Life Outside Football
After leaving the game, Aspinall turned to drink and picked up a gambling addiction. His gambling cost him around £1 million that he had earned during his long career. On the verge of suicide, after narrowly avoiding death by train, saved only by last minute thoughts of his family, he checked himself into the Sporting Chance clinic. He has fronted a Samaritans campaign, "Men on the Ropes", that aims to reduce male suicides.
Aspinall is now working in a Sainsbury's distribution centre in Basingstoke and had been scouting for League Two side Port Vale under manager Micky Adams.
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