MICHAEL KIGHTLY SPECIAL
By Sean Cole
AFTER being released by Southend as a teenager, Michael Kightly wasn’t sure whether a career in professional football was right for him.
He’d already left his first club, Tottenham Hotspur, because the strict routine and pressure to perform had sapped his enthusiasm, and this latest setback gave him pause for thought.
“You do doubt yourself,” says Kightly, who went on to play at the top level for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Stoke City and Burnley.
“You do think, ‘Maybe I’m not good enough’. But I think at such...