#Singles1988 on Bluesky

FIRST ROUND DRAW

124 songs split into 31 groups of four.

The two most voted from each group will move forward to the second round.

  • The three Brilliant Corners songs were not single releases but I thought Somebody Up There Likes Me is such a fantastic LP I just had to include them – besides which they won’t go anywhere.

Starting date yet to be decided, most likely the end of October.

MONDAY 20 OCTOBER

GROUP 1

A Guy Called Gerald – Voodoo Ray
The Proclaimers – I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)
The Sugarcubes – Deus
Tanita Tikaram – Twist In My Sobriety

TUESDAY 21 OCTOBER

GROUP 2

Bobby McFerrin – Don’t Worry, Be Happy
Erasure – Ship Of Fools
Fine Young Cannibals – She Drives Me Crazy
Vanessa Paradis – Joe Le Taxi

WEDNESDAY 22 OCTOBER

GROUP 3

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – The Mercy Seat
Tracy Chapman – Talkin’ Bout A Revolution
D Mob featuring Gary Haisman – We Call It Acieed
Jane Wiedlin – Rush Hour

THURSDAY 23 OCTOBER

GROUP 4

Art Of Noise ft Tom Jones – Kiss
Johnny Hates Jazz – Don’t Say It’s Love
Metallica – One
Robin Beck – First Time

FRIDAY 24 OCTOBER

GROUP 5

Deacon Blue – Dignity
Eric B & Rakim – I Know You Got Soul
Michael Jackson – Smooth Criminal
Voice Of The Beehive – Don’t Call Me Baby

GROUP 6

Bananarama – Nathan Jones
Morrissey – Suedehead
Phil Collins – Groovy Kind Of Love
Whitesnake – Give Me All Your Love

GROUP 7

Billy Bragg – Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards
Pet Shop Boys – Domino Dancing
The Timelords – Doctorin’ The Tardis
U2 – Desire

GROUP 8

Aztec Camera – How Men Are
The House of Love – Christine
Terence Trent D’Arby – Sign Your Name
Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers – Tomorrow People

GROUP 9

Belinda Carlisle – I Get Weak
Climie Fisher – Love Changes (Everything)
REM – Orange Crush
Two Men, A Drum Machine & A Trumpet – Tired Of Getting Pushed Around

GROUP 10

Brilliant Corners – Oh!
Cud – Slack Time
REM – Stand
Sea Urchins – Please Rain Fall

GROUP 11

Bananarama – I Want You Back
The Caretaker Race – Anywhere But Home
Front 242 – Headhunter
Danny Wilson – Mary’s Prayer

GROUP 12

Aztec Camera – Somewhere In My Heart
Enya – Orinoco Flow
Sonic Youth – Teen Age Riot
Maxi Priest – Wild World

GROUP 13

A-ha – Stay On These Roads
The Charlottes – Are You Happy Now?
Fleetwood Mac – Everywhere
Prefab Sprout – The King Of Rock ‘N’ Roll

GROUP 14

All About Eve – Martha’s Harbour
Bros – I Owe You Nothing
Brilliant Corners – Teenage
The Sisters Of Mercy – Dominion

GROUP 15

14 Iced Bears – Come Get Me
INXS – Need You Tonight
Kylie Minogue – Got To Be Certain
Ofra Haza – Im Nin’Alu

GROUP 16

Neneh Cherry – Buffalo Stance
Deacon Blue – Real Gone Kid
Psychedelic Furs – All That Money Wants
Pebbles – Girlfriend

GROUP 17

Rick Astley – Together Forever
Tracy Chapman – Fast Car
Milli Vanilli – Girl You Know It’s True
Pet Shop Boys – Heart

GROUP 18

Fairground Attraction – Perfect
Hothouse Flowers -Don’t Go
Public Enemy – Don’t Believe The Hype
Salt-N-Pepa – Push It

GROUP 19

Brilliant Corners – Your Feet Never Touch The Ground
Fugazi – Waiting Room
Jack ‘N’ Chill – The Jack That House Built
The Orchids – Underneath The Window, Underneath The Sink

GROUP 20

The Bangles – Hazy Shade Of Winter
Bomb The Bass – Beat Dis
Mica Paris – My One Direction
Morris Minor & The Majors – Stutter Rap (No Sleep ‘Til Bedtime)

GROUP 21

Depeche Mode – Behind The Wheel
Michelle Shocked – Anchorage
N.W.A – Straight Outta Compton
The Pooh Sticks – On Tape

GROUP 22

Darling Buds – Shame On You
Bruce Springsteen – Tougher Than The Rest
Eighth Wonder – I’m Not Scared
New Order – Touched By The Hand Of God

GROUP 23

Aswad – Don’t Turn Around
Breathe – Hands To Heaven
Bros – Drop The Boy
Pixies – Gigantic

GROUP 24

Inner City – Good Life
The Poppyheads – Cremation Town EP
The Stone Roses – Elephant Stone
Taja Sevelle – Love Is Contagious

GROUP 25

Erasure – A Little Respect
Galaxie 500 – Tugboat
The Pogues – If I Should Fall From Grace With God
Yazz & The Plastic Population – The Only Way Is Up

GROUP 26

Guns N’ Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine
Robert Palmer – Simply Irresistible
Tanita Tikaram -Good Tradition
Kim Wilde – You Came

GROUP 27

Coldcut featuring Yazz & The Plastic Population – Doctorin’ The House
Dinosaur Jr – Freak Scene
Billy Ocean – Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car
Womack & Womack – Teardrops

GROUP 28

Bros – When Will I Be Famous
Freiheit – Keeping The Dream Alive
Taylor Dayne – Tell It To My Heart
Whitney Houston – One Moment In Time

