Football and Music
After our summer break, we return with this pre-season friendly. This is a gentle run out with the majority of the content being sourced from the same place: Bandcamp. If you are an aspiring musician...
View ArticleA Guide To Football Etiquette
A short introduction on what to do/how to behave in certain situations when watching the football. Watching a match in a pub Always be aware of your surroundings when watching a football match in a pub...
View ArticleBananas!
Colin Moynihan is a twat. I actually used a stronger four-letter word than that, I’ll leave you to guess which. Back in the late 1980’s Thatcher plucked him from the Tory backbenches to do her...
View ArticleFootball Graffiti
I’ve started yet another side project, just like Football and Music this does exactly as it says on the tin… The project, posted on Tumblr, is called Football Graffiti. All it will be is photos (and...
View ArticlePodcast: Not Football, But Music
I promise to resume the regular postings soon. Before that though yet another pod. The theme of this one is that all of these song have a football title, but none of them are actually about the...
View ArticleChumbawamba and Sports
This was something supplied to me a long time ago now by @Fredorrarci, he of the cult blog Sport Is A TV Show. And in truth this should be there and not here. But it isn’t. So, let’s get on with it....
View ArticleI, Ludicrous and Football
A bit of a cliché this, but they are one of the most underrated bands around. And still going. Half Man Half Biscuit get all the notices for their football and music, but I, Ludicrous are up there at...
View ArticleIndie Tunes for Football Fans
A book recommendation to take on your holidays, as well as some accompanying tunes for the road. No seriouly, you need to read something. You need to stop browsing those sub-reddits and YouTube videos....
View ArticleThe Worst (Football) Song Ever ?
I have unearthed something in which there are attempts being made to ensure that you never see – or hear any evidence of its existence. No not because of that. Behave. You’ll discover for yourself one...
View ArticleFootball Disco! – The Book
I’ve mentioned on the about page that I (Webbie at Football and Music) had the idea for this website after I emigrated to the USA. If I was still back in the UK I would have been scouring every charity...
View ArticlePunk Football
This is not about Stuart Pearce attending a Sex Pistols reunion concert during Euro ’96 (that really did happen) or about John Lydon being an Arsenal supporter. This is about a couple of artists who...
View ArticleThe oldest football song ?
Good question, good question. And indeed one that has a long and complicated answer. Join me as we go down this rabbit hole… This Q was put to me (Webbie @FootieAndMusic) and I answered – off the top...
View ArticlePass, Shoot, Goal!
Previously on Football and Music there was a query into what was the oldest football song. The answer was varied and one with multiple candidates who could claim that title. As a postscript to that...
View ArticleBananas!
Bananas! Colin Moynihan is a twat. I actually used a stronger four-letter word than that, I’ll leave you to guess which. Back in the late 1980’s Thatcher plucked him from the Tory backbenches to do her...
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