Portrait Of The Young Man.

Portrait Of The Young Man.

Over in North America they have a pub-standard league known as the MLS, which until the arrival of a certain individual was ignored pretty much everywhere. Now this league differs in the way that some players are signed for the teams. It is based on one used in another league - the NFL - and this is a draft system. To shorthand it into on

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Everyone Is Singing For The Blues

Everyone Is Singing For The Blues

After their Semi-Final wins I was hoping that musical fans of both [2009 FA Cup] teams would rush into their studios to record something... ... but alas and as far as I know (please update me if this isn't the case) nobody has bothered. Last year's finalist (and winners) Pompey didn't either, but luckily for us a local radio station held

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Here’s Hoping For A Musical Final

Here's Hoping For A Musical Final

I'm very happy to see the Blues and the err...the Blues... in the FA Cup Final. Not because of any disdain towards either of the losing semi-finalists but because football and music-wise, these two clubs in the past have produced some half decent tunes. Chelsea have one Suggs McPherson among their supporters, who has previous with them -

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Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time Part 3 – Duncan Ferguson

3rd post in a series of songs done about certain players which when looking back on it now... I read the news today (oh boy) about another Premiership footballer being arrested for being drunk and disorderly. Drunk and disorderly... hang on don't I have something... Ah here we are. It is a re-worded version of Go West, a tune whi

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Pat Nevin – 80’s Hearthrob

He played at Chelsea when it was unfashionable but he made it fashionable. Pat Nevin was the quintessential 80's footballer...at least with his hairstyle. Looking like he could step in for any member of Duran Duran at the time. Pat was the leader of the footie playing floppy fringes as seen to the right there (click to view closer up) and via th

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Jevons (A Ballad To)

Phil Jevons... Some of you have heard of him, some of you know of him - and one particular musician who is also a Grimsby fan sung about him. (Quite a spooky image I created there) For the uninitiated: Phil Jevons (a striker) was a product of Everton's youth academy, but he didn't successfully "graduate" to the first team. In the five yea

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So you think you can sing for England ?