Wildling: My Autobiography

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Another was pinned to a wall and had a cigarette lighter held against his arm for so long that McIndoe can still hear the screams all these years later. It is a long list of players, including many former team-mates, who were reported to have been stung by the man who is now trying to reinvent himself as a first-time manager at Gretna 2008 FC in the fifth tier of Scottish football. While playing for Doncaster Rovers he set a record scoring ten penalties which was more than any player in the English Football League in the 2005/06 season. That was when Paul Merson, a former England international battling his own demons, paid him a visit and, unofficially, became his mentor.

I strongly believe that Michael can lead us into our next phase and help us achieve our goals in the future, making players better and bringing his knowledge and experience inside the club. All of which makes his own life — or certainly parts of it — feel like a success story, of sorts, given that he had 13 years as a professional footballer, won Scotland B caps and would have played in the Premier League but for Bristol City losing to Hull City in the 2008 play-off final. He was voted in the top five footballers of the year in The Times Football Yearbook 2004/05, [1] alongside Thierry Henry, Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard.McIndoe secured pre-season friendlies against Oldham Athletic, AFC Telford United and Hertford Town. In the following 2002–03 season McIndoe made more appearances than any other player and was a key component in making club history, when Yeovil were crowned champions of the Nationwide Conference for the first time in 107 years. His talent was never in question but his off-field problems with alcohol addiction meant in December 1999, he was entered into the Priory.

He also became the first player in history to have all 24 Conference managers vote unanimously for the same player as Nationwide Conference Player of the Year.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. The game finished 2–2 after extra time, but Rovers missed three penalties as Arsenal moved on to the semi-finals. According to newspaper reports at the time, there were more than 300 victims ranging from English league players to mere journeymen. McIndoe opened the scoring in the fourth minute, beating goalkeeper Manuel Almunia from a tight angle. On Friday night, we got in touch with the club’s chairman, Alex Thomson, to confirm we would be at their game the following day and assure him that we understood and respected McIndoe’s position.