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In much the same way as Diana Ross couldn't kick a ball into a gaping net from close range at the opening ceremony of World Cup 1994 in the USA, footballers can't – and shouldn't - make record either. But here are ten who've had a go at a bit of rockin' and rollin...

Andy Cole

In 1999 the Manchester United and England striker decided he would make a record. He covered the Gap Band's Outsatnding, and added an ill-advised rap in the middle, which featured the line, “The son of a miner, funkiest rhymer, Always in the news, my crew the headliner.” Hmmm. Welsh band Catatonia also name-checked Cole on their 1996 B-side "Do You Believe In Me?". The lyrics include the line "I'm Andy Cole's tortured soul, missed out again in front of goal." 

Paul “Gazza” Gascoigne

At the height of his fame, the Geordie rascal had a number two hit with a cover of Fog on the Tyne in 1990. Shame the fog didn't prevent him from getting to the recording studio really...

Kevin Keegan

With his bubble perm flowing and the football world quite literally at his feet, the England captain and Brut aftershave endorsee went a step further in the naff stakes by releasing a single in 1979. Head Over Heals reached number 31 in the charts and since then the debate has raged as to whether his pop career was more successful than his England management career. 

Ian Wright

The livewire former Arsenal and England striker turned TV personality released his one and only single “Do the Wright Thing” in 1993. It was written by the Pet Shop Boys' Chris Lowe. 

“My one was much better than Andy Cole’s, but the less said about both the better,” Wright later admitted. 

Glen Hoddle & Chris Waddle 

The mulletted Spurs duo epitomized the poor taste of footballers during the 80s when they got together to make what they felt was a serious record in 1987. How either of them ever played again after this humiliation is anyone's guess. Waddle also teamed up with Marseille teammate Basile Boli for an oddball French rap, singing in a pseudo French accent which made him sound a bit like a cross between Steve McLaren and the the policeman in Allo Allo. 

Gareth Ainsworth

The former Wimbledon and QPR winger, now with Wycombe, has a rock band that performs under the curiously titled name of Dog Chewed the Handle. The man known in football as “Wild Thing” is the lead singer.

Didier Drogba & Florent Malouda

Rumours are rife that the Chelsea duo are getting a bit of jamming in after training, one on drums the other on guitar. Weather either can acually play an instrument is yet to be revealed but it sounds like they're giving it a go...

Slaven Bilić 

The former West Ham defender and current Croatia boss plays rhythm guitar in a thrash metal band called Rawbau. In 2008 they recorded a song for the country’s performance at that year’s European Championships, the title of which transltes into English as ‘Fiery Madness.’ Some would describe his football playing style in much the same way. 

Carlos Tevez

The Argentina and Manchester City goal machine is in a shantytown band called Piola Vago along with his brother Diego and a bunch of his childhood mates. The songs are all in Spanish and rumours circulated by Man Utd fans that they have a song called “Tevez Smells of S**t” can not be confirmed. 

Morten Gamst Pedersen

The boy band craze is apparently still big in Norway where a band known as The Players had a number one hit with an awful song called “This is Real” last summer. The Players is made up of five football players, chief among them is Blackburn Rovers midfielder, Motren Gamst Pedersen