Life! From international football ace to ship
cleaner. Former Sunderland player, Kevin Kyle,
who used to earn £10,000-a-week playing for
the premiere league team now earns £800-a-
fortnight working a 12-hour shift on a ship
stacking boxes & cleaning toilets. (pictured
above left on the ship).
Kevin, 33, who started the job on board the
300-capacity ship on July 8th, said he had no
choice but to take the job,
“I’m trying to provide for my family. Many
footballers pick up jobs after football but I don’t
see stories about them in the newspapers. I
don’t really want to publicize my lifestyle in the
newspapers about whether I have a job or don’t
have a job. I have to work at some point to put
food on the table and to provide for my family.”
He said
The dad of 3 was jobless for 6 months after his
contract with League One minnows Ayr United
was scrapped in January.
Managers on the ship reportedly warned his
new co-workers not to discuss Kevin’s former
life as a footballer or bring it up with him as it’s
a touchy subject. Continue…
“Kevin started work on the ship earlier this
month. It’s sad really to see someone who was
obviously well-loved by the fans seemingly
ending his career relatively early.” A source
said
Kevin Kyle works on the Regina Baltic ship in
Lerwick’s remote Mairs Quay. Pictured above
taking a break in the ship’s communal room.
His duties includes cleaning floors, making
beds and stocking up supplies on the ship.
Apart from Sunderland where he last played in
2006, Kevin also played for Coventry,
Kilmarnock, Hearts, and Rangers.
In a 2010 newspaper interview he said:
“Sometimes in life money is not everything. I
know a lot of people disagree with that but I
had all the money years ago when I played with
Sunderland and Coventry and I p***** it up a
wall gambling. So money doesn’t always make
you happy. The happiest I have been was the
first year at Kilmarnock, playing football and
knowing what my wage was.”
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