 He returned to Notts County to work as a coach and chief scout from 1968 to 1970 . He was sacked after new manager Jimmy <unk> decided to appoint his own <unk> staff , and Lawton returned to unemployment . In May 1970 , he wrote to Chelsea chairman Richard Attenborough asking for a loan of £ 250 and for possible employment ; Attenborough lent him £ 100 . He was interviewed by <unk> Andrews on ITV 's Today programme on his fall from England star to the unemployment line . After his financial troubles became public knowledge he was offered a lucrative job as director of his own subsidiary furniture company by a large <unk> company on Tottenham Court Road , however the company went into <unk> the following year . He continued to write <unk> in the company 's name , and in June 1972 pleaded <unk> to seven charges of obtaining goods and cash by deception . He was sentenced to three years <unk> , and ordered to pay £ 240 compensation and £ 100 in costs . 
