My symphony to a soccer ‘bad-boy’

我的足球“坏男孩”交响曲

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2022-02-21

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Osmo Tapio Everton Räihälä is a Finnish composer who is crazy about Everton football club. Growing up almost two thousand miles away wouldn’t stop him from living and breathing everything Everton, so much so that as a young composer he took drastic measures to keep his fledgling music career on track. One such inspiration came in the towering figure of the club’s Scottish centre forward, Duncan Ferguson who, though blessed with talent, was often in trouble both on and off the pitch. Their lives and fortunes would be end up being entwined but on the night Osmo was debuting his most famous work about Ferguson, the football gods weren’t following the score. Presenter: Jo Fidgen Producer: Edgar Maddicott Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com (Photo: Duncan Ferguson celebrates after he scored his first goal for Everton in the Merseyside derby. Credit: Albert Cooper/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)
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  • Hello, I'm Jo Fidgeon.

  • Welcome to Outlook, the home of personal stories on the BBC World Service.

  • There are football fans and then there are full blown football fanatics.

  • Consider the case of Osmo, a composer from Finland.

  • Can I start by just getting on tape the correct pronunciation of your full name please?

  • My full name?

  • Yes, my full name is Osmotapio Everton Raichelle.

  • Okay, I can get the Everton.

  • Well, and I'll try for the others.

  • Yep, Osmo loves Everton so much he's changed his name to include it.

  • I mean why not just have a tattoo like any normal fan?

  • At the time tattoos were becoming very fashionable and at first I was thinking about that but realized that when I'm dead, either in ashes or microbes have eaten up any tattoo, it won't last.

  • Whereas Osmo is hoping to immortalize his beloved Everton through his music.

  • If the music lives on and Osmo's name with it, then Everton can never die, you see.

  • Exactly, exactly.

  • It's really quite sane.

  • For those who are not passionate supporters of the English Premier League, Everton is the somewhat less glamorous of the Merseyside teams.

  • Back in the 70s when Osmo was abort, it was neighbours Liverpool collecting all the trophies and winning all the overseas fans.

  • But it took only one match to win Osmo's heart.

  • I can remember it very vividly.