Written 2 December 2018
Ricky was never playing football again after his Sunday league side hauled him off at half time.
He threw his boots into the channel from the cliffs of Dover.
He set fire to his shin pads in the middle of a forest clearing.
He donated his kit to a charity shop, and then took it back, loudly exclaiming that life wasn't fair. Then he lobbed it down a drain.
His letter of resignation was 17 pages long.
Ricky had always had a taste for the theatrics.