FORMER Chelsea prima Gavin Peacock is returning to the UK aft leaving to go a PREACHER successful Canada.
Peacock spent 3 years astatine Chelsea after signing successful 1993 from Newcastle.
Phil Shephard-Lewis - The TimesHe besides played for Bournemouth and QPR earlier his determination to Stamford Bridge and aboriginal Charlton aft leaving the Blues.
He retired successful 2001 and aboriginal moved into punditry with the BBC, moving connected Match of the Day and Football Focus.
It was aft Euro 2008 – wherever helium worked arsenic a pundit – that Peacock moved to Canada to go a preacher.
But according to The Express, the ex-forward is plotting a instrumentality location to walk a twelvemonth arsenic pastor astatine Bethersden Baptist Church successful Kent.
Peacock has been a Christian since his teens and has taken portion successful a fig of ventures to sermon links betwixt religion and football.
Explaining his determination to determination to Canada, helium said: “[The TV work] was each going precise well.
“So erstwhile I gave everything up, it did astonishment a fig of people. It’s been the hardest fewer years of my beingness – but coming distant from the UK has fixed maine immoderate anonymity.
“Here successful Canada, they see maine a preacher, not a footballer oregon pundit.
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“In 2006, my woman got an unwellness and was successful infirmary for a mates of weeks.
“That recalibrated my reasoning and I thought astir going into religion leadership, and yet gave up my media career.
“Being a pastor truly is calling to me. I’ve played astatine Wembley successful an FA Cup last but consciousness a stronger consciousness of work erstwhile I’m giving a work to 30 people.”
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