Football and Music

I didn’t think there would be a sequel to the Football Calypso, but there is.

The previously posted calypso song mentioned various “big” teams at the time, including Huddersfield. This next calypso is from the same era but this time sings about one team. That of the Busby Babes over at Old Trafford there.

Now things… times were different when this was recorded. I’ve researched to find out the exact year it was done, I’m not sure if it was before or after the Munich air crash. There is no info out there on the year or about who is singing on the track. Upon hearing it does sound like something from those dark days (no pun intended) of the Black and White Minstrel Show.

The track was revived and reissued in 1998 for the anniversary of the air disaster.

» Unknown Artist - United Calypso      [Lyrics]

ESPN really wants you to watch the Women’s World Cup and they’ll do some pimpin to get your attention.

Edit: I actually meant to type weekend table round up. Oh never mind.

The random selection week on the Predicts turned out to be a curse on some of the teams and some of the predictors.

Ipswich let 3 in the last three minutes at West Brom which finished 4-nil to Mowbray’s mob. The gubbing of his beloved tractor boys affected MickMills prediction form and he free falls a massive 6 places down the table.

Oz-based predictor TheDog has boasted of his sleeping giants - the Shrimps of Morecambe, they are having a run in the early rounds of the League Cup and got to the giddy heights of the old 4th Division table. But on Saturday they embarrassed themselves by losing 3-nil at home to H*r*ford.
TheDog’s predictions also reflected this alarming lapse in their defence by dropping 5 places.

Before the beginning of the season the much written off Arsenal - because of the sale of Henry - shown that they are still in there to win it by coming from behind *ahem*… to Spurs (more about that below) to win 3-1 and the 2005/06 S&GBEPL champ Gooner81 leaps up 5 places to 3rd in the table.

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In the firing line:

After blowing another 1-nil lead word is that Daniel Levy is back to whispering sweet nothings in the Ramos ear. Martin Jol’s position will be looked at again in the next international break next month. Things are not going smoothly at Seville right now, so Spurs might be in with a chance to replace one failing manager with another failing one.

But if they still can’t entice Ramos over to White Hart Lane there are rumours of Ronald Koeman, Harry Redknapp, Fabio Capello and Jurgen Klinsmann all being lined up to be wined and dined by the Spurs board.

Talking of Calfornia Klinsmann… LA Galaxy lost again at the weekend. At home to Houston Dynamo : 3-1. The competition now has got to be between Yallop and Jol on who gets their cards first.
On one hand there is the Tottenham board telling Martin Jol that they are looking for a top 4/Champions League qualification this season and on the other there is nothing else for the LA Galaxy to play for but their franchise owners will be concerned about the lack of Derek’s appearances on the pitch and the putting bums on seats/bring in the revenue for the rest of the season.

Both cases are financially motivated, but which bunch of suits will blink first ?

And on that bombshell a tune to play us out. No real footie connection with this one, posted out of pure indulgence and because I can.

A remix of Hard-Fi’s latest single:

» Hard Fi - Suburban Knights (King Kong Klub Mix)

Footie/telly celeb news : John Barnes will be doing on the dance floor what he did to the Brazilians.

Well that seems to be it for his blog. No updates since August 16th which means no new material for me to rip the piss out of. So now I have to trawl the web. See what you’ve resorted me to Derek ?! Come on chap, get one of your lackies to ghost write something new for us.

In the meantime some non-footie newsstuff I’ve found about Derek and Skeletor:

Via Metro.co.uk: Beckhams up for comedy award

It is an award they might not want to actually win - David and Victoria Beckham have been nominated for the title of Funniest Double Act.

The pair are up for the gong thanks to their bid to conquer the US…

Loaded editor Martin Daubney said: “Perhaps it’s Victoria’s growing comedy chest or her attempts to integrate into American culture by pitching at baseball matches that have had the British public laughing.

“It’s been a vintage year for comedy and the nominations in this year’s Laftas are a testament to that.

“The Laftas are voted for by the Great British public which makes them the only comedy awards worth their salt. What we have here are the funniest fellas and fillies in the land - and a few surprises, too.

Another one:

Via Digital Spy: Beckhams top ‘Overrated 100′ poll

The Beckhams have topped a magazine list of the most overrated celebrities.

The former England football captain and Spice Girl, who moved to LA earlier this year, were number one in Radar magazine’s list of the ‘Most Over-Hyped People on the Planet’.

Everybody is ripping it out of them, probably glad they moved to LA now than going back to Blighty. But that’s the way with us innit. Build them up and then knock ‘em down.

Another potshot taken at them is a spoof documentary series called Star Stories. This spookily accurate portrayal of their story so far was first shown on Channel 4 this time (September) last year.

View the episode…

Edit: Can't embed the video, so click on the image below to view Part 1
» Part 2 here.
» Part 3 here.

“GARY NEVILLE !”