Patrick Kevin Francis Michael Nevin was born on 6 September 1963 and is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a winger.
26 Facts About Pat Nevin
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Pat Nevin won 28 caps for Scotland, scattered across a ten-year international career, and was selected for the UEFA Euro 1992 finals squad.
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Since retiring as a player, Nevin has worked as a chief executive of Motherwell and as a football writer and broadcaster.
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Pat Nevin trained with Celtic as a youngster, but was rejected for being too small.
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Pat Nevin scored six goals in 44 starts in his second season with the club.
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Pat Nevin was inducted into the inaugural Clyde FC Hall of Fame in 2011.
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Chelsea were relegated in 1988 and Pat Nevin was sold to Everton.
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Pat Nevin scored 20 goals in 138 appearances for the club, but struggled to re-capture his previous form with manager Colin Harvey adopting a far more rigid system.
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Howard Kendall returned to the club as manager in November 1990; he and Pat Nevin openly disagreed with each other, which reduced Pat Nevin's playing opportunities, as did the arrival of new wingers Robert Warzycha and Mark Ward.
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Pat Nevin was unfortunate to arrive at Everton just after one of the finest spells in their history, when they had collected two league titles, an FA Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup.
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Pat Nevin spent time on loan with fellow Merseyside club Tranmere Rovers, then in the second tier of English football, before signing permanently in 1992.
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In 1997, Pat Nevin returned to Scotland and played for Kilmarnock and later Motherwell before retiring in 2000.
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In 1982 while playing for Clyde, Pat Nevin travelled to Finland to play for the Scotland U18 team at the UEFA European Youth Championship and was named player of the tournament after helping Scotland win it.
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Pat Nevin won 28 caps for the Scottish national side, making his debut against Romania in 1986.
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Pat Nevin scored five goals in a ten-year international career and played at Euro 92, but was not selected in the final squads for the 1986 or 1990 World Cups.
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Pat Nevin made his final appearance for Scotland in 1996 but did not appear at the Euro 96 finals.
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Pat Nevin resigned in April 2002, after Motherwell chairman John Boyle put the club into administration due to financial problems.
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Pat Nevin co-wrote a book, In Ma Head, Son, with psychologist Dr George Sik.
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Pat Nevin has an arts degree from Glasgow Caledonian University.
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Pat Nevin preferred The Fall and Joy Division to Phil Collins or Lionel Richie.
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Pat Nevin was interviewed by music magazine NME and was a guest music presenter on Radio City during his Everton and Tranmere career.
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Pat Nevin switched his support to Hibernian after feeling that his boyhood club had become a large corporate organisation and the Celtic Park stadium no longer felt like home.
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Pat Nevin's daughter, a keen sports player, was a Scottish champion in badminton.
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Pat Nevin received an honorary degree from Abertay University in 2012.
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Pat Nevin is the cousin of the retired English footballer Terry Butcher.
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In 2021 Pat Nevin wrote and released his autobiography, The Accidental Footballer: A Memoir.