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Former Premiership footballer Mark Ward was today jailed for eight years over drugs trafficking offences.
The 42-year-old, who played as a midfielder for West Ham, Manchester City and Everton, was arrested after four kilos (9lbs) of cocaine with a street value of up to £645,000 was discovered during a raid at a house he rented in Prescot, Merseyside, in May.
He was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court today after pleading guilty to possessing cocaine with intent to supply.
The court heard Ward had fallen on hard times since his retirement from football in 1996.
Ward's barrister, Nicholas Johnson, described how "the sporting hero'' had become "a convicted drug trafficker''.
He said: "When he played professional football he earned a good living but by present day standards the money did not bear comparison.
"At the height of his career with Everton he was earning £1,200-a-week. When it came to retirement he had no healthy bank balance, no business interests and no rosy career as a media pundit.''
Ward coached non-league Altrincham but was sacked in 1999. He later worked in a relative's pub and finally ended up on state benefits, the court was told.
In 2004 he moved to Australia in an attempt to revive his football career but he was eventually forced to work on a building site after failing to attract any interest. He returned home with no money, no job and no place to live
By that criteria Mickey Thomas, Alan Davies (RIP), George Best et al are scumbags too. Such generalisations are lazy, even though i know it was meant in jest.
Former Premiership footballer Mark Ward was today jailed for eight years over drugs trafficking offences.
The 42-year-old, who played as a midfielder for West Ham, Manchester City and Everton, was arrested after four kilos (9lbs) of cocaine with a street value of up to £645,000 was discovered during a raid at a house he rented in Prescot, Merseyside, in May.
He was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court today after pleading guilty to possessing cocaine with intent to supply.
The court heard Ward had fallen on hard times since his retirement from football in 1996.
Ward's barrister, Nicholas Johnson, described how "the sporting hero'' had become "a convicted drug trafficker''.
He said: "When he played professional football he earned a good living but by present day standards the money did not bear comparison.
"At the height of his career with Everton he was earning £1,200-a-week. When it came to retirement he had no healthy bank balance, no business interests and no rosy career as a media pundit.''
Ward coached non-league Altrincham but was sacked in 1999. He later worked in a relative's pub and finally ended up on state benefits, the court was told.
In 2004 he moved to Australia in an attempt to revive his football career but he was eventually forced to work on a building site after failing to attract any interest. He returned home with no money, no job and no place to live
who says all scousers are scumbags?
I rent a house in Dublin and work for a Dublin company. Does that make me a Dubliner even though I was birn and reared in Cork? You're some tool.
As the United fans chanted about Rooney a few weeks ago
"Once a Blue always a Red"
Word is madrid are sniffin round young Rooney , he was at the game sunday night [more of a peace making exercise with beckham before the internationals than anything else]
It surely would take an awful lot of cash to pry him away from old trafford , but if the yanks see a proffit ,you never know
Word is madrid are sniffin round young Rooney , he was at the game sunday night [more of a peace making exercise with beckham before the internationals than anything else]
It surely would take an awful lot of cash to pry him away from old trafford , but if the yanks see a proffit ,you never know
Not even the most imaginative of journalists would have made that connection
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