From England's Hottest Prospect to Retired at 21: The Story of Billy Kenny
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- Опубликовано: 10 окт 2024
- Everton FC starlet Billy Kenny was one of the most highly-regarded young footballers in England at 18, yet he had retired from football altogether at 21. HITC Sevens takes a look at why...
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I rate these non-list videos, very factual
Totally agree mate. The listed videos are getting boring and rambling on about the same shit tbh
Not really because this one was quite lazy. It's easy to find info on Kenny's post football life
Wow I don't even know him sad story great video
One of the best quotes I've heard was related to Billy Kenny: when down on his luck, he tried the classic "Don't you know who I am?" on a shopkeeper. The response was even more classic: "Not only do I know who you are, I know what you could have been".
Nope, incorrect the shopkeeper said "Are you Ronnie Pickering"?
@Lord Raglan Ronnie pickering
He is Ronnie Pickering
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@@1stworldproblems873 who ?
We need a follow up on this on Sebastian Deisler, a man tasked with saving german football who ended up retiring at age 26 after countless knee injuries and with depression.
This lad was a player sorry to hear he got an Injury and had his troubles wishing Billy Kenny all the best for the future he was Everton blue through and through
Could you consider a video on Robin Friday, brilliant player, too good for the third and fourth division, those who saw him play rated him highly and should have gone on to bigger and better things.
I agree. It's a hell of a story.
The greatest player I never saw@@saintroddy
There was a good feature on Robin Friday in 442 if you can find it.
There is a surprising amount on YT regarding Robin, but still not that many people have heard or know of Robin Friday.
To be fair, Tifo football has already covered it in detail, I don't see why they would do it again
Thanks for bringing this story to our attention.
I never heard of him, but I would highly recommend his interview on the James English podcast. Inspirational
He was still playing Sunday league football not so long ago running the show .. the lad was unbelievable.. a real talent wasted .. he was wild in the 90s him proper wild .. shame he never got the support he needed what players get now
That's the thing . Mike Walker just kicked him out before giving him a warning or offering some professional help. I know his previous manager warned him but you'd think he would allow this sublime talent a clean slate . Just another reason to dislike one of our worst managers . Until we got Rafa obviously .
Do a video on the busby babes and their history.
YES! Im not even a Manchester United fan but I really want this
I thought you wrote Busty Babes for a second there..
Shreddy Kruger11 would you complain about a video on that?
I genuinely have no recollection of this guy. Such a shame
An old friend, who was an apprentice at Bolton and friends with one of the Everton squad at the time, knew Kenny. Around 1997 he saw him alone in Liverpool driving a minibus. He asked what he was up to and Kenny said he was driving to North Wales for a football match where the team was based. He was team bus driver and player and was quite enthusiastic.
Don't lie, he only learnt to drive in 99.
@@spudhead1161 You can believe what you want to believe, I will believe what was told. Next.
@botany500kojak I know him you fool.
The greatest loss to English football in the last 50 years! This lad had the most talent I've ever seen in a young player and could've been one of Europe's premier midfielders. Such a shame.
Yea, Billy had class, crying shame!
You should do a feature on Alex Cropley, a very talented Scottish player from the 70’s that unfortunately suffered two broken legs that really impacted his career. He was a major signing by Arsenal in 1974.
These videos are very informative, i think you should continue with these. I enjoy them a lot.
Whoops, he was actually landed a lifeline by another former Everton striker - Joe Royle - Graeme Sharp didn't become Oldham manager until Nov 1994. I was there for his debut on the opening day and was rarely seen again.
As a cocaine addict myself that spectacularly self destructed I sincerely hope Billy is better and happy.
He's just done a podcast with james English
@@davedivvy3965 yeah I just see that funny enough, happy for the feller!
I hope you are in a better place and fighting the good fight . All the best .
Vape cannibis.
@@davedivvy3965 what is the name of the podcast and where can it be found?
Never even heard of the guy until this video. Very interesting.
I think many countries have more or less stories of players like this one. In my country Dawid Jańczyk (CSKA Moskwa) or Radosław Matusiak (US Palermo) for example, in brackets their most known clubs.
