this was the jolt he needed to get his life back on track.

Good luck to him and I look forward to reading his book.



My God, when I read the title of this thread I thought Kerry had died!

 It is indeed a sad decline but not a demise. Let's not bury him prematurely! :shok:

Edited by moi

Dixon was one of my hero's growing up (still trying to grow up mind you).

Remember playing at the Bridge a few years back (charity event - 11-a-side) and I had Johnny Hollins as manager and Dixon was the opposing manger. JH was out warming us up and i can only guess where KD was as he arrived just in time for KO. I remember JH calling him a lazy so and so but i countered with given his displays for the mighty Chelsea he can be a lazy so and so. He scored a load of goals and that was his job not trekking back etc.

Think JH knew his talent tho.

Both guys were brilliant that day. Both posed for enough pics. 

Dixon - I hope he sorts himself out now. Top man.

 

 

A sad tale indeed. I remember reading about the GBH charge at the time, Dunstable isn't that far away from where I live (my ex-wife was from there, I got married there) and the Nags Head is\was a sh*t-hole. :-(



On 1/09/2016 at 11:12, moi said:

My God, when I read the title of this thread I thought Kerry had died!

 It is indeed a sad decline but not a demise. Let's not bury him prematurely! :shok:

Demise is a funny old word, doesn't get used where it should.  It's always 'the demise of football club X or politician Y' rather than 'the demise of my next door neighbour'.

 

Anyway, here's a new vid of Kerry talking about his book/playing days/the current team.

 

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