A world where one team-mate comes to training in a bright red suit with matching top-hat, cane and glasses, without any actual glass in them, and another has so many sports cars they forget they have left a Porsche at the train station. However, there’s also a more serious undercurrent to the book, which Crouch touches on in his final chapter.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.Although it has to be said some sections are more entertaining than others, I didn’t find the chapters on politicians or owners held my interest as much as the ones on pundits, grafters or mavericks for example.

It’s a reminder of footballers as human beings, their flaws and challenges, their addictions and struggles, their mistakes and reparations. Considering Crouch is a successful podcaster, it's not surprising that it is such clear audio book material. And according to the residents of the Japanese island of Okinawa - the world's longest-living people - finding it is the key to a longer and more fulfilled life.

There are however less interesting sections where the flow stalls a bit and it does peter out somewhat towards the end (no pun intended). The people of Japan believe that everyone has an ikigai - a reason for being; the thing that gets you out of bed each morning. A much-used word, karma is loosely understood as a system of checks and balances in our lives, of good actions and bad deeds, of good thoughts and bad intentions. Where in previous books this would have been topics such as teammates, managers or tactics and told from his own personal experiences; in comparison and as mentioned in the title, this book focuses on the period once the money stops, the crowds go silent and the boots are hung by their laces to answer the question “what does a retired footballer do? Waking up 117 years later, Bob discovers his mind has been uploaded into a sentient space probe with the ability to replicate itself.