The 19702s. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of Clemence, it was the age of Shilton... ...and I'll stop there before the estate of Charles Dickens launches a lawsuit. When I was knee high to the proverbial, I had the privilege of watching Ray Clemence up close. I was there in the Kop, right behind those goals. Within touching distance of a man that to me at that age - looked like a [...]
Man United killed Rod Hull you know. Oh you knew. I bet you didn't know though that there is another bit of bad luck also associated him and that puppet... Ah you are not going to get me to do a bio are you ? Everybody knows about Rod Hull and Emu don't they ? Alright I'll add something: Back in the day the kid's telly presenters regularly assaulted the children on their shows. (Imagine [...]
It's a question nobody asks and nobody cares for an answer... He keeps singing and singing ... But we here at F&M dare to ask and also dare to not only answer, but give you evidence too. *ducks flying objects* It's been mentioned before on why he sings. Click on the above links to read more. For you lazy arses though to summarise: "...as a teenager he sang with band [...]
Was going to do a mention about them last year when they got promoted, then other things got in the way. But now I'm back and so are QPR: Well at the moment they are... but after some recent performances poor old Warnock got the hook and the ambition seeking Mark Hughes is now in his place. The ex-Man City boss has a decent talent pool now under his command, including ex-City players Shaun Wright-Phillips and Joey Barton. Plus he's been given a transfer budget and rumour has it [...]
October 25th: We are #KeepingItPeel Today is October 25th. Today is a solemn day, but not for long. Because we don't mope here. We celebrate. Celebrate and commemorate a life less ordinary and one that touched hundreds... thousands... dare I say it - millions of people. But not because of what he did, well yes partly... more because of the music he played. I'm not going to start listing all the bands/artists he played. Just pick a letter [...]
Since all those talky podcasts are starting up again this is the last F&M pod for now. Showing some love to our Gallic cousins across the water with some French football and music... In 1998 the Gauls were kings on the world. But that was thirteen years ago. Patrick Viera, the last member of that team hung up his boots at the end of last season. A new generation has emerged but as we witness in the 2010 World Cup, they [...]
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We are jumping on the Premier League season preview bandwagon in our own special way... Well ok... bit of a lie, we are not really. But this podcast does cover all the teams that are in the Premier League (the toppermost !) this coming season (2011-2012). All the tracks featured are - as far as possible - old tunes. There are a few exceptions which I'll explain below, but for the most these are songs sung by the teams themselves. Brace yourself. The [...]
After a bit of a delay... another podcast and this one celebrating the Republic of Ireland. The focus of this pod is when Jackie Charlton was the boss so we are looking at Euro '88, Italia '90 and USA '94. The golden era for Irish international football. Because of the limit I set for the pods (keep the length under an hour) it was very hard to select which tunes to include. I once again called upon our football and musical consultant Fredorrarci from the occasionally visited [...]
The gentleman above is Mehmet Scholl , the ex-Bayern Munich and German international player. Scholl is similar to his Scottish counterpart in that he likes to listen to some half decent tunes. I say half decent because unlike Nevin his selections are not the most eclectic or avant-guarde, but it is still stuff that you would hear on 6 Music. Before we continue - Thank you Nick from Fisted Away for the scouting. I'm not going [...]
Over the years there have been many wannabe pop stars but today I'm picking one particular story to highlight. This is the tale of Joseph K. Keegan, who you may have heard of, who was a frustrated singer that barely bothered the musical charts. But Joseph's story begins not in music, it starts with football... In the latter part of the 602s the Doncaster born Keegan was spotted playing for his local amateur team Pegler FC and was soon signed by the 4th Division outfit Firewall FC . After playing a few [...]
Announcing... The Summer of Pod Was going to call it the Hand of Pod but somebody's already using that. Like many of you I want to take it easy for the next month or two. It's sunny... and you are thinking about the trouble that xx team are having with their left back position right now. OK maybe you are but I'm not. There are still some matches to be [...]
There's another England match coming up on Saturday and whilst this is an essential match, it isn't quite a crucial one... All depends on the results of course, but as you know things are more interesting when there's a will/won't they qualifying situation going on rather than a casual canter into the finals as we saw with the last World Cup. Maybe if it was a bit closer and more nail biting people might take notice, because at the moment when you talk about the national team... no-one cares. [...]
Before the svelt, handsome incorruptible suits at FIFA sanctioned the vapid series of Goal! movies, there was another feature length film released with the same name. Well nearly... Or to give it the full title: G'olé!, The Official Film Of The 1982 World Cup . Released two years after the tournament, this documentary looked at the events in the 1982 World Cup in Spain. And when I say looking at , what I actually mean is [...]
I know somebody who actually paid to see this band live... No really. There is so much wealth of material in relation to today's subject that it's taken me a bit of time to sort through everything. I have decided that I'll stick with the football and music-related stuff, otherwise this post could go on for a long time. I will also short hand much of the back story and provide links for further reading. I recommend that you do explore. So then may I present to you today's [...]
» Link to video Oh she was a former Miss Wales ... I wondered how they met. [See post to listen to audio] » The Rainbow Choir - Superinjunction We Love You
Top Radio One DJ Annie Mac and legendary British Band Toploader have confirmed they will be headlining a new 'VESTIVAL' of music and football at Jimmy's Farm (of BBC 2 fame), near Ipswich on Saturday 21 May. The festival is set to help raise money to support children in poverty across the world. The festival is also set to feature numerous celebrities from the football world and a 5-a-side celebrity football game between Dion Dublin's ex professionals, the artists, charity representatives and the public – anyone purchasing a ticket will automatically enter a prize draw to play in [...]
I may have mentioned in passing, but usually keep quiet because I like to keep some neutrality on F&M. But today I am breaking that rule and celebrating Manchester City's FA Cup win. I am a long, long suffering City fan. I've been there at Maine Road, I've stood in the Kippax. I was also there away at places such as Colchester, Wycombe and Chesterfield. Then in the summer of 1999 they began their journey back... I [...]
To quote the album title: Everybody else is doing it, so why can't we...? The idea for this came from my other gig over at #KeepingItPeel , which was set up to commemorate John Peel with a #keepingitpeel day on October 25th, but I've filled in the time between then with a series of podcasts. An idea I have for a future special edition of the #KIP podcasts, since he was a huge Liverpool fan, is for one where Peelie gives a mention to football on his show and/or any football-related tune [...]
This year the destination of the F.A Cup will be decided by YOU . We'll be taking a poll and you will chose who takes the crown. Who'll raise the first F.A Cup singoff trophy. (Don't actually have a trophy to give out at the moment, we'll use this teacup for now) I've previously wrote about both teams and the most famous song associated with them. But judging by the number of visits from people looking for information about one of them this will be [...]
"Hello! If you've just tuned in, welcome to the Eurovision Football Song Contest being held this year in sunny Helsinki. You have missed some splendid arrangements and who will forget Iceland's entry with Bjirr Stoppenmajer and his roller skating tribute to mountain climbing... Or that delightful entry from Jimmy the Jump... at least I think it was... Anyway here for you are some selected highlights..." ... Starting with Invgar 'Tjotta' Olsson, with the 1958 entry from Sweden: [See [...]
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First Aid Kit – Emmylou
Childish Gambino - "Heartbeat" (Official Music Video)
James Blake – Live Album
Mux Mool
