Life On The Line: How to Lose a Million and So Much More

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Haddington hoping to make hay with George". Edinburgh Evening News. Johnston Press. 8 January 2005 . Retrieved 30 September 2012. Are you telling me they don't have betting accounts? I would suggest they have. When you're Scottish and go to football, from an early age, your father will take you and you stop at two places on the way to the game - the pub and the bookies. That's our culture. I have no doubt that the occupation of the defender, namely that of professional footballer, is a trade or profession...I have equally no doubt that this agreement, which is a contract of agency, is one in which the defender appointed the pursuers to act on his behalf in all matters relating to the carrying on of that profession, including the all important aspect of getting him a contract of employment in the first place. That means that by no stretch of the imagination can it be said to be for matters outside of his trade or profession, and accordingly this is not a consumer contract". It’s an epidemic and I know of numerous players – from household names in the top flight to Third Division players – who have come forward seeking help after our talks. The former Hearts and St Johnstone player also believes that the Scottish Football Association and Scottish Professional Football Leagues chief have a duty of care to help Rice and others in the game who need help.

Kevin has not placed a bet in seven years, has set up a decorating business and has since found love with new wife Jac, who he lives with in Edinburgh. And he has found Gambling is now a massive industry, it’s overtaking everything and as a consequence football is no longer what it used to be – it’s ingrained in the gambling industry. Goram, Doesburg, McMillan, Brannan, Teale, Spencer (McGowan 37), Valakari, McCulloch (Nevin 54), Goodman, Twaddle (Nicholas 70), Kemble. How can people like Brian Rice and other people can forward ask for help when you are getting a lot of sponsorship and money from betting companies? Kevin, who has since gone on to play pool for Scotland, has not had a bet for more than six years, holds a prominent position in Gamblers Anonymous and now also uses his experiences to help the Professional Footballers Association (Scotland) to educate today's footballers of the pitfalls of gambling.Constant advertising and a stream of games is putting vulnerable gamblers under severe pressure, and cooling off periods are almost non-existent.

Nobody will know how courageous he has been because coming out and admitting his problem is such a difficult, difficult thing to do.Kevin, whose searingly honest biography Life On The Line is serialised in the Sunday Mail today, stopped betting seven years ago after joining Gamblers Anonymous and has turned his life around. We need to try and help them and educate them and train them. I think what is key for players, and staff, is to lift the burden and speak about it. I suppose that begs the question about whether or not it should be enforceable and whether it is reasonable to deal with the issue this way.” Frank McGarvey: Half of footballers in Scotland place bets He said: “It cost me everything I had. My money, my self-respect, the trust of the people I loved. It cost me everything.