Tommy Tynan: The Original Football Idol Newcastle United FC Dave is a professional footballer

Dave is a professional footballer whose team are contenders to win the First Division title

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instead five of us sat in our hostel room for the entire night until the sun came up

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Tommy Tynan: The Original Football Idol Newcastle United FC Dave is a professional footballerSigned for Liverpool by legendary Bill Shankly after winning the "Search for a Soccer Star" competition, Tommy went on to become a cult figure during his time at Plymouth Argyle and Newport County. Many decades before SKY TV's popular "Football Idol" series Tommy Tynan won a newspaper competition called "Search for a Soccer Star"; he was just 16 years old. His reward was an apprenticeship at Bill Shankly's famous Liverpool Football Club. At Jack