» Starting off with the biggest name who went batshait insane:

David Icke didn’t actually have much of a footballing career – he did spend a bit of time between the sticks for Coventy, Northampton and Hereford but had to retire because of arthritis. It was the other burgeoning career he went into after footie that he very publicly torpedoed.

After he stopped playing Icke got a job at a local newspaper which eventually led him to the Beeb where he became a much respected sports reporter. He became a member of the team on the new BBC Breakfast Time programme and was a stand-in host on Grandstand, presented the snooker and was also at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

But then one day in 1991 he put on his best turquoise track suit for an appearance on Wogan, where he announced that he was the son of god, or a “godhead” as he described it and well… that was it.

He became a laughing stock and because of some of his claims has never been seriously.

Some of his best (?) lines:

“We/I am a son/daughter of God. In fact, we are all expressions/projections of the Infinite Conciousness, which is love, that is what I mean when I say “I am a son of god “GOD”!”

“The following list has been compiled from the wealth of research I have put together over the last ten years. I would suggest that all of these are reptilian bloodline, but I only mention shapeshifting where it has been witnessed. It is only an initial list and will be added to. If you can add names, and give the supporting evidence, that would be most helpful in exposing these horrors. By “Satanists”, of course, I mean those involved in human sacrifice…. George Bush: U.S. President and Vice President, head of the CIA, and a stream of other roles in the Illuminati. Satanist, mind controller, torturer of children and adults, paedophile, shapeshifting reptilian, and major drug runner. Serial killer. Nice man…. Queen Elizabeth II of the U.K.: Satanist, child sacrificer, shapeshifting reptilian. Major Illuminati figure.”

“I believe that the human race has developed a form of collective schizophrenia in which we are not only the slaves to this imposed thought behavior, but we are also the police force of it. The reason most people don’t express their individuality and actually deny it, is not fear of what prime ministers think of us or the head of the federal reserve, It’s what their families and their friends down at the bar are going to think of them.”

…and it goes on and gets even weirder. He’s not fond of the Jews either.

The bizarre thing is that people lap this up. There’s a very busy forum on his official site. In the USA where they don’t know of his previous, he goes on big speaking tours and can be heard on talk radio.

…A few songs in “tribute” to the soothsayer, starting with this excellent tune from the Eastbourne based The Purple Bubble:

[See post to listen to audio] » The Purple Bubble – David Icke, Reptile Delight - Link to video

- This next one asks if he’s just talking shite:

[See post to listen to audio] » Origami Frog – David Icke - Link to video

This last one is from a fan who entices you in with samples of Ickespeak:

[See post to listen to audio] » Martin Noakes (feat David Icke) – You Are Not Alone - Link to video

Now if you’ll excuse me I’ve got to go and get this skin off me, it’s itching my scales…   Oh is this thing still on ?

They were pulled back from the brink, as they were in the final, thanks to a player from another team.

I remember Coventry back in the old 1st Division. They were a bit of a voodoo team to some others. Somehow they kept themselves in mid-table mediocrity for many years until 1987 when for some reason they woke up and went on to win the FA Cup Final against a very decent Spurs side. It was a very exciting match and Coventry only won it in extra time thanks to a Gary Mabbut o.g.

After this they went on to achieve nothing else and slid back into the background, only to resurface in the headlines in 2001 after their eventual relegation from the Prem and then a few weeks ago when Ray Ranson and his consortium saved them from admin with only 30 minutes to spare.

But back to that FA Cup Final and of course the trip to the recording studio for the squad for the obligatory single.

In John Sillett’s team belting out this “tune” was their lovely keeper Steve Ogrizovic, Brian Kilcline, Cyril Regis and the scorer with that flying header, Keith Houchen.

» Coventry FA Cup Squad ’87 – Go For It !

BONUS: YouTube clip – The Coventry team singing the song on Blue Peter.

EXTRA TIME: More related “music” associated with Cov…

(I’ve collected quite a few footie and musical recordings now and I have to mention the lazy effort by the songwriters. If your team plays in red there is a 99% chance that the song will contain “red” in the title. The same, not surprisingly, happens with blue (of Chelski, Brum…etc, etc. Come on people, try to be creative when you are doing these singles. Alright that’s the team colours that they play in and what the fans chant, but try to avoid the cliché occasionally.)

Evidence of all the cliché’s and no imagination being used »

» Sky Blue Army

A pisspoor effort. Taken the chant, added a Casiotone and some weak singing.

» Sky Blue Land

Apparently this song is played every time Coventry City win.   Which is…
Ahh I’m not going to. Too easy.

» The Believers – While The Sky Is Blue

Actually quite listenable, but please I don’t want to hear the words “sky” and “blue” any more !

It looks like Coventry are heading for sale and/or administration.
They’ll probably lose their photogenic boss too.

That 10 point deduction (if they do go into admin) will really help them recover.
Why does the FA do this ? Stupid if you ask me…

So to show some love to the Cov, a bit of music from that fair city which nearly everyone has been sent to at some time in their life.

It’s been over 25 years since another band sang about their troubled home town and now a new bunch of kids have arrived upon the scene, again singing of their woes and yearnings to be out of there, but this time it has a twist of Weller thrown in:

The Enemy… no not the opposing side who your lot are playing this week… are a band who when you listen to them, will remind you of other past musical artists.

The Holbrook trio are big footie fans and have appeared on Soccer AM. In April next year they’ll be playing two nights at the Ricoh Arena. This is where they met their original manager John Dawkins, under the Coventry City crest in the stadium after a game between Coventry and Celtic for a testimonial match.

The question is though, will the Sky Blues still be playing there.

- Two tracks from their latest CD, which the NME raved about.
Them and the album was recently in the news because XFM’s Zane Lowe banned any of their music from his show. The subsequent publicity from their ban helped in the sale of the CD, which sold an extra 10,000 copies. The band then sent the Gold Disc awarded to them for the album sales to the DJ as a thank you.

Hmm… banned music on the radio… extra sales from it… History repeating…

As mentioned you’ll be reminded of other bands upon hearing them. More recycling of the past:

The Enemy – Away From Here

» The Enemy – We’ll Live And Die In These Towns

(Going Underground…That’s Entertainment… The Jam have reunited !
I hope somebody does a mashup.)

Away From Here and We’ll Live And Die… So do The Enemy despise their home town that much ? Not according to Tom Clarke, who in an interview with a local newspaper talks about the album and mentions The Specials’ Ghost Town a couple of times.
Trifecta complete.