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Castaway
1 appearance
A footballer best known for his career at West Ham United.
On the island
Eight records
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Smokey Robinson, Pete Moore, Marv Tarplin
Well, going back to my younger days, I used to enjoy Tamlamo Town music, and uh one of my favorite groups was uh Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, and my favorite song that uh they sang in those days was Tracks of My Tears.
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher
Gary Jackson, Raynard Miner, Carl Smith
The next one is a game in a similar mold to Smoky Rummers and this one by Jackie Wilson. It's one of my favorite dance records. It's a good Beatty number and uh it's certainly one of my favourites.
Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
Well, one of my favourite artists is Elton John, and uh I mean I could have chosen a lot of his numbers, but the one I've gone for is uh a slow ballad number called Don't Let the Slow Go Down.
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)
Well, the saxophone is my favourite instrument, and so for that I thought the best example was Junior Walker and The All Stars and the record is How Sweet It Is.
The Beatles in my younger days, their music dominated the pop scene and uh again I've gone for a slower record. Uh one of my favorites, uh Paul McCartney was singing this one and it's called Let It Be.
Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)
Christopher Cross, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen
Well as possibly might be a newcomer to some people. I've listened to his music over the last six months to twelve months. A singer called Christopher Cross who made a very successful LP, he's very big in America. And he also made the theme music for Dudley Moore's new film called Arthur and that's the record I've selected.
Well record number seven again still shows my Motown influence. Dinah Ross has always been one of my favourite singers, although this particular record is in a duet with Lionel Ritchie and it's called Endless Love.
What Kind of FoolFavourite
The Bee Gee's have always been particular a favourite of mine and Barry Gibb from there made a an LP with Barbara Streison which I particularly liked and although one or two other tracks became big hits the track I've chosen is What Kind of Fool.
In conversation
Presenter asks
1:16Could you endure loneliness on a desert island?
It would be very, very difficult, I think, because you know, fortunately with football and whatever, I lead a quite busy life and as naturally I'm mixing and meeting a lot of different people. Uh you know we have a good close family life and a lot of friends and uh suddenly to cut yourself away from that would be very difficult.
Presenter asks
5:40What else had you in mind as an occupation [besides professional football]?
I think at that particular time I was beginning to drift towards accountancy. I'd always enjoyed figures and maths and obviously it was a a five year course to go into. So I think probably accountancy was the one I'd stump for. Of course professional football was a to a certain extent a little bit frowned upon being at a grammar school.
Presenter asks
23:16When you retire, do you plan to stay in the game in another capacity?
Well at uh the moment uh I don't foresee it. Certainly as you say I think round about thirty-five is the age limit when most footballers I think into have to give up. I have a contract until the summer of nineteen eighty three and uh then I have two or three businesses which fortunately are going along quite well at the moment and it seems a little bit risky uh to jeopardise those to go into football management which is even more precarious than the playing side quite honestly.
The keepsakes
The book
The largest volume of crosswords
Well uh I think uh I mean I enjoy reading fiction but I think once you've read it it's gone then if you're on a desert island. So I've gone for the largest volume of crosswords that I could find because I think whenever I sit down to do a crossword I never have time. There's always two or three that I don't know. So we were isolated in a desert island and probably in a couple of days later I'll go back and get those two or three that I never managed to finish.
The luxury
Naturally my two hobbies came to mind apart from football I enjoy sport, uh tennis and golf and and obviously I need somebody else for tennis, so I plump for golf golf clubs. If it was on a small desert island I probably need an extra sandiron for practice, but uh certainly I take a few golf balls as well.
Presenter asks
26:27How well could you look after yourself on a desert island?
Well, I think it would be a case of having to. My my wife w wouldn't hold out much hope for me because around the house I must say um uh isn't my stronger point. ... Hilke always reckons if I did it once then I'd have to do it again and so I don't show too much proud at first. But uh certainly I think if I was on the desert island and getting a bit chilly I think I'd have to uh do something.
“I think to do that you've got to do it when you are very young, sort of six, seven, eight, nine even, when you're first kicking the ball and and certainly my right foot is my natural foot, but uh oh in those younger days you made me kick some days only using my bad foot, which was my left, so that now uh whichever foot it comes to I use that one.”
“I think it is important because of the large failure rate. You know, probably seventy-five percent of youngsters who do join clubs unfortunately don't go on to make the club's first team. So it is important to continue your studies.”
“I wouldn't call myself a really nervous person. I think anyone unless they're inhuman really has got to have a few nerves and I think it is good for you to do that.”