{"id":143926,"date":"2023-12-03T14:16:09","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T14:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/?p=143926"},"modified":"2023-12-03T14:16:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T14:16:09","slug":"forgotten-one-cap-england-star-who-retired-aged-28-now-runs-property-company-with-one-goal-premier-league-cult-icon-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/sport\/forgotten-one-cap-england-star-who-retired-aged-28-now-runs-property-company-with-one-goal-premier-league-cult-icon-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Forgotten one-cap England star who retired aged 28 now runs property company with one-goal Premier League cult icon | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
SETH JOHNSON\u2019S body broke down so much that it forced him to retire aged just 28.<\/p>\n
But now he is building himself back up in his new career running a property company with a former cult hero.<\/p>\n
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Johnson, 44, burst on to the scene as a youngster with Crewe, making his debut aged 17 and racking up more than 100 appearances before a \u00a33million move to Derby in 1999 when he was 20.<\/p>\n
But before moving to Pride Park, he stayed put with Crewe to help them avoid relegation.<\/p>\n
His stellar performances for the Rams earned him his solitary England cap in 2000 under Peter Taylor.<\/p>\n
The midfielder came on for Gareth Barry in a 1-0 friendly defeat away in Italy in what was David Beckham\u2019s first match as captain.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Eleven months later, Johnson left Derby for Leeds in a \u00a37m move that is remembered for an infamous tale about his Elland Road wages.<\/p>\n The story goes that he went into negotiations with Leeds chairman Peter Ridsdale hoping to increase his money from \u00a35,000 per week to \u00a313,000.<\/p>\n But Ridsdale reportedly made an opening offer of \u00a330,000 – which prompted stunned silence before the chairman immediately bumped it up to \u00a337,000.<\/p>\n But Johnson, who scored five goals in 121 Premier League games, clarified: \u201cPeople don\u2019t know the story. When they talk about negotiations for the contract, I wasn\u2019t even there. The contract had nothing to do with me.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n FREE BETS – BEST BETTING OFFERS & NEW CUSTOMER BONUSES<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI remember being at home when it got sorted. I\u2019d agreed to go, but my agent rung me up and told me about the deal.<\/p>\n \u201cIt wasn\u2019t motivated by money for me. I\u2019d had a good couple of years at Derby and just signed a new deal so I was on decent money anyway, but Derby were bottom of the league at the time, Leeds were near the top, I knew a lot of the lads there, and Derby decided to sell me because they wanted the money.\u201d<\/p>\n The move did not work as planned as Johnson was plagued by a host of injuries that required seven surgeries in his four years at Leeds, limiting him to just 59 appearances.<\/p>\n A failed medical saw a move to Middlesbrough collapse before he became frozen out – with Leeds knowing one more appearance would trigger another payment to Derby.<\/p>\n In the end, Johnson – who made the first of his 15 England Under-21 caps as a sub for Frank Lampard – was released in 2005 and returned to Derby for two more years.<\/p>\n His last game in professional football saw his side win the Championship play-off final at Wembley.<\/p>\n But another knee injury sustained in that match spelt the end of his career aged just 28, forcing him to hang up his boots.\u00a0<\/p>\n However, determined to keep himself active, he moved into business – linking up with former Hartlepool, Luton, Derby and Leicester striker Steve Howard, who scored one of his 209 club career goals in the Premier League following the Rams\u2019 promotion.<\/p>\n Both men are listed as active directors at Greygoose Property Investments Ltd on Companies House since September 2010.<\/p>\n The firm focuses on buying and selling real estate in the north-east, while Howard is also heavily involved with another residential and commercial management agency.\u00a0<\/p>\n Johnson added to Planet Football in 2017: \u201cThe surgeon said I should retire and that my knee was in a bad way. In the back of my mind I wanted to give it another go, but I didn\u2019t want to go to another team injured and keep breaking down.<\/p>\n \u201cSpeak to anyone who knows me and they\u2019ll tell you I\u2019ve always been football-mad.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cEarly on, I really struggled with not being a footballer because to go from something you\u2019d done all your life pretty much every day to suddenly not doing that was difficult.<\/p>\n \u201cEven now, I want to do something, but I still don\u2019t know what. I\u2019d rather do something that I enjoy doing, and I never really fancied the coaching side of things.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve got a property company up in Newcastle with Stevie Howard, who I used to play with at Derby, but apart from that I don\u2019t do much. I play a bit of golf, I play the odd charity game and golf events, but apart from that not much.<\/p>\n \u201cI played football as a kid in Devon, they don\u2019t produce many footballers down there really. I\u2019m proud of what I achieved and what I did.\u201d<\/p>\n Johnson, meanwhile, remains a member of Ingenious Film Partners 3 LLP alongside one-time England team-mate Jamie Carragher.<\/p>\n The company has a long list of illustrious former members from the football world, including Sir Alex Ferguson, Steven Gerrard, Gary Lineker, Joey Barton, Tim Cahill, Emile Heskey, Robbie Keane and John Arne Riise.<\/p>\n Ingenious\u2019 capital has helped back a number of huge films including Avatar, Life of Pi and Shaun of the Dead.<\/p>\n<\/picture>FAB \u00a340 <\/span><\/p>\n
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