GROUP 29

The Fall – Victoria
The Field Mice – Emma’s House
Pet Shop Boys – Left To My Own Devices
Yello – The Race

GROUP 30

Billy Bragg – She’s Got a New Spell
The Mission – Tower Of Strength
Bomb The Bass – Megablast / Don’t Make Me Wait
The Primitives – Crash

GROUP 31

Another Sunny Day – I’m In Love With A Girl Who Doesn’t Know I Exist
Belinda Carlisle – Circle In The Sand
Happy Mondays – Wrote For Luck
Transvision Vamp – I Want Your Love

GROUP 32

The Fall – Jerusalem / Big New Prinz
Morrissey – Every Day Is Like Sunday
S-Express – Theme From S-Express
New Order – Blue Monday

FOURTH ROUND DRAW

Singles1982

ROUND 4 – MATCH 1

GO WILD IN THE COUNTRY
Bow Wow Wow

VERSUS

A TOWN CALLED MALICE
The Jam

Singles1982

ROUND 4 – MATCH 2

SAY HELLO, WAVE GOODBYE
Soft Cell

VERSUS

WAX AND WANE
Cocteau Twins

Singles1982

ROUND 4 – MATCH 3

SENSES WORKING OVERTIME
XTC

VERSUS

LOVE MY WAY
Psychedelic Furs

Singles1982

ROUND 4 – MATCH 4

I COULD BE HAPPY
Altered Images

VERSUS

THE MODEL
Kraftwerk

Singles1982

ROUND 4 – MATCH 5

PARTY FEARS TWO
The Associates

VERSUS

GOLDEN BROWN
The Stranglers

Singles1982

ROUND 4 – MATCH 6

IT AIN’T WHAT YOU DO (IT’S THE WAY THAT YOU DO IT)
Fun Boy Three & Bananarama

VERSUS

TEMPTATION
New Order

Singles1982

ROUND 4 – MATCH 7

I SECOND THAT EMOTION
Japan

VERSUS

DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT ME
Culture Club

Singles1982

ROUND 4 – MATCH 8

DON’T YOU WANT ME
The Human League

VERSUS

DON’T GO
Yazoo

Singles 1982 on Bluesky

This tournament will commence tomorrow Friday 29th August.

Four matches will be posted each day, morning and evening until the FIRST ROUND is complete. None at weekends because social.media is quieter – people out there actually have lives to be getting on with!

From the music charts I stole 147 songs including two of your ultimate favourites in Save Your Love and The Birdie Song.

I then added another 17 songs from the indie charts of 1982 which included Love My Way, Wax And Wane and Lets Go To Bed.

It was a fabulous music year and I’m sure I could make a top twenty list of singles worthy of “winning song”.

Who makes the finals of course is down to your votes.

Here is the FIRST ROUND DRAW in full.

D Train – You’re The One For Me
VS
Kraftwerk – The Model / Computer Love

Tight Fit – Fantasy Island
VS
Toni Basil – Mickey

Associates – Party Fears Two
VS
Shakin’ Stevens – Oh Julie

Kim Wilde – View From A Bridge
VS
Robert Wyatt – Shipbuilding

The Stranglers – Golden Brown
VS
PhD – I Won’t Let You Down

Lionel Richie – Truly
VS
Adam & The Ants – Deutscher Girls

Roxy Music – More Than This
VS
Scritti Politti – Asylums In Jerusalem

Iron Maiden – Run To The Hills
VS
Bucks Fizz – The Land Of Make Believe

Madness – Cardiac Arrest
VS
Simple Minds – Promised You A Miracle

Duran Duran – My Own Way
VS
Haircut 100 – Fantastic Day

Depeche Mode – See You
VS
Meat Loaf – Dead Ringer For Love

Sisters Of Mercy – Alice
VS
Kool & The Gang – Get Down On It

Sex Gang Children – Beasts EP
VS
Shakin’ Stevens – Shirley

Toto – Africa
VS
Elton John – Blue Eyes

Christopher Cross – Arthur’s Theme
VS
Felt – My Face Is On Fire

Shalamar – A Night To Remember
VS
The Passage – XOYO

Tracey Thorn – Plain Sailing
VS
Classix Nouveaux – Is It A Dream

Shakatak – Easier Said Than Done
VS
Pigbag – Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag

Trio – Da Da Da
VS
Farmers Boys – Whatever Is He Like

The Human League – Don’t You Want Me
VS
Adrian Gurvitz – Classic

Junior – Mama Used To Say
VS
Bardo – One Step Further

Starsound – Stars On 45
VS
ABC – Poison Arrow

Electric Light Orchestra – Ticket To The Moon
VS
Thomas Dolby – She Blinded Me With Science

Earth Wind & Fire – Let’s Groove
VS
Bucks Fizz – My Camera Never Lies

The Jam – A Town Called Malice
VS
Chas & Dave – Ain’t No Pleasing You

Foreigner – Waiting For A Girl Like You
VS
Bow Wow Wow – Go Wild In The Country

Adam & The Ants – Ant Rap
VS
Madness – House Of Fun

Patrice Rushen – Forget Me Nots
VS
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Maid Of Orleans

Rocky Sharpe & The Replays – Shout Shout (Knock Yourself Out)
VS
Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder – Ebony And Ivory

The Clash – Rock The Casbah
VS
Shaking Stevens – Give Me Your Heart Tonight

Tight Fit – The Lion Sleeps Tonight
VS
Southern Death Cult – Moya / Fatman

Yazoo – Only You
VS
The Stranglers – Strange Little Girl

The Pretenders – Back On The Chain Gang
VS
ABC – The Look Of Love

Kid Creole & The Coconuts – Annie I’m Not Your Daddy
VS
Captain Sensible – Happy Talk

