This is not about Stuart Pearce attending a Sex Pistols reunion concert during Euro ’96 or about Johnny Rotten. This is about a couple of punk musicians that also have links to football via their music.
This Is Not A Love Song
Love it or hate it, football in the summer of 1990 was everywhere and even infecting our music.
La Lucha Libre’s Football Songs
There’s a band in France who love their football and music. They’ve sung about a legendary player for their local team – and for another who used to run out for Man Utd…
Scotland at the 1978 World Cup
There was a period when the Scotia national team were at the top* of their game. They were the most successful* of the home nation sides in the mid to late 1970’s.
Football Disco! – The Book
You’ve listened to the songs on here, now’s your chance to buy a book and marvel at the single covers…
Tony Hiller – He Wrote The (Football) Songs
Stealing and slightly misusing that line from the Manilow song to introduce our next subject – Tony Hiller.
Harold Spiro – Football and Music Songwriting Legend
You’ve never heard of him, but he was the greatest football song writers of all time…
Variations On The Orient
What does a classical cellist, a rock musical composer and an East London football club have in common….?
Jeff Astle Sings
All hail to you Jeff Astle. A legend at West Brom and in football history. Sing for us, Jeff.