When the Dark Side isn't that funny

Saturday, 15 November 08, 04:00 AM · Comments(0)

The sorry tale of what can happen when promising youngsters have their career abruptly ended can be summed up no better than what happened to Robert McNeil.

An excellent youth player at St. Mirren, farmed out to Leyton Orient to give him some match practice, McNeil suffered a career-ending leg break. Sad yes, but most players have something to fall back on (I personally know a lad who has played in the Premiership on the biggest stage [dreaming in a theatre some might say], who now drives a minicab). Not young McNeil. He blew his severance payment from St. Mirren on drugs and from there his live took a sordid downward spiral culminating in a stay in one of the Queen's hotels for assault and robbery.

On the bright side, he has gained the 'appropriate qualifications' to be a painter and decorator whilst inside (presumably that involves being able to hold the right end of the brush and not trying to inject the turps) and has a job awaiting him on release.

A cautionary tale for all those tempted by the Dark Side. It's not all snorting coke off the tits of a nubile 19 year old (see below for an example). Sometimes, things can get really Dark.

When the Dark Side isn't that funny

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