Football and Music

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)