Tim: Hey, remember that time a British footballer released a single and it went well for them? No? Strange, I don’t either.
Tom: Thankfully, Wikipedia has a full list of “UK hit singles released by footballers“. The only one by a footballer, not a team, that could reasonably be classed as being well-received is, of course, Gazza’s “Fog on the Tyne”—
Tim: Of course.
Tom: –and I don’t think that could still be classed as “going well”.
Tim: Nevertheless, this mid-fielder for Hammarby IF (research, you’ll note) is hoping that the same rules don’t apply in Sweden.
Tom: So this is probably going to be awful?
Tom: Huh. It’s not awful.
Tim: It’s not, no. The title translates to Far Away From Here, though that aside I’ve no idea what it’s about, but since it’s actually quite a good song, he just might do alright. It’s actual competent singing, for a start, it’s got decent production underneath it, and there’s a nice melody to it. It is, in fact, exactly what you don’t expect a football song to sound like, largely because he’s actually trying out music as a secondary career, rather than just the odd novelty track for the fans to buy.
Tom: I still reckon the best football single is the first football single. For starters, it’s only two minutes long.
Tim: That’s one good thing you can say about it.