Highs and lows: Lives left shattered by routine surgery that went badly wrong

Scotland hero Colin and Denise Hendry shared a 'perfect' marriage before tragedy struck

1983: Begins professional career at Dundee

1987: Joins Blackburn Rovers as a defender.

1989: Joins Manchester City, where he is named Player of the Year - but falls out of manager Peter Reid's plans for the team.

1990: Returns to Blackburn Rovers and wins the English Premiership in 1995.

1998: Back to Scotland for Rangers - but is not manager Dick Advocaat's "type".

1998: Captains Scotland in the World Cup.

2000: Played for Coventry City who lent him to Bolton Wanderers in 2001.

2001: Plays his last international game

2002: Denise Hendry goes for liposuction at a private clinic. The routine operation goes badly wrong and she spends six weeks in a coma. Later she is awarded 300,000 in compensation.

2003: Finishes his professional playing career at Blackpool.

June 2004: Appointed manager of Blackpool but is sacked in November 2005.

June 2007: Becomes manager of Scottish First Division Clyde, but resigns in January 2008 because of his wife's illness.

July 2009: Denise Hendry dies after a series of operations to correct botched plastic surgery.

March 2010: Hendry is sued by online gambling company Spreadex for debts of 10,795.27. Neighbour Hector MacFarlane also lodges a claim for 85,000 lent to the footballer during his wife's illness.

June 2010: Hendry is formally declared bankrupt at Blackpool County Court.

September 2010: Hendry sells his mansion in Lytham St Annes to a member of the family which owns Warburton's.