ArseWEB - where are they now..?

See also ArseWeb's Ex Arsenal people index for other relevant resources on this site and elsewhere (some of which are updated considerably more regularly than this page).

Brian Talbot

Manager of Rushden & Diamonds

John Radford

Was manager of Bishops Stortford FC (Martin Hayes took over). Subsequently chauffering executive cars.

Willie Young

has a pub in Nottingham

Alan Sunderland

had a pub in Ipswich, now lives in Malta where he used to manage local team Birkirkara FC. Plays golf and appears as pundit on telly.

Alan Hudson

owns a night club in Stoke

Terry Neill

has a "sports bar" in Holborn (spot the pattern) which can usually be relied upon to show Arsenal games.

David Price

is a taxi driver in Croydon

Liam Brady

Had spells as manager of Celtic and then 2nd division Brighton and Hove Albion, before returning to Highbury in the summer of 96 in the new post of Head of Youth Development.

Jon Sammels

"currently a DSA qualified driving instructor in home town of Leicester". (...from the horse's mouth. Sorry for having missed you out, Jon)

Sammy Nelson

is an insurance salesman in Brighton

Alan Ball

Had reasonably successful spells as manager of Exeter and then Portsmouth. Survived as Southampton manager thanks to a certain Channel Islander. Was touted as a possible Arsenal manager but ended up taking Man City out of the Premiership and getting the sack for it.

Eddie Kelly

makes double glazing in Torquay

George Eastham

runs a sports firm in Cape Town

Ian Ure

is a social worker in Kilmarnock

Tony Woodcock

sacked as manager of Leipzig - October 1994

Viv Anderson

assistant to Bryan Robson at Middlesbrough

Malcolm Macdonald

successful businessman in Milan (?)

Graham Rix

assists Glen Hoddle at Chelsea, and makes occasional CWC appearances. (maybe he'll take a penalty for them :-)))

Frank Stapleton

Coached US "soccer" team The New England Revolution. . Resigned autumn 1996 after several very public disagreements with Alexei Lalas and failing to take the "Revs" to the end-of-season play-offs.

Frank McLintock

Football agent & occasional commentator on Capital Gold

Bob Wilson

After many years as the Beeb's "Mr Football" on Football Focus, Bob recently made the move to ITV to front their footie coverage. He is still doing an excellent job of focussing on the Arsenal at every opportunity. Definitely a true Gooner.

Kenny Sansom

Player-coach of Watford reserve team. Has turned out at least once for Watford 1st team (94-95 season).

Vladimir Petrovic

Head coach of

Brian McDermott

Manager of Slough Town (Vauxhall Conference). He got Kenny Sansom to turn out for them in 1995/96 season.

George Graham, David O'Leary

Doing great things with the defence at Leeds United

Jeff Blockley

We did have a report that Blockley had been seen asking for spare change in a shopping precinct in Coventry. Now we're happy to report that, as of 18 months ago, he was working somewhere between Coventry and Leicester and playing golf with the Leicester City press officer. Sorry if what we said caused any unnecessary concern, and thanks to Giles and Paul for the info.

George Eastham, Alex Forbes

President and Chairman, respectively, of the the Arsenal Supporters South African Branch

Gus Caesar

Playing football in Hong Kong.

Paul Mariner

Living in Phoenix Arizona.

Jimmy Rimmer

Formerly goalkeeping coach at Swansea.
Kathleen writes (2001):
"Jimmy is currently the goalkeeper coach for the Dalian Shide F.C. in China. Shide have won the Premier League Championship for four out of the last five years. Previously, he was goalkeeper coach for the Chinese National Team for the 1996 season. He actually hasn't been at Swansea for some time."

John Hollins

Manager at Swansea

Martin Hayes

Sells cars in Croydon

Bob McNab

Involved in running things at Portsmouth. (see NewsReel)

Peter Kane

living and working in Blackpool.

Ian Allison

Featured in the Sun's "Where are they now" column on 07/02/2000. He is working for Carlsberg as an area sales manager and coaching Harlow Town part-time. Son Lee, 15, is with Watford.