Football and Music

I’ll be back to posting the footie/music in a couple of days, but before that another footie/musical video clip via the U.S. version of “Who’s Line Is It Anyway ?”

The host, Drew Carey, who is a big footie fan takes suggestions from the audience on what Wayne Brady has to sing about. Drew hears the word soccer and…

Probably the most famous footie match took place at Flanders on Christmas Day 1914.

Take it away Sir Macca Thumbsaloft:

Off topic, not footie related. Unless any of the band played for Finsbury Park F.C...

Still THE best Xmas song bar none.

As we saw last week we’re not like the septics who go apeshit at the merest glimple at a nipple. We like our bollocks out there on show and nobody is going to censor them.

So - Marry Christmas your arses.

» The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York

Extra Time: The video with lyrics. Sing along now.

I have found out why Spurs haven’t won anything for ages and why they had that nightmare start to this season resulting in the “mutual consenting” of Martin Jol.

You are paying for past musical sins committed by someone who was associated with your club.
Not by who you think, too obvious, but by an ex-player who came back to manage the club.

No not that one.

We’ve posted a previous offence on our ears committed by the hater of the handicapped, which as reported wasn’t just offensive to every Freddie Mercury and Queen fan, he went for the grand slam by doing another cover - an assault on The Beatles track - Hey Jude.

Today it is my sad duty to bring you evidence of yet another musical offence from the annointed one. (After hearing that he had found God the comedian Jasper Carrott remarked: “That must have been one hell of a pass !”) He’s gone for the hattrick on cover versions and this time it is the ultimate insult to everyone everywhere.

NO download of this one. No way. I've posted this so the world can be made aware of yet another "error of judgement" by the Hodd.

Glenn Hoddle why do you hate us so ? I thought that - in your own words - it was the disabled who were paying for their sins in a previous life.

It’s Karma you said. Which is a pretty strange remark from a Christian, I thought they didn’t believe in reincarnation. (I have no idea about religion though so I might be incorrect on that.)

I want to remind the FAI of this bit of history. Unbelievably he’s up for the Republic of Ireland job. Look at what you would be taking on. Do you really want this ? You’ve already had a bit of a PR disaster with Stan Staunton’s appointment (which now pales into insignificance when you look at what the FA did with Taylor, McLaren and the Hoddle…) don’t go down that path again. Take your time and choose carefully.

Is there any way we can bring a civil suit against Hodd for his crimes against music… ?

Update: MickMills has been doing some Hodd spotting and found a pic of the evangelical one in the most unlikely place - on Gmail’s login page.

If you spot the Hodd (he seems to have become the footballing version of the Hoff, but without the popularity) anyway other than where he usually is post it on the comments.

My Dad was at school with Emlyn Hughes. He was in the same class as him for some subjects.
He told me that “our Em” was exactly like you saw him - confident and maybe a bit big-headed. Dad wasn’t friends with him, but did get on with him. Emlyn, he said, was always the center of attention.

Sadly more people will probably remember Emlyn better not for his footballing achievements, but more for his subsequent television career.

Also off the pitch he didalotofworkforcharidee… I’m assuming this is in relation to today’s song.
Again I’m assuming the history here, I’ve searched and found not much, but at some point (in my assumption) in the 80’s or early 90’s there must have been a charity that Emlyn and/or his co-singer on this single were involved with and to raise money for them somebody had the “bright” idea of recording a single.

The co-singer in question is one Suzanne Dando. Again probably better known for her post-sporting televisual career. How it came about that the footballer Emlyn Hughes would record a single with the gymnast I don’t know. I’ve searched to see if I could find any items that talked of their collaboration, but nothing found. I did however find a connection between the two of them - Roy Of The Rovers.

In 1985 Roy Race signed Emlyn, along with goalkeeper Bob Wilson because Race wanted to add experience to his Melchester side.

And tying in the Chrimbo thing - Suzanne Dando appeared in and on the cover of a Christmas issue when she starred in a panto adventure in which she was kidnapped and Roy rescued her with the assistance of a genie.

Also featured on this Christmas single is the Kingswinford Junior Choir:

» Emlyn Hughes with Suzanne Dando - At Christmas Time