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The Footballer His Wife and the Crash

CLYDEBANK29

05 Mar 23 21:48

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ITV 10.15pm tonight.

This cautionary doc details how JLloyd Samuel's footballing dream became a nightmare as gambling debts, injury, and family tensions came to the fore.

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CLYDEBANK29 When: 06 Mar 23 09:38

Worth watching. He had a double life, a second wife as a proxy Muslim convert in Iran, debts, and unfounded speculation that his death wasn't an accident.

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Emitdeb When: 06 Mar 23 14:27

I was tired and fell asleep at one point.. Did he commit suicide? Where did this happen? Is it worth me watching again?

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Scamp the man When: 06 Mar 23 15:08

it was different from the usual footballer tale ...sister saying it was not his body and he is still alive.

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Whisperingdeath When: 06 Mar 23 18:57

Seen it. Worth a watch.

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CLYDEBANK29 When: 06 Mar 23 19:03

Mar 6, 2023 -- 2:27PM, Emitdeb wrote:

I was tired and fell asleep at one point.. Did he commit suicide? Where did this happen? Is it worth me watching again?

SPOILER

Took his kids to school 2.5 times over the limit. On the way back from school crossed over into oncoming traffic and hit a van head on. Car burst into flames. Only £2.4k left in his bank. Associates came knocking on the wife's door afterwards looking for money. Life insurance never paid out because he was drunk. Could have been suicide/attempted murder of the van driver. Certainly had a lot on his mind. Thankfully crashed on the way back from school. Sister and Iranian "wife" believe he faked his death, though no evidence to support it.

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mesmerised When: 06 Mar 23 19:15

Samuel's body was burned so badly that he could only be identified by dental records and a blood sample that matched the DNA on his hairbrush. Before the inquest, his sister had accused his widow of faking his death, adding that the samples were not released for her to check against her own DNA. The coroner said that the samples remain the property of Samuel's widow.[39][40]

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Whisperingdeath When: 06 Mar 23 19:19

2.5 times over the limit in the morning raises questions for me. I think the body was cremated. There is plenty to doubt it was him but no firm evidence just a series of allegations that point to some sort of something not right.

The only thing I would say is if he was out of money how could he set up a new life? Ok maybe desperate to escape his situation but no life of luxiary ahead of him. Sad tale of footballer and footballers wives but it is more a human story than a football story and I found it interesting and worth a watch.