In 2003 David Burrows and his family decided on a new life in France. The name may be familiar to you if you are a football fan because David played for some of the top English Premier League clubs, including Liverpool and Everton. He was part of the last Liverpool team to win the top flight league title, in 1990, before the revamp of English football saw the introduction of the Premier League. A little known football fact is that he still holds the record for the second fastest goal in Merseyside derby history, just 48 seconds from kick-off, for Liverpool against Everton, on 31st August 1991, second only to Anfield legend Kenny Dalglish, who actually signed the 19 year old left back from West Bromwich Albion, in 1989.
So why and how did a died-in-the- wool Black Country lad up sticks and create a new life for himself and his family.
"Why not" is the answer, accompanied with a typical Gallic shrug of the shoulders, with a Midland accent of course.
From Dudley to the Dordogne... Brian Beard meets the Burrows family who live in rural bliss in south west France