4 d. ago Football’s Financial Shame: The Story of the V11 review – so moving you’ll pity these poor footballers

This gripping documentary follows early Premier League footballers who lost it all following investment advice that went wrong. It perfectly captures the melancholy of being an ex-proSympathy for the financial plight of former Premier League footballers, you say? No, wait, hear us out. You might be surprised by this previously untold story. Richard Milway’s documentary, Football’s Financial Shame: The Story of the V11, is a gripping, moving and human enough tale to inspire more than a little fellow feeling.The V11 may sound like a fictional spy ring from a shonky airport novel but they’re actually a group of retired footballers whose careers spanned the 90s and early 00s. This era-specificity is crucial. They are members of the Premier League’s in-between generation. They’re mid-rankers: household names but it depends on the household. Danny Murphy. Rod Wallace. Brian Deane. Tommy Johnson. Michael Thomas. Craig Short. If you know, you know. And they played at a time when wages were ...

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5 d. ago Premier League players including Match of the Day pundit Danny Murphy are among 200 footballers who say they lost tens of millions of pounds through financial advisers

Affected footballers joined the V11 campaign group comprising individuals who invested with Kingsbridge Asset Management in the 1990s and 2000s.

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5 d. ago Teen's inspiring musical legacy after Manchester Arena horror

Eilidh MacLeod died in the terrorist bombing aged just 14

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7 d. ago Football club pay tribute to 'terrific' teen who lost life in crash with other boys

Jordan Cameron has been remembered by his football club Fort William FC after he died in the accident with Fergus Ward and Lewis Knox on Thursday evening.

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7 d. ago Horror for Ryan Reynolds’ Wrexham as keeper suffers terror injury with ‘leg twitching’

Wrexham officials have not yet confirmed what the injury sustained by the ex-Liverpool goalkeeper actually is, but fans claimed that they saw Danny Ward's leg 'twitching'

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8 d. ago Man City fans may already have lost out in Champions League draw

Manchester City fans are ready for another year of Champions League football but space on the trips may be limited in the group stage

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1 week ago 7/7 bombing survivor reveals he 'can't forgive' terrorist who cost him both legs and an eye in horror attack

Dan Biddle was 26 years old when he lost his legs, left eye and spleen in the attack

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2 w. ago Grinning crossbow maniac Jason King jailed for shooting police officer

Jason King, 55, stabbed his neighbour in the stomach and 'grinned' before shooting a police officer with a crossbow and striking him in the leg during a horror rampage in a row over a car

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3 w. ago UK's 'oldest drug driver' claims cocaine was 'put in his drink' at 81st party

Arthur Ball, 81, is one of the oldest people to be convicted of drug driving

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3 w. ago ‘Not in my hands’: diplomatic Howe has lost control of Isak’s Newcastle future

The £150m-rated Sweden striker has effectively gone on strike as he holds out for a transfer to champions LiverpoolAs a player at Bournemouth and Portsmouth Eddie Howe could invariably be found reading the foreign news pages of the then broadsheets while travelling to matches on the team bus.More than two decades on, the Newcastle manager’s ability to construct carefully worded, supremely diplomatic, sentences loaded with cleverly calibrated between-the-lines subtext make it easy to imagine him as some sort of international envoy. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Drink driver crashed van into girl, 14, before urinating in front of her

Drunk driver John Thompson, 45, collided with a girl in Westbury in March this year before proceding to urinate just metres away from her as she lay injured in the road

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3 w. ago Horse racing legend fighting for life in hospital after horror accident

The 78-year-old suffered a 'very, very serious' fracture to his skull in the accident

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4 w. ago Man in his 50s dies after tractor crashed into parked vehicles at vintage car show

The horrifying collision happened in the village of Fiddington, Somerset, at around 11.25pm on Saturday, near the Severn Vale Vintage Club event (pictured).

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4 w. ago Footballer who lost both legs in horror crash will 'never forgive' drink driver

Adam Golebiewski, 18, was a passenger in a car when a collision resulted in both his legs needing amputating - the brave youngster has since vowed to carry on enjoying his life

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4 w. ago 'Superwoman' sports star shares horror pic of injury that left her 'blessed to still have leg'

WARNING, GRAPHIC IMAGES: Chloe Dygert has shared an insight into the recovery from an injury that almost led to her losing a leg - leading to the American star being branded "superwoman"

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4 w. ago 'Superwoman' sport star shocks fans with horror pic – 'blessed I still have leg'

WARNING, GRAPHIC IMAGES: American sporting star Chloe Dygert has been branded as "superwoman" as she shared an insight into the recovery from an injury that almost led to losing a leg

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4 w. ago Teen footballer who lost legs in horror crash will 'never forgive' drink driver

The promising footballer "will never forgive that man for what he has done to me".

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