Depeche Mode – Leave In Silence
VS
Bananarama – Shy Boy

The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go
VS
Fat Larry’s Band – Zoom

Brat Chalk Dust – The Umpire Strikes Back
VS
Dire Straits – Private Investigations

Gary Numan – Music For Chameleons
VS
Scotland World Cup Squad – We Have A Dream

Dionne Warwick – Heartbreaker
VS
The Steve Miller Band – Abracadabra

Tears For Fears – Mad World
VS
Carly Simon – Why

Dexy’s Midnight Runners With The Emerald Express – Come On Eileen
VS
Ultravox – Reap The Wild Wind

Odyssey – Inside Out
VS
Adam Ant – Friend Or Foe

New Order – Temptation
VS
The Jam- The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)

Altered Images – I Could Be Happy
VS
Soft Cell – Torch

Irene Cara – Fame
VS
Survivor – Eye Of The Tiger

Bow Wow Wow – I Want Candy
VS
Madness – Driving In My Car

Goombay Dance Band – Seven Tears
VS
Chicago – Hard To Say I’m Sorry

Kool & The Gang – Ooh La La La (Let’s Go Dancin’)
VS
Malcolm McLaren & The World’s Famous Supreme Team – Buffalo Gals

Rocker’s Revenge featuring Donnie Calvin – Walking On Sunshine
VS
Phil Collins – You Can’t Hurry Love

Abba – One Of Us
VS
The Packman – I’m The Packman (Eat Everything I Can)

The Beat – Save It For Later
VS
The Tweets – The Birdie Song

Joe Jackson – Stepping Out
VS
The Mobiles – Drowning In Berlin

Talk Talk – Talk Talk
VS
Peter Gabriel – Shock The Monkey

Jon & Vangelis – I’ll Find My Way Home
VS
Billy Idol – White Wedding

Wham! – Young Guns (Go For It)
VS
Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney – The Girl Is Mine

Dollar – Mirror Mirror
VS
Renee & Renato – Save Your Love

Japan – Night Porter
VS
The Police – Spirits In The Material World

Ultravox – Hymn
VS
Duran Duran – Hungry Like The Wolf

Bananarama With Fun Boy Three – Really Saying Something
VS
The J Geils Band – Centerfold

Soft Cell – Say Hello Wave Goodbye
VS
Associates – Club Country

Shalamar – I Can Make You Feel Good
VS
Tottenham Hotspur FA Cup Final Squad – Tottenham Tottenham

Adam Ant – Goody Two Shoes
VS
XTC – Senses Working Overtime

Fun Boy Three & Bananarama – It Ain’t What You Do It’s The Way That You Do It
VS
Madness – It Must Be Love

Blancmange – Living On The Ceiling

VS

Imagination – Just An Illusion
VS
Haircut 100 – Love Plus One

England World Cup Squad – This Time (We’ll Get It Right)
VS
Japan – Ghosts

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five – The Message VS
Daryl Hall & John OatesI Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll
VS
Visage – The Damned Don’t Cry

Altered Images – See Those Eyes
VS
Supertramp – It’s Raining Again

Psychedelic Furs – Love My Way
VS
Simple Minds – Glittering Prize

Eurythmics – Love Is A Stranger
VS
Roxy Music – Avalon

Evelyn King – Love Come Down
VS
Men Without Hats – Safety Dance

Eddy Grant – I Don’t Wanna Dance
VS
Genesis – 3 x 3 (EP)

The Firm – Arthur Daley (E’s Alright)
VS
Gang Of Four – I Love A Man In Uniform

The The – Uncertain Smile
VS
The Human League – Mirror Man

The Cure – Let’s Go To Bed
VS
Haysi Fantayzee – John Wayne Is Big Leggy

Modern English – I Melt With You
VS

Daryl Hall & John Oates – Maneater

The Jam – Beat Surrender
VS
Marvin Gaye – (Sexual) Healing

Duran Duran – Save A Prayer
VS
Culture Club – Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?

Hot Chocolate – It Started With A Kiss
VS
Duran Duran – Rio

The Beatles – The Beatles Movie Medley
VS
Soft Cell – What

Tears For Fears – Pale Shelter
VS
Yazoo – Don’t Go

Haircut 100 – Nobody’s Fool
VS
Gary Numan – White Boys And Heroes

Japan – I Second That Emotion
VS
UB40 – So Here I Am

Midge Ure – No Regrets
VS
Yazoo – Situation

Shalamar – There It Is
VS
Cocteau Twins – Wax And Wane

Musical Youth – Pass The Dutchie
VS
Siouxsie & The Banshees – Slowdive

The Jam – Just Who Is The 5 O’Clock Hero
VS
ABC – All Of My Heart

A Flock Of Seagulls – Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)
VS
Kevin Rowland & Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Jackie Wilson Said

Singles 1977

FIRST ROUND DRAW

Monday 28 April

Sideshow – Barry Biggs
Mystery Dance – Elvis Costello
Lido Shuffle – Boz Scaggs
Rockaria – ELO

Tuesday 29 April

Solsbury Hill – Peter Gabriel
Good Morning Judge – 10CC
Hold Back The Night – Graham Parker And The Rumour
Torn Between Two Lovers – Mary McGregor

Wednesday 30 April

Sir Duke – Stevie Wonder
Car Wash – Rose Royce
Pearl’s A Singer – Elkie Brooks
Red Light Spells Danger – Billy Ocean

Thursday 1 May

Chant Down Babylon – Sylford Walker
Don’t Give Up On Us – David Soul
Free – Denice Williams
Ain’t Gonna Bump No More – Joe Tex

Friday 2 May

Mah-Na, Mah-Na – Pero Umiliani
Love Me – Yvonne Elliman
Chanson D’Amour – The Manhattan Transfer
Romeo – Mr. Big

