Free; Whelan; the Aberdeen Striker has Left His Wild Days Behind Him and Is Happier Now in the Kitchen, but He Still has a Desire Tosucceed. Stewart Fisher Reports

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IT'S official. Noel Whelan has left his wild days behind him - these days you always find him in the kitchen at parties. Some of the energies that the Aberdeen striker used for excessive and laddish behaviour while breaking into the big time at Leeds United and Coventry are now more fruitfully expended as an enthusiastic and adventurous, if somewhat self-trained, chef.

His career at his currently high-flying new club may already be cooking with gas, but the one thing missing so far from his move to the North East is his own home, complete with stove and chopping board. "I like to stay in and do a bit of cooking these days," he said. "I wouldn't say I'm a chef yet, but I've got my dabbling, even though I'm not always sure what it is going to turn out like. It is usually edible though."

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Free; Whelan; the Aberdeen Striker has Left His Wild Days Behind Him and Is Happier Now in the Kitchen, but He Still has a Desire Tosucceed. Stewart Fisher Reports

Such home comforts would also make it easier to see his two boys, Seamus and Ellis, who live in Nottingham and Leeds respectively, on a more regular basis, but humdrum household things have not always been at the forefront of the former England Under-21 international's mind. In fact, some of his previo...

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