Football Attic: Rewind - Episode 8

Welcome, one and all, to the podcast that likes nothing better than to dip a hand into the lucky bag of football nostalgia.On this episode, we go back to where our podcast began - 1981, but this is the 80/81 season, not 81/82, and what's this? ITV have got the rights to show Saturday night football! Whatever next - long hair on men?Yes, we're off to Granadaland once more, but Gerald Sinstadt's insisting on staying in his commentary box, so the job...

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Football Attic: Rewind - Episode 7

Hello again, listeners - it's time for another deep dive into the calming waters of football nostalgia in the form of The Football Attic: Rewind - episode 7!On this occasion, we've got for you the most recent batch of TV football we've covered so far, and it's from the very first season of the FA Premier League. Yes, we're looking back at 20th March 1993, Des Lynam and Match of the Day...In this podcast, we remind ourselves of a time when Man United...

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Football Attic: Rewind - Episode 6

Hello, nostalgia lovers!It's great to be back with the sixth episode of the podcast that people on the internet are calling "Huh?"Yes, it's only us again, inviting you to come along for another therapeutic journey back into the football abyss, and this time we're going back to February 15th 1976...We're not quite at the point of the long hot summer, but there's plenty of knockabout FA Cup fun to warm you up at Filbert Street where Leicester City...

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Football Attic: Rewind - Episode 5

Greetings nostalgia lovers... it's Attic Rewind time again!On this occasion, we're heading back to the warm, cosy beigeness of the BBC's Match of the Day studio such as it was on February 2nd 1985.  Once again, Jimmy Hill has the highlights of two matches to bring us, but, with the aid of Tony Gubba, there's also time for a brief report from Millwall where George Graham is learning the managerial ropes. Hooligans? What hooligans?On the pitch,...

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Football Attic: Rewind - Episode 4

 Hello again, nostalgia lovers, and welcome to another episode of The Football Attic: Rewind.For this episode, we're jumping into the Attic Time Cupboard and heading back 42 years to December 16th 1979. Why? Well apart from 'why not?', we wanted to watch an old episode of ITV's The Big Match and tell you what we saw.Among the many delights on offer this time around:Brian Moore once again turns his back on the giants of English football to focus...

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Football Attic: Rewind - Episode 3

Once again we invite you to jump into The Football Attic's time cupboard and join us for another romp through the forgotten wilderness of British football on TV...And what a romp it turns out to be. First of all, we're honoured by the presence of Rich Nelson as our guest, fresh from single-handedly providing the BBC with all its Finnish football-related content during Euro 2020.Having put us straight on the subject of Scandinavian advertising boards...

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Football Attic: Rewind - Episode 2

It's episode 2 of the retro football podcast that knows its Kombilotts from its Konsum Vasts! Yes, we're back once again to take you back to a time in British football when the shorts were short and the tempers on the field were even shorter...In this episode, we take you back to March 1987 for another instalment of the BBC's Match of the Day where it's FA Cup quarter final weekend. Arsenal play Watford and find the linesman giving off all the wrong...

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Football Attic: Rewind - Episode 1

If you've been waiting for a football podcast that thinks electronic scoreboards are the coolest thing ever or shrugs its shoulders when it hears the phrase 'VAR', you're very much in luck.Yes folks, The Football Attic: Rewind is on hand to transport you back to a time when 'Internet' was something international-standard anglers used to catch fish and 'Bestie' was that Irish bloke who used to score loads of goals for Manchester United.In this first...

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Kit Collection Volume 3 - Register Your Interest

I said after Volume 2 that I'd never write another book about football shirts...I was wrong. I did, however, figure that if I was going to risk sanity and divorce once more, I'd best make it worth it...and so the idea behind Volume 3 of the Attic Kit collection was born. Rather than just showcase the latest additions to my collection, I thought I'd come up with a theme...and also a proper title. Given my love of obscure (some would say hideous)...

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The Football Attic Podcast 32 - The 1987-88 season

Can you remember what you were doing thirty years ago? Were you dreaming of owning your very own BMX bike, or were you wondering why Paul Gascoigne didn't talk with a very high-pitched voice after his encounter with Vinnie Jones? If your answer was the latter, then welcome to our 32nd podcast in which we go back to the 1987-88 season! Take a trip down memory lane with us as we remind you of the players, the teams and the goals that made up an often...

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