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Lonsdale Bar/Cafe in Merthyr was owned by Howard Winstone (I think)? Managed by his brother as I can’t remember ever seeing Howard Winstone serving me tic tacs.
Remember going into the Steve Perryman sports shop in Greenford early 90s
Dave Carver was a pub landlord in Yorkshire for years, Peter Rodrigues ran a pub in Hampshire. Another member of Southampton’s 1976 FA Cup winning side, Jim Steele, was a relief landlord in the Romilly for a fortnight or so.
Gareth Bale owns a golf themed bar called Par 59 in Cardiff. And a similar one in Bristol.
Tom Finney had a plumbing business in Preston........Alf Tupper was in the scrap metal game
I think Stuart Pearce still worked as a self employed electrician, in his early days at Nottingham Forest.
Nigel Walker - runs WRU
Beckham - LA FC
Giggs, Neville’s, Butt - Salford FC
Hal Robson Kanu - owns Turmeric Shots
Lee Jarman - has a landscaping business
Bobby Brown ran the Rising Sun pub nr Haverfordwest for years, still lives nearby.
Peter Rodriguez ran Whitemill pub near Carmarthen at one time
David Cotterill is, or was, involved in a restaurant on City Road
John Macey - Newport Goalie in the 1970s set up Macey Sports.
Another Newport goalie - Gary Plumley set up an Estate Agent business.
Bob McColl
When I were a boy, Pompey were challenging for the Div 1 championship in the 1950s.
They had two red-hot wingers - Peter Harris and Gordon Dale.
Harris was my hero. Fast, beautifully balanced and direct. He was capped by England and would have had many caps if Mathews and Finney weren't around. What was really great was that from where I was in the crowd, when he cut in from the edge of the penalty area, my eye line was straight behind his run towards goal. Superb! I would see him shopping with his wife on Saturday mornings before the game. I was a winger back in the day and we reached a cup final at Fratton Park. I recreated Harris' run for twenty seconds. Didn't score, but I'll never forget that feeling.
I know, I know......shopping doesn't cut it.
But Gordon Dale - the guy who scored after 25 seconds against Matthews' Blackpool once - did have a shop about 100 metres from where we lived. He was a newsagent. A more grumpy an ole sod you wouldn't wish to meet.