Glenn Hoddle
Alongside his Tottenham teammate Chris Waddle, Glenn Hoddle released the 1987 single ‘Diamond Lights’. The song received enough attention that the pair, known as Glenn and Chris, performed the track on Top of the Pops. It reached 12 in the charts, but a follow-up single failed to have the same impact.
Paul Gascoigne
In 1990, Gazza was arguably at the peak of his powers, so it is probably no surprise that England’s hero of Italia 90 had a hit with Lindisfarne’s Fog on the Tyne, just missing out on the top spot in the UK, reaching number two.