Thursday, November 23, 2006

The £25,000 a week West Ham goalie reportedly starting drinking heavily
after his gambling debts spiralled out of control. According to the Sun, at
first Carroll attempted to win the money needed to pay off debts to a fellow
West Ham player, when that idea failed he drowned his sorrows in a bottle of
Bacardi. Carroll is now in the care of a consultant psychiatrist and is
attending group therapy sessions and taking anti-depressants. A source said:
"Roy's hit the bottom of a very deep pit. It started when his gambling went
out of control and word is he's lost £50,000 in card games with pals." West
Ham boss Alan Pardew added: "We fully support Roy. He has gone about
tackling his issues in the right way."