The next entry in the great footballers you've never seen...
Ask your Dad or Grandad and they'll have very clear memories of watching The Gentle Giant:
The 6ft 2in Welsh legend was originally signed in 1948 by Leeds United after a trial and initially played at centre half. In fact in his first team debut (in a friendly against Queen Of
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Tags: Juventus, Leeds, Wales
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Some Xmas presents from a couple of F&M favourites.
Starting with the geezer below who has carved a new career and is now a confirmed thespian...
Screencap from his Funny or Die video Attack Cardio with Vinnie Jones
...and who is happy to retain this hard man image because it keeps getting him work in such box-office-busters/Oscar ignored
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Tags: Chelski, Leeds, Wimbledon
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This is the 4th entry looking at music used in films about football. [Previous one here]
This next film was a Hollywood vehicle intended to launch someone into future starring roles.
What happens is the person in question was a support in a.n.other movie and subsequently got a lot of notice in this role (c.f: Russell Brand in Forgetting Sarah
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Tags: Chelski, Leeds, USA, VinnieJones, Wales, Wimbledon
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At the end of this month there will be a film released based on Dave Peace's book, which is a fictionalised account of Brian Clough's short tenure at Leeds.
Some of the postings and reviews I've read have either forgotten or not mentioned this. Please remember when you do go and see it that most of what happens is from the imagination of the a
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Tags: DerbyCounty, Leeds, NottsForest
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I'm cross posting a couple of themes here - Continuing with the Scotia one, but introducing a new theme too. This theme will be tunes written with the subject solely concerning association football players.
- Starting with the wee man below:
This isn't about his current position, it is a tune that reflects on his time in a yellow strip.
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Tags: Leeds, Scotland
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The weather is closing in, getting a bit nippy outside of a night. Perfect time to post some calypso music...
I've previously posted a couple of football and calypso music tracks here and here - this is part one of a two part post that will gather them all together.
Yes that's right, there are so many footie&calypso songs that I had to split
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Tags: Calypso, Chelski, Ipswich, Leeds, ManCity, ManU, Norwich
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