I support Everton in the English Premier League, and this week we sold a player who never really got going for us in the few years we had him in the team. He struggled to get regular game time, and just never really seemed to fit into the side.

Despite all that, he had moments of real brilliance, and he seemed to be a really likeable guy. So in ‘memory’ of James McFadden, here are a couple of highlights, courtesy of my friend and yours - YouTube:

Goal vs Charlton in the last (?) minute of the game:

Goal vs France (for Scotland):

I hope he does well at Birmingham. They’re a low level side, who will be able to give him a good amount of playing time, which is what he wants. He could have easily just sat on the sidelines getting paid serious money to be a professional reserve, but he decided he’d rather go and get a regular game.