The prospect of a dream career, two stints in rehab and the hopes of a generation of Everton fans were not enough to save Billy Kenny’s career. In the end, things got so bad it took his mum’s death to give him a new life.
By then it was too late to return to football. Far too late. The mercurial talent who captured the hearts of Goodison Park had washed away his ability in a decades-long tsunami of alcohol and cocaine.
But the tragedy of his mum’s passing proved to be the only thing capable of pulling him from the abyss. Bella’s strength, he believes, helped him finally become sober.
