In May 2002, Ross Gardner was captaining an England Under-17's side at the European Championships that contained Wayne Rooney. Just over a year later, he was stood in front of a Premier League tribunal after raising a bullying case at Newcastle United that would shape his life from that point forward, and see him leave the professional game just five years later.

In the next episode of Taboo on the Terraces, Ryan discusses with Ross how a lack of support given to a young footballer would lead to a gambling addiction, how his struggle with grief lead him down a very dark path in his personal life, and how working with the Sporting Chance Clinic quite literally saved his life. Ross' brutally honest depiction of his life to date is an incredible story.

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