Players who never played in the top flight and plied their trade in the lower leagues will nearly all find the need to continue working with many retraining into a variety of careers once their football careers are over. You can find former professional footballers in a whole range of jobs, from bakers, postmen and builders, to accountants, fitness trainers and salesmen. Football as a career is highly competitive. Only a minority of aspiring young hopefuls secure paid employment with a league club and only a few amateur clubs offer salaried positions.
