Quote Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda View Post
Yep - almost stranger to see people going on into their late 30s/early 40s. I can understand that not wanting to stop playing but keeping up the training slog day after day must be incredibly hard if you are set for life
I always presumed that, but, on the other hand, what else would they do; they love playing football and playing, even training, with other professionals is surely the only way they can guarantee a decent game, adequate competition.

The wife has got her own life, so have the kids; your other mates are all working stiffs etc. and so on..