▁not ▁associate . ▁ ▁Like ▁some ▁other ▁British ▁football ▁stars ▁of ▁the ▁late ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁B ax ter ▁d rank ▁to ▁excess , ▁and ▁at ▁one ▁point ▁was ▁said ▁to ▁be ▁cons uming ▁three ▁bott les ▁of ▁Bac ardi ▁a ▁day . ▁Scotland ▁team mate ▁Dave ▁Mack ay ▁un success fully ▁ad vised ▁him ▁to ▁train ▁harder ▁and ▁live ▁more ▁sens ibly . ▁B ax ter ▁often ▁got ▁falling - down ▁dr unk ▁the ▁night ▁before ▁a ▁match , ▁but ▁this ▁did ▁not ▁seem ▁to ▁ham per ▁his ▁play , ▁and ▁team ▁man agers ▁took ▁little ▁notice ▁of ▁his ▁drink ing . ▁After ▁ret iring ▁from ▁football ▁B ax ter ▁became ▁a ▁pub ▁license e , ▁an ▁un su itable ▁career ▁for ▁a ▁problem ▁drink er . ▁At ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 5 5 ▁he ▁needed ▁two ▁li ver ▁trans pl ants ▁in ▁four ▁days , ▁and ▁promised ▁to ▁quit ▁drink ing . ▁ ▁His ▁other ▁lif el ong ▁add iction ▁was ▁g amb ling , ▁at ▁which ▁he ▁lost ▁£ 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁by ▁his ▁own ▁estimate ▁and ▁£ 2 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁by ▁third - party ▁estimates . ▁Later ▁in ▁his ▁life , ▁when ▁asked ▁if ▁ear ning ▁the ▁huge ▁in comes ▁of ▁football ers ▁in ▁later ▁dec ades ▁would ▁have ▁made ▁a ▁difference , ▁he ▁replied , ▁" A ye , ▁I ▁would ▁have ▁gam bled ▁£ 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁a ▁week ▁on ▁the ▁horses ▁instead