Brian McDermott, the former Leeds United and Reading manager, suffered with alcoholism for much of his adult life, but, fortunately, it is something he has managed to control with the help and support of loved ones.
As a youngster, McDermott came through the Arsenal academy before making his first-team debut in 1979. Coming into the team to play alongside the likes of Pat Jennings, Pat Rice, David O'Leary, Liam Brady and Frank Stapleton, McDermott explains to FourFourTwo how drinking at football clubs was encouraged.