Saturday 3 May

They Shoot Horses Don’t They? – Racing Cars
I Wish – Stevie Wonder
Sound And Vision – David Bowie
When – Showaddywaddy

Sunday 4 May

Crazy Water – Elton John
Knowing Me, Knowing You – Abba
I Don’t Want To Talk About It – Rod Stewart
Disco Inferno – The Trammps

Monday 5 May

The Shuffle – Van McCoy
Sheena Is A Punk Rocker – Ramones
Boogie Nights – Heatwave
Hotel California – The Eagles

Tuesday 6 May

Lonely Boy – Andrew Gold
Living Thing – ELO
Things We Do For Love – 10CC
Tie Your Mother Down – Queen

Wednesday 7 May

Fanfare For The Common Man – Emerson Lake And Palmer
Isn’t She Lovely – David Parton
Oh Lori – Alessi
Pretty Vacant – Sex Pistols

Thursday 8 May

Peaches – The Stranglers
Tokyo Joe – Bryan Ferry
Angelo – Brotherhood Of Man
We’re All Alone – Rita Coolidge

Friday 9 May

When I Need You – Leo Sayer
African Dub – Silvertones
Telephone Line – ELO
Lucille – Kenny Rogers

Saturday 10 May

Ma Baker – Boney M
In The City – The Jam
Feel The Need – Detroit Emeralds
So You Win Again – Got Chocolate

Monday 12 May

You’re Moving Out Today – Carole Bayer-Sager
Sam – Olivia Newton-John
The Crunch – The Rah Band
Easy – The Commodores

Tuesday 13 May

Show You The Way To Go – The Jacksons
The Year Of The Cat – Al Stewart
Jack In The Box – The Moments
I Feel Love – Donna Summer

Wednesday 14 May

Nobody Does It Better – Carly Simon
Oxygen Part IV – Jean-Michel Jarre
Magic Fly – Space
Know Yourself Mankind – The Gladiators

Thursday 15 May

This Perfect Day – The Saints
Silver Lady – David Soul
Dreams – Fleetwood Mac
Do Anything You Wanna Do – Eddie And The Hot Rods

Friday 16 May

Jamming – Bob Marley & The Wailers.
Way Down – Elvis Presley
Roadrunner – Jonathan Richmond
Float On – The Floaters

Saturday 17 May

Nights On Broadway – Candi Station
Something Better Change – The Stranglers
Gary Gilmore’s Eyes – The Adverts
Living Next Door To Alice – Smokie

Sunday 18 May

Telephone Man – Meri Wilson
All Around The World – The Jam
Black Is Black – La Belle Epoque
Tulane – Steve Gibbons Band

Monday 19 May

Money Money Money – Abba
Looking After Number 1 – Boomtown Rats
Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft – The Carpenters
Daddy Cool – Boney M

Tuesday 20 May

New Rose – The Damned
2-4-6-8 Motorway – Tom Robinson
Little Does She Know – Kursaal Flyers
Somebody To Love – Queen

Wednesday 21 May

Mary Of The 4th Form – Boomtown Rats
You’re In My Heart – Rod Stewart
Sonic Reducer – Dead Boys
Lost Without Your Love – Bread

Thursday 22 May

Holiday In The Sun – Sex Pistols
Grandma’s Party – Paul Nicholas
Turn To Stone – ELO
Egyptian Reggae – Jonathan Richman

Friday 23 May

No More Heroes – The Stranglers
Dance Dance Dance – Chic
That’s What Friends Are For – Denice Williams
You Got What It Takes – Showaddywaddy

Saturday 24 May

Heroes – David Bowie
Flip – Jesse Green
Winter Melody – Donna Summer
Prove It – Television

Sunday 25 May

Watchin’ The Detectives – Elvis Costello
White Punks On Dope – The Tubes
Waiting In Vain – Bob Marley and The Wailers
Wonderous Stories – Yes

Monday 26 May

I Can’t Stand My Baby – The Rezillos
Two Sevens Clash – Culture
Name Of The Game – Abba
New Kid In Town – The Eagles

Tuesday 27 May

Rocking All Over The World – Status Quo
Yes Sir I Can Boogie – Baccara
The Modern World – The Jam
Southern Nights – Glen Campbell

Wednesday 28 May

Feel The Spirit – Wailing Souls
Dancin’ Party – Showaddywaddy
Black Betty – Ram Jam
Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll – Ian Dury

Thursday 29 May

God Save The Queen – Sex Pistols
We Are The Champions – Queen
Star Wars Theme – Neco
Dancing The Night Away – The Motors

Friday 30 May

Give A Little Bit – Supertramp
How Deep Is Your Love – Bee Gees
Rip Her To Shreds – Blondie
Have I The Right – Dead End Kids

West Bromwich Albion (H)

In the Dockers for this one (19 upper).

Also truncated travel owing to the ubiquitous weekend rail engineering works.

Dorchester South 🚆to Bournemouth

Bournemouth 🚎 bus replacement service to Southampton Central

Southampton Central 🚆 to London Waterloo

London Waterloo 🚉 tube to London Blackfriars

London Blackfriars 🚇 Thameslink to London Bridge

London Bridge 🚃 to South Bermondsey

Journey time 3 hrs 25mins

Normally it would be Waterloo East to South Bermondsey via London Bridge.

Alternatively you can do Clapham Junction to West Norwood and then train to South Bermondsey.

All this just goes to show how complicated some of the rail network is to get your your football stadium of choice.

Well so much as happened since I last wrote.

The Esse money hot the bank and the transfer window and signings has been unbelievable.

The greatest outlay has been for Algerian Camiel Neghli.

3.5m spent and looks ready-made – if he’s only half a Mahrez then it’s a superb creative addition.

