Life! From international football ace to
ship cleaner. Former Sunderland player,
Kevin Kyle, who used to earn £10,000-a-
week playing for the premiere league team
now earns £800-a-fortnight working a 12-
hour shift on a ship stacking boxes &
cleaning toilets. (pictured above left on the
ship).
Kevin, 33, who started the job on board the
300-capacity ship on July 8th, said he had
no choice but to take the job,
“I’m trying to provide for my family.
Many footballers pick up jobs after
football but I don’t see stories about
them in the newspapers. I don’t really
want to publicize my lifestyle in the
newspapers about whether I have a job
or don’t have a job. I have to work at
some point to put food on the table
and to provide for my family.” He
said
The dad of 3 was jobless for 6 months
after his contract with League One minnows
Ayr United was scrapped in January.
Managers on the ship reportedly warned
his new co-workers not to discuss Kevin's
former life as a footballer or bring it up
with him as it's a touchy subject.
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"Kevin started work on the ship
earlier this month. It’s sad really to
see someone who was obviously well-
loved by the fans seemingly ending his
career relatively early." A source said

Kevin Kyle works on the Regina Baltic ship
in Lerwick’s remote Mairs Quay. Pictured
below taking a break in the ship's
communal room.
His duties include cleaning floors and
toilets, making beds and stocking up
supplies on the ship.
Apart from Sunderland where he last
played in 2006, Kevin also played for
Coventry, Kilmarnock, Hearts, and
Rangers.
In a 2010 newspaper interview he said:
“Sometimes in life money is not
everything. I know a lot of people
disagree with that but I had all the
money years ago when I played with
Sunderland and Coventry and I
p***** it up a wall gambling. So
money doesn’t always make you
happy. The happiest I have been was
the first year at Kilmarnock, playing
football and knowing what my wage
was.”

source: http://www.lindaikeji..com/2014/07/ex-premiere-league-player-goes-from.html?m=1