Time Wasting

At least another month (probably longer) before we get any more football 😕
Hope everyone is well, my corona symptoms came and went (or it might have just been flu?) although I did get through 2 bottles of Cavonia cough medicine for that really annoying persistant dry cough when I usually never touch medicines, and that appears to be classic Corona symptoms?
Wife out of hospital with her non Corona problems, but now on a cocktail of drugs every day.

Anyway lots of time on my hands to catch up on music, films and other less important stuff 😆
I've now got over 1,300 football songs in the collection (95% pretty awful), when I started this blog there was an intention to post footy related music here, but music sharing was always a problem when I used to do it back in the day because hosting companies were always shutting down or demanding payments, and the ever present threat of having the blog shutdown because somebody didn't want me to share a song that hardly anyone bought when it was in the shops?
Also there are a few blogs/websites that do a nice collection already, see 45 Football and Football and Music .

Actually sat and watched the 1966 World Cup Final again, hadn't seen it in a lot of years 😁
One thought at the end was considering the fuss over our third goal which was probably justified as I reckon current goal line technology would have ruled it out, nobody seems to mention that West Germany's last minute equaliser in normal time was offside? considering the offside rule was a lot simpler back then with no first phase, second phase, was the player interfering etc.
The linesman was clearly flagging but nothing was made of it?

Everybody stay well, will most likely be back with something to fill my day and keep this blog ticking over in the next week 😃

England Songs

Every four years (if we qualify) we get a ton of dodgy World Cup records, now and again there might be a decent one? Heard a few and they aren't the best :(
This one is the best so far, it's actually a Charity record to build a school in Nepal which explains the video.

Wales

Good luck Wales in their Semi Final against Portugal :)
James Collins looks likely to play so a Hammer to cheer on.

One thing that crossed my mind before the Tournament kicked off was "does having a really good song help you?" thinking of New Order's brilliant tune in 1990 which helped us get to the Semi's.
I love the Manic Street Preachers so the official Wales tune was a big favourite of mine, considering once again most of the England songs are crap.

Seems to have worked :)

Pedro

Could not resist this, sorry Chelsea fans  :)
Everytime I've heard the name Pedro I've always thought Donkey after the famous kids character.
So the news that Chelsea have signed him means I get to upload this classic song.

England Songs

I've just endured a couple of hours of this year's England World Cup songs. and it's been hard work this time :(
A small handful of tunes you might listen to twice and the rest the usual big pile of shite.
None of them are a patch on the Rik Mayall tune, but these are probably worth a listen.
Was gonna post the best 20, but I could only bring myself to list these 8.
Still got a few hundred to listen to so might have missed some gems?

Madfish - England
1 Eye - England
Macarooney - Do The Macarooney
Skatoons - The World Cups Waiting For You 2014
Dion Dublin And The Establishment - Winner In You
World Cup Buster - We'll Do It Again (....It's For Charity)
Roy Chubby Brown And Journey South - Hopes Of A Thousand Men
Neil Brophy Band - Football Rock And Roll

Cheesiest one, a bit catchy :)

For The Irish

Thanks to Biopunk for this, a song for Gobby and all the Irish fans ahead of their final Euro 2012 game against Italy tomorrow.
I reckon they need to start searching those ancestry records like Jack Charlton used to, as this could be a final fling for players like Keane, Given, Duff and Dunne :(

Enger-land

Still the best :)
John Barnes's greatest performance (apart from that goal against Brazil).

Euro 2012 Songs

I know it's only the European Championship and nobody fancies us to do well but I'm surprised not many have bothered to knock up some new England songs, so far I haven't heard anything worth talking about on the radio, and a quick hunt through You Tube hasn't found much, most of the songs listed as Euro 2012 are old ones and feature the likes of Beckham and Capello etc but I'll keep looking.
Best one I've found so far is this, it might be old but there are some nice girls in the video :)



If anyone can steer me in the direction of something better please let me know.

Edit - Thanks to Gobshyte here is the Irish official song :)

Nearly There

Getting excited now, less than 24 hours to go.
Totally confident of victory and just hoping the game is a classic :)
Would love to see it end up something like 5-3
.....  although 1-0 will do :)
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Some Music For Saturday

Here's a bit of music for the play off final :)

 West Ham


Blackpool


and one for the ref :)

Chelsea - Contractual Obligation Album

A few months ago still feeling confident about the Hammers staying up I said to Longy "if West Ham get relegated I'll post a collection of Chelsea songs", well I never thought I would have to but .... :(
Anyway Longy has posted several good Hammer videos so fair's fair here are the tunes?, also consider it your prize for beating me in the predictions comp :)

I guess any Blues fan will have most of these but a bets a bet.
At least while looking for these in the archives I've found a bundle of old footie songs from many teams so I will eventually start posting some compilations.

There are a couple of reasonable songs here! ... no really :)

Footy Related Music

We need some music on this blog.
I listened to this for the first time in ages today and came to the conclusion it's not half bad and even includes a little bit of vuvuzela (or might be air horn?).
A collaboration between French superstar Jarre and Apollo 440 on this theme tune for the 1998 World cup in France.

1 Rendez-Vous 98
2 Rendez-Vous 98 (440 Remix)
3 Oxygene 10 (440 Remix Dub)

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Various - England Songs 2010

Every World Cup we get a selection of England songs, some are good and lots are bad this year is no exception, Here are 20 I've found this time, the Good the Bad and the Ugly.
The Good - Skatoons, We are Scientists and maybe Rik Mayall and a few others.
The Bad - The Competition, The Squad and many others
The Ugly - Terry Venables murdering an Elvis classic.

There are a few that grow on you with a few listens, but chances are you'll only listen to them until England get knocked out anyway, hopefully I'll still be playing them after July 11th, enjoy it while it lasts.

01 Beach - We Are England (The Flames Of 66)
02 Dile - Skank For England
03 Rik Mayall - Noble England
04 Squad - Three Lions 2010
05 Dizzee Rascal And James Corden - Shout For England
06 Chris Martini - When England Rule The World
07 Mitch Benn - Win One Lose One
08 Skatoons - The World Cup's Waiting For You
09 Twenty Teners - Oh Mr Fabio Capello
10 We Are Scientists - Goal England
11 Swagga - The Victory Bus
12 Terry Venables - If I Can Dream
13 Scaredy Cats - England's Lion Hearted White Shirt Warriors
14 Competition - Fabio
15 Shuttleworth And Mark E Smith - England's Heartbeat
16 Three Brians - We Are Engerland
17 Young Stanley - Sing It For England
18 England United With Spike - Grab A Stella Nelson Mandela
19 Barker And Hartley - It's Time For England
20 Chenille Steele - Come On You Lions

(Bonus Track) Dave Henson - The Vuvuzela Song

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