BBCNEWS Footballs Broken Dreams -... September 24, 2021 02:31:00
Tonight we ask are football's young hopefuls paying too high a price for glory on the pitch? it's a relief if your son's successful. and if not? if not, it could be a disaster. my name's rory carson. before i became a journalist, i was a professional footballer. i've been investigating what can happen to kids who, like me, dreamed of a career in the sport they love. playing football was like the way out, the way we could express ourselves. when i was about 12, that's when i said to myself, i'm going to knuckle down and really try to become a professional footballer. literally everything was fo...