Wildling: My Autobiography

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Perhaps the best place to start is by delving a little deeper into McIndoe’s background rather than focussing everything on the missing millions and the five-year period for which he will always be synonymous. As with any other financial investigation, the prosecution – and defence – cases will hinge on what can be proven and it is forensic accountants who set about amassing that evidence. McIndoe, whose playing career also included spells at Hereford United, Yeovil Town, Doncaster Rovers, Barnsley and Milton Keynes Dons, has changed appearance. Derby County manager Terry Westley brought McIndoe in on loan in March 2006, as he tried to try to help keep the club in the Championship. His father, who was 6ft 5in (196cm) with a temper, pulled him off the sofa, dragged him across the floor and jammed his son’s foot on top of a coffee table.

We wanted to know if the chairman, or anybody else from the club, would like to say anything positive about the turnaround in results?Following the alleged fraud in 2012, McIndoe went bankrupt in 2015, claiming that he had no money or bank accounts. There is only one working turnstile among the whitewashed walls of Raydale Park, home of Gretna 2008 FC, and it is manned by the club’s chairman. Ex-professional footballer, Michael McIndoe, has broken his silence over claims he conned millions of pounds from fellow players, saying he has never run any kind of investment or Ponzi scheme. New appointed caretaker manager Andy Thorne put McIndoe straight back into the squad for the majority of the remaining matches in the 2010–11 season, [55] where he played a part in helping Coventry City retain their Championship status. McIndoe went on to play in all of Derby's remaining fixtures in the 2005–06 season, helping them to finish 20th and avoid relegation.

His talent was never in question but his off-field problems with alcohol addiction meant in December 1999, he was entered into the Priory. They tell the story at one of his former clubs about how McIndoe used to take a briefcase into the dressing room and, having given up alcohol, presented the impression that he was carrying important documents about property and investment. In March 2006, Championship side Derby County moved in to sign McIndoe on a loan deal until the end of the season. Several national newspapers have allegedly linked McIndoe to an 'investment scheme' but McIndoe has always strongly denied any allegation of wrongdoing.Doncaster Rovers' League Cup run was the highlight of the 2005–06 season, [27] beating Premier League sides Aston Villa and Manchester City with McIndoe scoring in both games. City are without a win in the league this term with two points from their nine league matches to date. before McIndoe was declared bankrupt in 2015 and the Metropolitan Police launched a fraud investigation through the specialist Falcon Unit at New Scotland Yard.

The following year he was given the PFA Division Three Player of the Year again, this time playing for Division Three champions, Doncaster Rovers. McIndoe, who spent his playing career in England with Bristol City, Coventry and Luton amongst others, replaces Alan Maybury at the cinch League 1 outfit.I am under no illusion of the hard work required to get the club up the table but when I was given the privilege of being asked to join the club, it was a very simple decision for me to say yes. Dodging drugs, gangs and having my dad tell me he'd 'snap my leg in two' set me up for crazy career in football says Michael McIndoe".

It is a detailed account of his upbringing on the Calders Estate in Edinburgh, his professional football career and his nightclub on Oxford Street in London. McIndoe secured pre-season friendlies against Oldham Athletic, AFC Telford United and Hertford Town. He later played for Derby County, Wolves, Coventry City, Bristol City, Yeovil Town, Hereford United, Doncaster Rovers, MK Dons, Barnsley, Clydebank and Stirling Albion.

Where do we start with the newly appointed manager who is standing in front of his dugout with a story that is so complex and, at times, controversial that his club decided on the eve of his last match to bar The Athletic from entering the stadium?