England goalkeeper Peter Shilton has lifted the lid on his battle with a gambling addiction in an emotional appearance on the One Show with his wife Stephanie.
The ex- Leicester and Nottingham Forest stopper opened up about his addiction, revealing it went on for 45 years and ended up 'ruling his life'. "[I] Didn’t realise and until I’d stopped gambling that basically I had an addiction," Shilton said. "To me it was a way of life."It’s constantly on your mind when am I going to have my next bet and it kind of rules your life.
You know, I’d won at football I‘d won trophies but gambling was something I’d always lost at. "When I was under a lot of pressure playing football it was kind of a relaxation to me to start with." "I’d suspected Pete.
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