Football and Music

A sequel to the Tartan Specials and their new lyrics over familiar tunes method:

With only a few hours to go before another crucial England qualifier… and this really is the crucial match against a tougher opposition. As with Saturday it is a win they need, no losses and no draws. A win.

To cheer them on a selected single from one of the hundreds released in 2006 for the World Cup. This one unfortunately got lost in the crowd and received little attention. The group are called The Laddz and their effort goes by the title: “Chant Like An English Fan” (and no that doesn’t mean drunkenly with quite a few swearwords, save that for chucking out time)
You can find the lyrics to the song on their MySpace page.

Video:

Website:
http://www.theladdz.com/index.php

At Leicester City it seems that a 4-1 gubbing of Watford is enough to get you sacked and at the moment their impatient trigger finger Chairman/Owner Mandaric is looking for new blood, with cheer up Peter Reid being one of those in the frame.

One of their famous fans asked another famous fan and ex-player, if he would manage Leicester (this was before Martin Allen got his cards). From the Beeb via the Daily Star:

Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan upset Match of the Day host Gary Lineker by drunkenly asking him to manage Leicester City.

But why was “Leicester’s Favourite Son” upset by this ? I thought it would be a compliment. Or was it because the remark was made after Meighan had a few sherbets ?

As you can see Kasabian are another bunch of musicians who are mad about the game and a few of their songs have featured on footie-related items. Via Wikipedia:

The song Club Foot appears in the video games Pro Evolution Soccer 5

The song Club Foot appears in the movie Goal! during the match between Chelsea and Newcastle United.

The song L.S.F appears in the video game Fifa Football 2004

They performed a cover version of the David Bowie classic “Heroes” for ITV’s 2006 FIFA World Cup coverage*

*Not the only cover they’ve done. Also did Status Quo’s - Pictures Of Matchstick Men

Additionally Wikipedia notes that ‘Fans of the band include William Shatner and Arnold Schwarzenegger’. The Shat and the Governator… nice.

Today’s audio is a hatrick of recordings from Kasabian, including the ITV 2006 World Cup cover:

» Kasabian - Club Foot

» Kasabian - L.S.F (Lost Souls Forever)

» Kasabian - Heroes (David Bowie cover)

Uh oh some danger here… McSven is thinking of changing things and starting with the beanCrouch on Wednesday. McLaren states the bleedin’ obvious: “Crouch is a big player, he scores goals and it’s great to have that option.” A big lad up front who knocks them in.. would have never thought of that…

Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole, who obviously sees herself as an authority on the matter, is offering advice to footie fans: “We need to get behind the boys more. We should be like the Liverpool fans. Their theory is the worse you are, the louder you shout. It makes a real difference.”     Err…alright then…

Proof (as if it was needed) that the U.S. media are only interested in one thing (and care little about the other) : We’ve heard or read nothing about the LA Galaxy and how they are getting on since Derek’s injury. (They actually won last night).