football, is it more than just a game?
Mon Jan 16, 2012 6:22 am
Dean Windass has admitted he recently attempted suicide after battling with depression following the end of his playing career.
Windass, who fired hometown club Hull into the Premier League with a stunning winner in the 2008 play-off final, ended his playing days last year at the age of 42.
He has also worked as a pundit on Sky Sports News Radio but the well-travelled striker has revealed to The People the extent of his problems.
He told the newspaper: "I have cried every day for the last two years since retiring. People outside football think we have it all. But I was in a hole that I honestly didn't know how to get out of.
Windass, who fired hometown club Hull into the Premier League with a stunning winner in the 2008 play-off final, ended his playing days last year at the age of 42.
He has also worked as a pundit on Sky Sports News Radio but the well-travelled striker has revealed to The People the extent of his problems.
He told the newspaper: "I have cried every day for the last two years since retiring. People outside football think we have it all. But I was in a hole that I honestly didn't know how to get out of.
Re: football, is it more than just a game?
Mon Jan 16, 2012 3:35 pm
Once you've been involved in anything for that long, it does become more than just a game. Heck, to most fans, football is like a Religion.