Luke Cundle is a player I’m well aware of and 1.2m is an absolute steal.

Add to that Baker-Boalty, a winger from Brighton, a young French centre-forward from FC Paris when all the initial talk weeks ago was about Jeff Schlupp being seen at the training ground, things have gone a bit crazy.

Talk of Lovelace coming back, Emakhu back in training and Femi can’t be far behind, the emergence of one Raees Bangura-Williams and the BFS scoring all types of goals, the immediate outlook is bright.

THE VISITORS

West Bromwich Albion have a play-off berth at the moment and will present a touch challenge but like many of the play-off contenders they can be hit and miss and I’m saying they are beatable on the day.

Of course last season I got to tick The Hawthorns off visiting with Aldershot Town in the FAC3.

Jed Wallace captained them in the last game. 42 goals in 239 (including the two loan spells) appearances for the Lions.

Mikey Johnston would definitely be one to try and keep quiet while their number one striker Josh Maja remains sidelined.

Tony Mowbray has recently returned as first team manager, sixteen years after he departed.

MILLWALL 2 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 1

Coventry pretty much filled North lower – embarrassing from QPR.

This post will be updated further on the day of the game, Saturday 15th February, 2025.

Scottish Songbook (Round Two)

In ROUND TWO it’s still the two most voted for songs going through – and it’s still groups of four but much trickier now in choosing with many of the hit songs appearing. The draw is as follows…

NEW YEAR’S DAY (2025)

ROUND 2 – GROUP 1

Boss Drum – The Shamen

Here We Go – Arab Strap

Pillar To Post – Aztec Camera

Sun Crush – 18 Wheeler

THURSDAY 2ND JANUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 2

All You Need Is Hate – The Delgados

Destination Venus – The Rezillos

Happy When It Rains – The Jesus And Mary Chain

Mexican Grand Prix – Mogwai

FRIDAY 3RD JANUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 3

Get Up – Young Fathers

The Leanover – Life Without Buildings

Mid Air – Paul Buchanan

Trees And Flowers – Strawberry Switchblade

MONDAY 6TH JANUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 4

Dead Pop Stars – Altered Images

Screaming In The Trees – Arab Strap

The Whole Of The Moon – The Waterboys

Upside Down – The Jesus And Mary Chain

TUESDAY 7TH JANUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 5

Euphoria, Take My Hand – Glasvegas

Kewpies Like Watermelon – Yurusei Yatsura

Rama Llama – Sons And Daughters

The Burrian – Lau

WEDNESDAY 8TH JANUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 6

Faith Healer – Alex Harvey

Lost Weekend – Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

Meat Whiplash – Fire Engines

That’s About It – Spare Snare

THURSDAY 9TH JANUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 7

A Girl Like You – Edwyn Collins

Roygbiv – Boards Of Canada

Somewhere In My Heart – Aztec Camera

Take Me Out – Franz Ferdinand

FRIDAY 10TH JANUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 8

Black Dog – Jill Lorean

Dry The Rain -The Beta Band

Lloyd, I’m Ready To Be Heartbroken – Camera Obscura

Sorry For Laughing- Josef K

MONDAY 13TH JANUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 9

Appearance Is Everything – Human Beast

Headlights On The Parade – The Blue Nile

Love’s Going Out Of Fashion – Biff Bang Pow

Obscurity Knocks – Trash Can Sinatras

TUESDAY 14TH JANUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 10

Careful – Horse

I Believe In Bugs – Ivor Cutler

Sometimes Always – The Jesus And Mary Chain

The Final Arrears – Mull Historical Society

WEDNESDAY 15TH JANUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 11

70 Cities (As Love Brings The Fall) – Simple Minds

A Girl Called Johnny – The Waterboys

I’m Losing More Than I Have Ever Had – Primal Scream

Roots Of Oak – Donovan

THURSDAY 16TH JANUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 12

Everything Goes Around The Water- The Delgados

I’ll Never Be Yours – Bubblegum Lemonade

Molly’s Lips – The Vaselines

Waterfront – Simple Minds

FRIDAY 17TH JANUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 13

Danielle – The Apple Scruffs

Jump On The House Train – Fear-E

The Bronze Medal – Idlewild

The Woodpile – Frightened Rabbit

MONDAY 20TH JANUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 14

Come Together – Primal Scream

Lazy Line Painter Jane – Belle And Sebastian

Simply Thrilled Honey – Orange Juice

Wax And Wane – Cocteau Twins

TUESDAY 21ST JANUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 15

Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken? – Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

