Former Middlesbrough player Richard Kell called time on his career at the age of 27 - but knew exactly what life after football looked like.
Now 43, he has turned his hand to being a pilot having begun his preparations during an injury lay off twenty years ago. Kell spent time on the treatment table whilst playing for Scunthorpe and begun learning how to fly a plane.
His career saw him play across the football league for the likes of the Irons, Torquay, Barnsley and Lincoln. He played in the majority of games as Scunthorpe won League Two in 2005, but by 2007 he'd left the game for food after a double leg fracture.
