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FALLEN STAR Ex-Liverpool and Cardiff City footballer turned drug dealer faces jail over £6m cocaine gang raid

By Britta Zeltmann



Thursday 6 May 2021


AN Ex-Liverpool and Cardiff City footballer is facing jail for being caught in a £6million cocaine crime gang raid.

Former midfielder Layton Maxwell, 41, scored on his debut at Anfield - but turned drug-dealer after his career slumped and he slipped down the leagues.

Layton Maxwell is facing jail over a a £6million cocaine crime gang raid



He was arrested as part of a UK-wide investigation into organised crime which saw millions pounds worth of drugs and cash seized.

bloody hell is he only 41 ? seems like an age since he played for us

Abergavenny wrote:bloody hell is he only 41 ? seems like an age since he played for us

Wasn't he part of the squad that got off to a flyer in 2006/07 season when we were top at end of October only to fade badly? Thats 14 years ago, so he would have been 27 if i am right.

isn't he player/manager at Gabalfa drac's?

JJ1927 wrote:

Abergavenny wrote:bloody hell is he only 41 ? seems like an age since he played for us

Wasn't he part of the squad that got off to a flyer in 2006/07 season when we were top at end of October only to fade badly? Thats 14 years ago, so he would have been 27 if i am right.

no mate he was long gone when Dj arrived...