Pat Nevin. Fodboldspiller og lidenskabelig pladesamler

“I was a complete fanatic of Bowie as well. The Berlin years – Heroes and Low. I could see a crossover where you could absolutely adore Bowie and love Joy Division and The Cure and bands that were coming through in Glasgow, too, like Johnny And The Self Abusers, who became Simple Minds… Every time a Simple Minds single or album came out, they were bought the day they came out. Empires And Dance and the first couple of Simple Minds albums were great, and then the Postcard Records stuff started happening. Early Aztec Camera… I loved Altered Images, partly because of the music, partly because of another reason – which is odd, because I ended up going out with Clare [Grogan, the band’s singer]. I became a huge record collector. I was playing football, I was also a student, it was a brilliant period of my life.”

Afledt af en Messenger-tråd, begyndte jeg, her i eftermiddag at søge på den skotske landsholdsspiller, Pat Nevin. Tiden skal jo gå med et-eller-andet. Samtalen drejede sig om fodboldspillere og musik. Jeg kom i tanke om Nevin, der i sin tid som professionel i Chelsea og Everton, var kendt som en passioneret vinylsamler. Det er han stadigvæk. Han spiller faktisk plader på nogle af Londons mest fashionable klubber. Jeg fandt et interview, ’At Home With Pat Nevin’, med magasinet Long Live Vinyl, hvorfra citatet øverst stammer. Men jeg faldt også over disse temmelige skægge anmeldelser af singler, som han skrev til et blad, som Chelsea Football Club udsendte. Her Nevins musikklumme fra 14. august 1984