I Hate Scotland – Ballboy

Let’s Go Out Tonight -The Blue Nile

Serious Drugs – BMX Bandits

WEDNESDAY 22ND JANUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 16

Daily News – The Exploited

Reverence – The Jesus And Mary Chain

Since Yesterday – Strawberry Switchblade

We Could Send Letters – Aztec Camera

THURSDAY 23RD JANUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 17

Creeping Up The Back Stairs – The Fratellis

Rosemary Lane – Bert Jansch

The Sun’s Comin’ Over The Hill – Karine Polwart

Zoetrope – Boards Of Canada

FRIDAY 24TH JANUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 18

A Day’s Wait – Altered Images

Magic – Pilot

Sunshine On Leith – The Proclaimers

This Is The Sea – The Waterboys

MONDAY 27TH JANUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 19

I’m On My Way – The Proclaimers

It’s Not Too Beautiful – The Beta Band

Party Fears Two – The Associates

The First Big Weekend – Arab Strap

TUESDAY 28TH JANUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 20

The Boy With The Arab Strap – Belle And Sebastian

Chance – Big Country

Dying Day – Orange Juice

Walk Out To Winter – Aztec Camera

WEDNESDAY 29TH JANUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 21

Glastonbury Song – The Waterboys

Happy Cycling – Boards Of Canada

Punk’s Not Dead – The Exploited

VTr – The Twilight Sad

THURSDAY 30TH JANUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 22

Darklands – The Jesus And Mary Chain

Loaded – Primal Scream

Star Sign – Teenage Fanclub

Wan Light – Orange Juice

FRIDAY 31ST JANUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 23

Charles – The Skids

Daisy – Karine Polwart

James – Camera Obscura

Maya – The Incredible String Band

MONDAY 3RD FEBRUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 24

(Don’t You) Forget About Me – Simple Minds

Heaven Or Las Vegas – Cocteau Twins

Into The Valley – The Skids

Sidewalking – The Jesus And Mary Chain

TUESDAY 4TH FEBRUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 25

Blue Boy – Orange Juice

Don’t Talk To Me About Love – Altered Images

Flame On – Captain America

Near You – Teenage Fanclub

WEDNESDAY 5TH FEBRUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 26

Cherry-Coloured Funk – Cocteau Twins

Dignity – Deacon Blue

Geronimo – Young Fathers

Honey In The Sun – Camera Obscura

THURSDAY 6TH FEBRUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 27

A Wooden Tree – Ivor Cutler

Poised Over The Pause Button – This Poison!

