He joined Coronation Street back in 2019 as a member of the Bailey family, and footballer James Bailey said an emotional goodbye to the street as he headed off to start a new job in south-east London. After his career in football at Weatherfield County came to an abrupt end after he suffered a cardiac arrest and found out he had a heart condition cardiomyopathy, James has begun a new chapter in his life.
In Monday night's episode (October 3) his uncle Ronnie told James there’s a youth centre near Lewisham looking for a football coach. Realising it’s close to where boyfriend Danny Tomlinson lives, James promised to call them straight away.
An excited James told Ronnie that he got the job at the youth centre and starts tomorrow. In the bistro, James broke the news to the family that he’d landed a great new job, but it meant moving to London.