Recently watched an interview with him so this come up as a recommendation which is weird as I've been a subscriber for about 18 months and this hasn't come up before in the algorithm .
As an Everton fan I would of watched this right away .
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More content like this, please.
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Nah haha
Stolen comment just changed Zimbabwe to Azerbaijan
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@@ShezzasVideos I'm gonna take a guess at nobody. I don't know why tf I ever replied with that
Love these videos man. I’d love to know more lore and legends of the game
Nicholas Cage played in disguise in this squad. He retired cause he wanted to.
This could be a great series
There are so many teenage lads In the UK who could play professional, but they have no confidence in there ability so drink and set there job expectations low
I used to buy him on championship manager all the time he was the Bollox
Genius?,what a waste of what?I have heard this a million times over the years and when I was playing with some really good pros/semi pros in the 70s/80s,I went down with a representative Liverpool side to play against the then so called team of the 80s crystal palaces youth team,a good side,but look what happened to their potential a quick cup flash in the pan then gone,Malcolm Allison was overseeing the game and told our team to all swap our usual positions to see what we were made of,we obviously did not impress him as only our goalie was called back the point being that there were a lot of good footballers on the pitch that day but only a few made it,I played a few games with Billys dad he was a good player but like many of us only when he was arsed,the irony of this is I was invited for trials down at Plymouth who's manager at that time was Malcolm Allison,binned it because it was to far back then it was an8/9 hour trip and I remembered travelling down there in the f.a.cup with Everton in 75 it took forever,I thought fuck that,I was recently told by my brother that Carlisle sent two scouts to our house in76/77 only for my dad to fuck them off because he thought they were coppers/c.i.d. Nice one dad.I am sure there are many stories like mine from young lads all over the country bottom line is we couldn't be arsed whereas the lads who made it could,they went that extra yard and good luck to them,Billy just spewed it as the gear was more important at that time.I hope he is well /healthy now and he can always say what most of us evertonians cant ,me and my dad played for the blues,by the way his dad was a lovely fella hope he is well.up the toffeees.l
what a bloody waste :( such a shame for the lad.. hope he is ok now.
Well done. I’d completely forgotten.
such a sad story
If anyone's interested, Kenny has very recently appeared on the James English podcast
Billy Kenny it's very sad
Billy Kenny has recently been on a podcast, gonna give it a watch
Very sad story,sometimes having talent alone does not always cut it in football.
🤔 I saw a documentary filmed in 94/95 which was on sky sports with George Best where they were talking about Paul Merson's cocaine habit & saying that it was just the tip of the iceberg but besides him , Maradona & Mutu i didn't know any other players who done cocaine. Messed up story 😪 I hope he's doing alright now.
Do one on Paul Lake, ex city player. Career cut short but man, he could play. Not a city fan.
Also do one on Bosman, shit player but changed the game forever, for the worst.
I remember him signing for my home town team Barrow. It didn't last long
I remember him from Championship Manager 1994, him and Don Hutchinson were great young players, but both in real life went off the boil.
Can you do one on Sonny Pike?
If Billy would of got looked after by the more senior players he would of and could of been one the best players at Everton. And Paul Merson a fellow professional should be ashamed of himself cos arsenal would not pay for his rehab he asked the tabloids why Everton reportedly paid for Billy's rehab when hardly anyone knew.
Well said son.
I use to like Merson.. but more and more I see and hear I don't.
Everton are a club who promoted drinking or at least they use to..
@@athelstan927 they did as Kendall thought it relaxed the players and he was a reported alcoholic himself. I say reported as it was never diagnosed and it was put down to his old school playing days .
A shame as they were both huge talents .
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Beardsley was right with Gazza comparison...unfortunately
For anyone thats interested. James English has just don't a podcast with Billy that went out yesterday :)
No I'm not lol
@@L1am21 you had the time to write that you probably have the time to watch it lol 😁
@@roryobrien3884 he sounds overrated he only played like 12 games for everton did even score a goal? There are players like robbie savage who get shit on who did better than that.