Seasons – The Snuts

The Oil Slick – Frightened Rabbit

FRIDAY 7TH FEBRUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 28

Alcoholiday – Teenage Fanclub

Falling And Laughing – Orange Juice

Haven’t You Heard – Arab Strap

When I Argue I See Shapes – Idlewild

MONDAY 10TH FEBRUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 29

Carolyn’s Fingers – Cocteau Twins

(Feels Like) Heaven – Fiction Factory

It Happens – Primal Scream

Pinky Blue – Altered Images

TUESDAY 11TH FEBRUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 30

Baker Street – Gerry Rafferty

Chelsea Girl – Simple Minds

Hair Of The Dog – Nazareth

Never Understand – The Jesus And Mary Chain

WEDNESDAY 12TH FEBRUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 31

4 Kids Playing On Gaza Beach – JD Meatyard

Coming Around – The Cuban Heels

Daddy’s Gone – Glasvegas

Felicity – Orange Juice

THURSDAY 13TH FEBRUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 32

Baby, You’re So Free – Cosmic Rough Riders

Get Up And Use Me – Fire Engines

Sugar Hiccup – Cocteau Twins

Writing To Reach You – Travis

FRIDAY 14TH FEBRUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 33

Bugs – Spare Snare

Candy – Paolo Nutini

Darklands – The Jesus And Mary Chain

Peculiar – Mull Historical Society

MONDAY 17TH FEBRUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 34

Charlotte Street – Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

I’m Free – Soup Dragons

Love Song – Simple Minds

Masquerade – The Skids

TUESDAY 18TH FEBRUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 35

Ain’t That Enough – Teenage Fanclub

Good Morning Britain – Aztec Camera

Here It Cones Again – The Amazing Snakeheads

Razzle Dazzle Rose – Camera Obscura

WEDNESDAY 19TH FEBRUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 36

Cut Your Hair – Walt Disco

I’m Taking The Train Home – Twilight Sad

Junior Dragon – The LaFontaines

Superstar Tradesmen – The View

THURSDAY 20TH FEBRUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 37

Baby Honey – The Pastels

Perfect Skin – Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

Satellite City – Orange Juice

Young At Heart – The Bluebells

FRIDAY 21ST FEBRUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 38

Fields Of Fire – Big Country

Kill All Hippies – Primal Scream

Mogwai Fear Satan – Mogwai

Working For The Yankee Dollar – The Skids

MONDAY 24TH FEBRUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 39

French Navy – Camera Obscura

Love Steals Us From Loneliness- Idlewild

Mary’s Prayer – Danny Wilson

The Wrong Girl – Belle And Sebastian

TUESDAY 25TH FEBRUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 40

Autobiography Of Spy – Hamish Hawk

All I Asked You To Do – The Wake

Hammerhead – AC Acoustics

Musette And Drums – Cocteau Twins

WEDNESDAY 26TH FEBRUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 41

Caledonian Road – Shop Assistants

Dear Heart – Cocteau Twins

Her Name – Telstar Ponies

Omega Amigo – The Shamen

THURSDAY 27TH FEBRUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 42

Everyday Now – Texas

Higher Than the Sun – Primal Scream

New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) – Simple Minds

Tinseltown In the Rain – The Blue Nile

FRIDAY 28TH FEBRUARY

ROUND 2 – GROUP 43

April Skies – The Jesus And Mary Chain

Home And Dry – Gerry Rafferty

I’m A Cuckoo – Belle And Sebastian

Wasted Little DJs – The View

MONDAY 3RD MARCH

ROUND 2 – GROUP 44

Justify The Rain – Cosmic Rough Riders

Lonesome Swan – Glasvegas

Nature Thing – Close Lobsters

Some People – JD Meatyard

TUESDAY 4TH MARCH

ROUND 2 – GROUP 45

Head On – The Jesus And Mary Chain

I Could Be Happy – Altered Images

Movin’ On Up – Primal Scream

Rollercoaster Ride – Belle And Sebastian

WEDNESDAY 5TH MARCH

ROUND 2 – GROUP 46

…And A Bang On The Ear – The Waterboys

Keeping Warm – We Were Promised Jetpacks

Roll To Me – Del Amitri

The Devil Gun – Frankie Miller

THURSDAY 6TH MARCH

ROUND 2 – GROUP 47

Is This Music? – Teenage Fanclub

Persephone – Cocteau Twins

Velocity Girl – Primal Scream

World Party – The Waterboys

FRIDAY 7TH MARCH

ROUND 2 – GROUP 48

Glass Smash – The View

Iron Sky – Paolo Nutini

Oblivious – Aztec Camera

Tinder – Hipsway

MONDAY 10TH MARCH

ROUND 2 – GROUP 49

Glass Smash – The View

Iron Sky – Paolo Nutini

Oblivious – Aztec Camera

Tinder – Hipsway

TUESDAY 11TH. MARCH

ROUND 2 – GROUP 50

I Saw – Young Fathers

Let’s Make Some Plans – Close Lobsters

Nautilus – Anna Meredith

Take Me To The Girl – The Associates

WEDNESDAY 12TH MARCH

ROUND 2 – GROUP 51

Happy Birthday – Altered Images

I Travel – Simple Minds

One Million Rainy Days – The Jesus and Mary Chain

Sparky’s Dream – Teenage Fanclub

THURSDAY 13TH MARCH

ROUND 2 – GROUP 52

Blow It Out Your Arse – JD Meatyard

In A Big Country – Big Country

Saturday Nite – Bay City Rollers

Those Eyes, That Mouth – Cocteau Twins

FRIDAY 14TH MARCH

ROUND 2 – GROUP 53

Adultery – Scars

500 Miles (I’m Gonna Be) – The Proclaimers

She’s Got Diamonds in Her Hair – Biff Bang Pow

The Bird – Kathryn Joseph

MONDAY 17TH MARCH

ROUND 2 – GROUP 54

December – Teenage Fanclub

Move Any Mountain – The Shamen

Safety Net – Shop Assistants

Token Girl – Big Girl’s Blouse

TUESDAY 18TH MARCH

ROUND 2 – GROUP 55

The Concept – Teenage Fanclub

The Good Years – Karine Polwart

The Lang Toun – James Yorkston

The Sexual Loneliness Of Jesus Christ – Jackie Leven

WEDNESDAY 19TH MARCH

ROUND 2 – GROUP 56

Another Sunny Day – Belle And Sebastian

Hope And Despair – Edwyn Collins

My Father My King – Mogwai

Swamp Song – The Amazing Snakeheads

THURSDAY 20TH MARCH

ROUND 2 – GROUP 57

Candyskin – Fire Engines

Numbers – Treacherous Orchestra

Porrohman – Big Country

Toys – Young Fathers

FRIDAY 21ST MARCH

ROUND 2 – GROUP 58

All I Need Is Everything – Aztec Camera

Everything Flows – Teenage Fanclub

It Happens – Primal Scream

Turning Of Our Bones – Arab Strap

MONDAY 24TH MARCH

ROUND 2 – GROUP 59

American-English – Idlewild

Subbuteo – Admiral Fallow

Take Good Care Of Yourself – Frank Miller

You’ve Got the Power – Win

TUESDAY 25TH MARCH

ROUND 2 – GROUP 60

Hang Ten – Soup Dragons

It Don’t Bother Me – Bert Jansch

Sunshine Superman – Donovan

White Car In Germany – The Associates

WEDNESDAY 26TH MARCH

ROUND 2 – GROUP 61

Everything Is Alright When You’re Down – The Jesus & Mary Chain

Somebody’s Gonna Get Their Heads Kicked In Tonight – The Rezillos

Sometimes I Just Have To Say Your Name – Del Amitri

Your Love Is The Place Where I Come From – Teenage Fanclub

THURSDAY 27TH MARCH

ROUND 2 – GROUP 62

Air Fàir An Là – Niteworks

Days Away – The Cathode Ray

It’s My Own Cheating Heart – Glasvegas

Where Do The Nights Of Sleep Go To When They Do Not Come To Me – Ballboy

FRIDAY 28TH MARCH

ROUND 2 – GROUP 63

Country Girl – Primal Scream

El Capitan – Idlwild

USA -The Exploited

We Will Not Be Lovers – The Waterboys

SATURDAY 29TH MARCH

ROUND 2 – GROUP 64

Buried Guns – Outlines

Cocaine On The Catwalk – Dawn Of The Replicants

I Hate Rock n Roll – The Jesus And Mary Chain

Wonderland – Big Country

The Good Years (Karine Polwart)

I got the idea for this video while travelling home on a train.

I’d thought… the good years… could well be about happy memories… and perhaps childhood ones.

So I collected and edited clips from seven different short films and put them in the sequences I thought fitted best.

And I liked the idea of reversing one of those in the part of the song where the lines are “we’re singing without fears” and “we’re clinging without fears” and ending with a still from the animated film.

That’s it really. Its a short but sweet song that I love very much and it has beautiful melodies.

FULL LYRICS

Wherever you are
You shall be my star
Flashing near or smouldering far

I am happy when I bask in your light
All I ask is that you may bask
All I ask…

Wherever you are
You shall be my star
Flashing near or smouldering far

Wherever you are
You shall be my star
Flashing near or smouldering far

In my mind I hear the sound
Of every happy fount
Fresh as fresh is found
Fresh as fresh is found

Wherever you are
You shall be my star
Flashing near or smouldering far

Wherever you are
You shall be my star
Flashing near or smouldering far

We’re singing without tears
We’re clinging without fears

We’re singing without tears
We’re clinging without fears

These the good years
These the good years

Wherever you are
You shall be my star
Flashing near or smouldering far

Wherever you are
You shall be my star
Flashing near or smouldering far

We’re singing without tears
We’re clinging without fears

We’re singing without tears
We’re clinging without fears

Millwall 0 – 1 Coventry City

In the end, the best team won, no complaints about that.

The referee though. 🙄

If we had managed to actually score (our biggest issue) surely Thomas Bramall would have found any excuse to rule it out.

Millwall had an early goal direct from Joe Bryan’s corner disallowed for a foul on goalkeeper Brad Collins, but otherwise it took 30 minutes for either team to produce any effort of note.

