Heartbreaking motive why ex-cop turned grownup star turned footballer revealed
Richard Butcher had a stellar lower league career at clubs including Kettering Town, Lincoln City, Oldham Athletic, Peterborough United and Notts County.
Tributes were paid to Richard Butcher at the time(Image: Getty Images)
The heartbreaking reason why and ex-cop who left the force to become an adult star has turned to football has been revealed. Yesterday the Daily Star reported how Rebecca Nicholls, 23, who left her probationary police constable role for the West Midlands Police in August, 2025, has turned her hand – or feet – to football and is actually pretty good at it.
Despite leaving the force to make adult content, her love of football has now taken over.
Becca has been posting football videos on TikTok, showing her legitimate skills. And when we report on one video which caught the Daily Star’s eye in particular – where she took on the crossbar challenge and smashed it, literally – Becca shared our story and opened up about her reason for her football love.
She wrote, sharing images of our story on TikTok: “I owe the love of football to my cousin Butcher, rest easy Butch. Forever following your passion and being inspired.”
Her cousin “butch” is actually former professional footballer Richard Butcher who died in 2011, at the age of just 29.
The midfielder, who had a stellar lower league career at clubs including Kettering Town, Lincoln City, Oldham Athletic, Peterborough United and Notts County.
But it was during his second stint at Macclesfield Town where Richard was found dead at his flat in Swinton. His death was ruled as being caused by a rare heart condition, with the assistant deputy coroner Peter Watson stating at the time that he had suffered chest pains in the three years prior.
Mr Watson said:” All deaths are tragic but especially in cases with someone so young and on the face of things he was a very fit and healthy young man, it is so sad that on the balance of probabilities he died from this cardiac condition.”
His wife Sarah paid tribute to her late-husband during the hearing and said: “He used to delight in that the younger players would remark on how fit and professional he was.”
And dad Richard said: “He was a lovely, lovely lad. As fit as anything – he always wanted to be a footballer, like every schoolboy does.”
Macclesfield regularly pay tribute to him, and did so on the 10th anniversary of his death with a Facebook post stating: “Our thoughts are with Richard’s wonderful family and all of his friends on this most poignant of days – he will never be forgotten.”
His on-field legacy now lives on via his cousin, Becca.
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