CHAIRMEN'S MANAGER ON THE BEST STAGE

Leighton Baines took his acoustic guitar with him to Brazil and didn't really stay long enough to improve and impress the locals, but he claims it is his way of switching off and many footballers have cultural hobbies to wind down.
Gareth Ainsworth, the Wycombe Wanderers manager, knows his way around a microphone. Music is not his obsession, thank goodness, as he drives his team towards promotion from League Two. Ainsworth has a band called “Road to Eden”; he was taught to sing by his mother, a professional performer, who favoured Dusty Springfield and Brenda Lee numbers and encouraged by his father who was into The Who, Hendrix and the Kinks. Ainsworth must be a mix of the two?
In 20033 he sang “Light my Fire” at the Cardiff City Awards ceremony, a brave move in the Valleys. At his previous clubs he has played in bands with other team members, including manager, John Gregory at QPR on guitar. When word got around about the make up of the band, crowds grew as fans flocked in to hear their heroes. One of their better gigs! The best gigs, Boxing Day for example, had to be turned down because of his career and when invited, I don't expect the Gareth or his manager could go on a tour backing Bad Manners; they were asked.
His dream dinner guests would be Jesus, Darwin and Jim Morrison. As a confirmed Catholic, he thought he would let the two get on with it while he chatted to Jim.