 Later that season he was awarded a compensatory payout of millions of pounds, which recognised the potential earnings he could have earned in his football career.In August 2013 he registered as a player for North West Counties Football League club Widnes Vikings.In 2016, he was named in the Great Britain team to compete in the football tournament at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Brazil, eligible as a result of an acquired brain injury from the car accident in 2008.