Gillespie Out Of The Game...Again!!

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Game over. The words flashed fluorescent across the quiz machine screen as Keith Gillespie pondered ruefully just what it was that Al Oerter was good at. It was knowledge a stone's throw away. Gillespie sat down, sipped his lager shandy and pondered what next. Outside, the stubborn snow confirmed a sense of pause. 

This was last Wednesday in a bar in Hartlepool and it would emerge later that 'what next' for Gillespie would be a packed bag and a trip to the airport, back to Northern Ireland to see his wife and young daughters.

The 35-year-old, whose career began in a blaze of headlines at Manchester United half a lifetime ago, was not going to have his month-long trial at non-League Darlington extended. Game over. For a few moments it may have felt like that for the Northern Irish winger.

Those days...funny but historical!!

In October, HM Revenue & Customs declared Gillespie bankrupt and to those who recall him for things like losing £47,000 in an afternoon on the horses, that will have come as no surprise. It is, Gillespie said, a frequent question: 'How much?' As in, how much have you lost over time on beaten horses, dogs, whatever. 

He has a quiz-regular's memory but does not know. But it can be measured in hundreds of thousands. That is part of why Gillespie arrived in Darlington. But now here he was, a man who once terrorised Barcelona in the Champions League, being gently released after three games, the last in front of 477 spectators in the FA Trophy. 

Self pity might have been expected to grip but there is none of that. Nor, he said, are there bookmakers accounts now. 'In the long run I wised up. Anyone who gambles has a bit of foolishness within them. I lost the money first time around and I carried on. But I don't want to be remembered for gambling. I've had good clubs and I played 86 times for Northern Ireland. To play once is an honour.' (continued)

-courtesy of www.dailymail.co.uk

AGAIN....!! Kesian pun ada aku tengok si Gillespie ni..tapi nak buat camane memang dah nasib dia kot!! Terbaru..kontrak sebulan dia dgn Darlington tak diperbaharui so 'TANAM ANGGUR' lagi la jawabnyer!! Siapa sangka..member2 zaman budak2 dulu Beckham,Scholes,Neville bersaudara,Giggsy n Butt tak lupa si Savage semuanyer masih bermain bolasepak and bole kira hidup diorg semua SENANG!! TAPI nasib si Gillespie ni lak terkapai-kapai..maybe salah dia sendiri kot,siapa suruh main judi..kan merana diri!! Apa2 pun..i just wanna wish to u good luck and hope u and your family will have a brighter future ahead..GGMU!!
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