Summary
I CAN'T recall many football managers getting up and doing Bob Hope-style song and dance routines. I knowMartin O'Neill once appeared on Top of the Pops, and JockWallace enjoyed playing the flute, but until last week I thought this was about the sum of it.
Then, my eyes popping, I sawwhat John Barnes, the former Celtic manager, got up to in Basra. Peculiar as it may sound, Barnes (pictured) went out there to entertain some utterly brassed-off British troops, forwhom possibly the last thing that was needed was the sight of the ex-Parkhead boss and now Five presenter coming to croon to them.See the full content of this document
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Sing-Along with Barnsey?You've Got to Be Joking
That's right . . . sing.
Having got through some keepy-uppy by an aircraft-hangar, Barnes duly performed a version of Bob Marley's No Woman No Cry to a bemused cross-section of squaddies.So startled was I by this that it re...See the full content of this document
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