Warren Aspinall: Difference between revisions

 

==Life outside football==

After leaving the game, Aspinall [[Alcoholism|turned to drink]] and picked up a [[Problem gambling|gambling addiction]].<ref name="Argus">{{cite web|url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/albion/4592729.Albion_old_boy_almost_paid_with_his_life/|title=Albion old boy almost paid with his life|last=Naylor|first=Andy|date=11 September 2009|work=The Argus|accessdate=1 September 2012}}</ref> His gambling cost him around £1 million that he had earned during his long career.<ref name="Argus" /> On the verge of suicide, after narrowly avoiding [[Suicide methods#Rail|death by train]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article3889532.ece|title='I just longed for the train to hit me'|last=Alexander|first=Brian|date=8 May 2008 |work=The Times |location=UK|accessdate=12 September 2009}}</ref> saved only by last minute thoughts of his family,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news-and-star.co.uk/news/1.102090|title=Ex-Blues star seconds away from suicide after blowing £1m|last=Story|first=Chris|date=8 May 2008|work=News & Story|accessdate=12 September 2009}}</ref> he checked himself into the [[Sporting Chance clinic]].<ref name="Argus" /> He has fronted a Samaritans campaign, "Men on the Ropes", that aims to reduce male suicides.<ref name="Samaritans">{{cite web|url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/8379004.Former_Albion_star_joins_suicide_campaign_after_gambling_away___1_million/|title=Former Albion star joins suicide campaign after gambling away £1 million|last=Walker|first=Emily|date=9 September 2010|work=The Argus|accessdate=9 September 2010}}</ref>