Looking back, one of my previous comments may have been a bit harsh.
Peter B was a fantastic footballer. Also having met him briefly and thinking about other footballers, the industry has not done enough to support its participants.
Beardsley came from an era where they had fame but not necessarily fortune.
We have a few examples at NUFC, Gazza, Kenny Samson, Keith Gillespie, Michael Chopra, Hughie Gallagher, Ted Robledo and a lot more, that's without thinking of players from other clubs.
Players have a long time to live with having been a "once great". Superhero status one day ends up with a lifetime having to adapt after retirement in their 30s. There are promising youngsters who now work for anyone from Northern Rock (as was) to milkmen or whatever.
If only more was put into helping these guys adapt to the real world.
Peter B may have been wrong. If he was, who is really to blame?