Dougie Freedman venture to help out of work players You see people who have done 500 league games and now they're sitting at home doing nothing, losing direction. The depression is not about money - it's needing to get out of the house. The 38-year-old describes the venture as a "hobby that's turned into a business." It now runs 13-week courses for companies including recruiters Hays and design agency Tag Worldwide. "It's sharing the fitness approach of a professional sports team with the man in the street - and delivering it with an ex-professional," he says. The company has seven full-time trainers and sales of around £150,000. Mr Freedman, who also runs a small property business and a café, wants to expand the company to take on ex-professionals in other sports. Mr Heeroo runs the day-to-day operations of the business although the Bolton boss is ready to step up his involvement should his football fortunes decline. We're in a very volatile industry. If more ex-professionals had ideas outside the game, that's got to be a good thing," he says. They say in management there is only one guarantee: that you'll get the sack. I've not been in that position but you've got to be realistic. I now have a company that I could work in full time tomorrow morning if need be.