Overview

• Ranger says he spent 23 hours a day in his cell during his 2017 imprisonment at Pentonville Prison in north London.
• He pleaded guilty that year to conspiracy to defraud while at Southend United and received an eight-month sentence.
• The former striker had been a highly rated prospect, signing a five-year £10,000-per-week Newcastle deal in December 2010.
• A run of off-field incidents, including a 2011 drunk-and-disorderly charge and a 2013 common assault charge, preceded his 2013 exit from Newcastle.
• Now 34, he leads the line for Kettering Town and says, “I messed up,” citing lack of discipline and poor decisions that squandered top-flight opportunities.