A couple of things I found about Pat Nevin, formerly of this parish. While not about his time with us they give an idea of the man behind the footballer:
Pat Nevin interview: “My nickname was ‘Weirdo’ for a long time. I was always thinking, ‘Oh, no I’m the normal one…” — FourFourTwo, 16 August 2021
Chelsea winger Pat Nevin saw himself as a student, music critic and activist before a footballer. During his 1980s heyday, Nevin was the game’s great outsider, regularly appearing in the NME, his alternative diversions featuring knife attacks, The Proclaimers and Saddam Hussein’s secret police…
Sacked in the Morning Podcast: Pat Nevin – The World’s First Player/Chief Executive — BBC Sounds, 7 May 2024
How on earth did Pat Nevin become both a player and the chief executive at Motherwell FC? Roles that meant he was simultaneously being managed by and was the boss of, the man in the Fir Park dugout. Pat talks us through the job, how the dynamic worked in the dressing room and what he was like around the negotiating table. We also hear the alarming fault he found with the Motherwell pitch, how he ignored his Clyde manager’s advice to go interrailing and why it was a godsend that the Chelsea training ground was right beside Heathrow.