@@L1am21 Jesus, have just dropped some acid!? 🤣🤣🤣 I'm not having this conversation lol its not about comparing him to any footballer he played a few games!!! 😂😂😂 it's about a young man who had the world at his feet and lost all that and had to fight demons. As a cocaine addict who is clean now that self destructed it was a good watch. I can't believe you brought Robbie Savage into the equation 😂😂😂😂😁
@@roryobrien3884 I can just watch gazza for that if he actually gets clean
My dad grew up on the same estate as billy Kenny growing up
Very true what you said about ability alone not being enough. Heard John Terry say that when he was playing for Chelsea’s youth team there was far better players than him but unlike them he didn’t go out partying and getting drunk with his mates.
He was probably too busy trying to shag their partners.
@@helvete983 😂🤣👌
I rate these type of vids tbf
Do something about Nordic football
Emmaunel Frimpong is another interesting one.
Do ravel morrison
Best footballer from 18-40 in say for example a 4-4-2 or 4-3-3 or something
Do one on Robin Friday, Stan Bowles and/or Rodney Marsh
nice video, please make more of then.
There could e a series on what ever happened to the next big thing?
I’ll taken your word for it, though no pics means…..
CAN YOU DO A VIDEO ON CONIFA PLEASE? #ThePeople'sChannel @Hitc Sport
Can you do a top 7 players with the least apperances in the premier league but who have been there more then 12 seasons
Can you do a video of the best current players in their respective shirt numbers 1-25 - for example David de Gea is the best #1
Dani carvajal is the best #2
What a tragedy
What happened to Panathinaikos?
I "read" this video in 2015 in A Halftime Report
Everton has something of a saga concerning cuddabeens lookup Jose Baxter?
All time 7s. Ajaxk, Bayern etc
Nice Video
George green was the next
Baxter too .
Interesting. I'd forgotten about him.
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Imagine looking that old at 21 😬
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Anyone wanting another story about a player who could have been a star, look up Adrian Doherty, played for Uniteds youth team, they say he was better than Giggs at that level.. Called up to the first team age 16, two days before the game fucks his knee, career ended before it even started
I think TIFO did a video on him
Do a vid on Robin Friday footballs first rock star
Paul Gascogne didn’t just play off the front man!
He won the lottery the other day.
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5:36 fucking grid on him there
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Such a awful story. I'd like to think in this day and age football clubs, should have people to warn them of these tales and be more open with mental health.
Depression can be a slippery slope.......with the right help that isn't always the case though.
He was also an absolute beast on Championship Manager, though i can never remember seeing him play. I do remember the cocaine thing though.
Basically Michael Johnson
Whatever was in those bags it wasn’t Cocain.Great vid for random photos though.
Such a shame
Good player, but hardly a "star studded" Liverpool team containing the likes of Mike Hooper, Torben Piechnik, Mike Marsh, Ronnie Rosenthal, Mark Walters and Paul Stewart.
In 20 look like alcoaddicted veteran.
If you fancy going slightly further back, the story of Wayne Harrison is just as, if not even more, awful.
Everton had a production line of talented wasters in those days. Could have a pretty decent 11 from Everton's wastrels. Kenny, Cadamarteri, Jeffers, Baxter, Barkley, Rodwell, Oster, Turner, Osman, etc
And Stuart Barlow lol .
Osman? The guy stayed there for his whole career and was a credible professional? Not a superstar but a valuable club servant.
@@NobletheSavage Good shout :)
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He sat out 6months for shin splints??? Lmaoo nowadays coaches make you practice/play regardless and it’s nothing serious 😂
Why is this so surprising? He ain't the first. Won't be the last.
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Vinnie needed to be intimidated by accents cus take on an Eastern European accent on Law and Order:OC is APPALLINGLY terrible.
Can't understand..
Addiction ruined his career
Stamford Bridge was a dump.
Sunderlands double relegation
A recent interview with him discussing his issues and career:
ruclips.net/video/kAUf8y6AnEM/видео.html
Erk Keane was in no way dynamic and offered zero creativity
He was awful in the box so he was moved back
Al these kids think Keane was great cus he did well in post heysel awful English top flight