Jlloyd Samuel, Former Academy Player, Dies in Car Crash

Tragic news,RIP J,thoughts go out to the kids, family & friends...

RIP JLloyd.

RIP Jay, my condolences to family and friends

R.I.P.

Teeth confirmed it was him, so surprising his family still dont believe it

If he has kids/relatives it's pretty easy to confirm it - no?

SoundAsa£ said:

golfaddick said:

I wonder if he had debts or mixed up with the wrong crowd & wanted to fake his own death. If he had life insurance then that would have paid out &  his wife would be ok.....not his sister though & perhaps she knows something  

Oh, get real!!!

He was identified by his teeth and his dental records - having had some involvemnet in DVI, I don;t know how that could be faked

clive said:

Tonight [3/11/22] on ITVBe -9.00pm - 10.30pm

The Footballer, His Wife & the Crash

This brand new documentary for ITVBe tells how the death of former premier league star Jlloyd Samuel left his wife questioning whether she knew her husband as shocking revelations of a double life emerged after he was killed in a horror crash. 

With exclusive access to Jlloyd’s wife, Emma, and the people who had first-hand experience of the heady early Premier League era, this documentary reveals the truth behind the shocking story which has emerged since the player’s tragic death in 2018 when his Range Rover collided with a van and burst into flames, killing him instantly.

Jlloyd’s footballing dream that started on the streets of Bow in East London, became a nightmare, as gambling debts, injury and family tensions came to the fore – a cautionary tale of the reality of so many players, their wives and girlfriends and families in the newly glamorous first years of the premier league with the onset of big money deals and a culture of excess.

https://www.itv.com/presscentre/epweek44/footballer-his-wife-crash#

Thanks for this Clive - have just searched for it on Sky and downloaded straight to the Planner so no need to wait 'til it's on tonight

An absolutely unbelievable story. Not going to give anything away but I really had no idea about his life leading up to his death. Worth a watch even if it does rather taint his memory and raise certain other questions specifically in relation to the circumstances surrounding his death.

I didn’t know he went from Senrab to Villa. I must have dreamt the bit about him being poached from our academy and the rows after.

So sad. Rest in peace

What a mad life...

watchable, but I suspect the first wife engendered interest in the case in order to raise some cash .. what WAS of interest though was the diesel Range Rover bursting into flames, why ? .. perhaps there was some kind of device planted in the vehicle as it was mentioned, Samuel had dealings with some nasty people with regard to dodgy diamond deals (said the first wife) .. also, his sister's insistence on obtaining a DNA sample and then doing nothing with it