Your Chance to Sing Two Stars On Our Chest with the Legends of Gothenburg

Working alongside McDermott at Captain Tom's will be five figures whose names are woven into the fabric of Aberdeen FC and Scottish sporting life.

Jim Leighton MBE stood between the posts for Aberdeen and Scotland across two decades. He won the European Cup Winners' Cup and the European Super Cup in 1983, earned 91 caps for Scotland, and is widely regarded as one of the finest goalkeepers the country has ever produced.

Neil Simpson was part of the engine room of the 1983 side. A tenacious, intelligent midfielder who gave everything for the club, Simpson played over 300 games for Aberdeen and scored the opening goal in the 1983 Scottish Cup Final. His autobiography, Simmy: Tackling Life from Aberdeen to Fergie, is available now.

John Hewitt wrote himself into history with the winning goal against Real Madrid in the 1983 European Cup Winners' Cup Final in Gothenburg. That single header remains one of the most celebrated moments in Scottish football.

Jim Leighton MBE, John Hewitt and Neil Simpson

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Paul Lawrie OBE MBE is the 1999 Open Champion and a two-time Ryder Cup player for Europe. A proud Aberdonian and lifelong Dons supporter, Lawrie's Paul Lawrie Foundation has already adopted Two Stars On Our Chest as its official anthem.

Paul Lawrie

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Richard Gordon is one of Scotland's most respected broadcasters. A BBC presenter and commentator who has covered Scottish football for decades, Gordon is a lifelong Aberdeen supporter and has been central to the Two Stars On Our Chest story from the very beginning.

The Aberdeen FC Community Trust has also committed to the session, selecting a number of long-standing AFC stalwarts and staff to join the ensemble alongside supporters. This is a genuine community effort, built from the ground up.

AFC Community Trust

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"We are delighted to be involved," said Peter Davidson, Chief Executive of the AFC Community Trust. "Having Jim working within the Trust helped us help Finn Moray, Terry, the Paul Lawrie Foundation. We all came together to help each other. That is what we need more of."

A special word of thanks goes to Ally Begg, whose support through his podcast AB TV has been a key part of making this happen. Ally has championed the Finn Moray project from the early days, giving it a platform and an audience when it mattered most. He was instrumental in making Two Stars On Our Chest known to Terry McDermott and championed him singing the song. His belief in what we are trying to do has been invaluable.

Ally would have been at the recording session himself, but his career as a football commentator is skyrocketing in Germany and he will be in Munich on the day; ironically, of all the cities in the world. So he cannot make it. But his fingerprints are all over this, and we are grateful.

The song was also the subject of a memorable April Fool before McDermott was announced as the singer. Dons legend Willie Miller MBE told Richard Gordon, with a completely straight face, that he was the singer of Two Stars On Our Chest. Willie has a great sense of humour and did a fantastic job playing it straight and serious. You can watch the clip below.

Richard Gordon and Willie Miller — The April Fool

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And now the part that could involve you.

Five lucky Aberdeen FC fans will win the chance to join Terry McDermott, Jim Leighton MBE, Neil Simpson, John Hewitt, Paul Lawrie and Richard Gordon at Captain Tom's Recording Studio in Aberdeen on Monday 18 May 2026 to sing on the backing vocals of Two Stars On Our Chest.

Your voice. On the record. Permanently cemented into this song alongside the legends of Gothenburg, an Open Champion, a broadcasting icon, and one of the most distinctive rock voices Scotland has ever produced.

This is the chance of a lifetime.

This is not a gimmick. This is a real recording session in a professional studio, on a song that carries real weight. Five fans. Five legends. One singer. One song. One studio. One city.