One chap at half time was asking me did I know why the goal had been ruled out. The ref was outside the penalty box and must have had supersonic vision to have seen that through a melee of players.

Outside of that though and with all the injuries taken into consideration, did I agree with the starting eleven?

Of course not, seldom do but it’s obvious Harris doesn’t rate Emakhu and there was Honeyman again and suddenly Watmore was back too.

Apart from the early disallowed goal what everyone can at least agree on is that the first half was as nondescript as you could wish to see.

Coventry started the second half much better. They looked tricky, up for the fight and with several short spells of pressure the goal was always coming.

Very impressed by their turnout, as many in the north stand as Sunderland had AND much louder too.

Many years back I’d be in South upper but the atmosphere isn’t the same these days, it’s died a death.

Not sure why but yesterday CBL lower was half empty and upper wasn’t much better. In fact looking around the stadium I was astonished to see the gate was 16,340 – didn’t look anything like it.

The Dockers was louder and the only time it’s a decent noise seems to be after we have scored. I say we need to get the noise up to the levels of before.

Coventry were loud and proud so Frank Lampard aside, fair play to them. The only suss thing was them singing along to Olivia Newton-John.

At least our build up menu primarily involves The Jan and The Clash. Enough said.

So their goal was a conversion from a cross which had Jensen back-pedaling but being unable to keep the ball out and Bobby Thomas almost doubled the lead but his 86th-minute header rattled the post.

The last ten minutes and the added five minutes was all Millwall who tried their best bless them but unlike the Sunderland game, failed to muster a goal.

I counted three shots from outside the box, one of those being Langstaff in the first half, that flew over the crossbar. Can’t speak for others but I find that irksome, surely better off shooting lower down at the goal.

Both teams will finish mid-table I think. You want the best for your own team but realistically it’s probably the best we can hope for.

We know the Championship is mad and anything can still happen and yes you can point at Blackburn right now with three wins and three clean sheets on the spin.

But we’rere not Blackburn are we.

Storm Darrah meant that pretty much all southern routes were cancelled owing to trees on the line and having managed to get as far as Woking and on learning that there was no way of getting back to Weymouth I ended up with a night at a Travelodge.

At least England won the cricket!

I will be back in the New Year but not for Dagenham. Not sure many will bother turning out for that.

So until then a happy Christmas to all Lions fans and let’s hope the treatment room improves soon – when results take a dip you always say well, look at the players we’ve got out.

Coventry City (Home)

Following the sad passing of John Docherty this week I am sure there will be tributes and a minutes applause prior to kick off.

A Glaswegian, John Docherty was team manager during arguably one of the most exciting and successful periods in Millwall:s history.

Cascarino, Sheringham, Carter, Hurlock, Dawes… household names in a pack of lions that fought their way into the top flight and had they stayed a little longer could have taken part in what is now the English Premier League .

Those days and nights under the Doc’s tenure at Cold Blow Lane stand out strong in my memory.

The midweek 4-1 win over Coventry City, today’s opponents that sent the Lions top of the league

The midweek win, 4-2 over Sheffield Wednesday where they’d rescued it from being 0-2 down at half time.

And even though they lost this game at home to Norwich, what a game, what an atmosphere, was on TV live on the Sunday…

Have to add that I was a bit surprised that the Doc was as old as 84 too – goes to show that as managers come and go and as years roll on we tend to not think about them so much as we should.

I will raise a can in his memory on the journey up – it’s a sombre occasion but I hope it will be a minutes applause rather than silence to remember and rejoice everything John Docherty did for Millwall Football Club.

ORIGINAL POST

I would like to make a proper day out for this one, wanting to pick up those two retro shirts first and then heading back to London Bridge area for lunch.

The problem is there’s very little around the New Den and even if you took another stop down from South Bermondsey station and got off at Queens Road Peckham there’s very little there either.

I read up on Beer Rebellion which has changed hands and apparently the beer menu is much depleted from what it was and is described as a “weird little pub” by one reviewer on Instagram.

As a fan of real ale my mission would be to find a pub that suits near to London Bridge station.

A search to that end brought up The Shipwrights and The Horseshoe (pictured below).

The ales look decent enough – let’s hope the food is, if not there are plenty of eateries around.

This will mean an 8am start, earlier than usual.

MATCH TICKET 🎫

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Area: 03 Row: E Seat: 62

Hopefully the Lions will still be top ten, depending on what they get at Oxford. They’ll have a game in hand as well after Tuesday’s lights out fiasco at Fratton Park.

My take on the Sunderland game was seeing the team sheet and thinking don’t play Honeyman as the ten. Harris abandoned that idea at half-time.

I would rather see Azeez and Emakhu on the flanks and maybe Esse as the ten or even Langstaff if he is going to play Coburn up top.

Cooper is a huge miss at the back obviously and I was saying to the old man next to me if he was playing, Sunderland don’t get that goal.

And it reminded me of the 1999 Auto Windscreens final a Wembley. Remember when Nethercott headed a clearance in the dying seconds and the Wigan player just ran in to score the winning goal.

One of the most sickening of moments seen from up the other end, watch this or don’t bother. 😐

Millwall v Sunderland (match post)

I don’t think even the most die-hard Sunderland fan could have any complaints or say that deserved a point in the end. They probably got away with one as the Lions huffed and puffed and finally blew that door down. Here are my match highlights from yesterday.

The Sun’s Coming Over The Hill (video)

For this video I used a live set of the song with Karine and her band, blended in sequences from a short movie called Hidden (a Scottish short film) plus different views of the Kelpies.

Having to match the studio track to the visuals of the live performance is usually tough going. This isn’t perfect but near enough spot on.

LYRICS

Six rain-ridden summers and he still had an eye for me
He kissed me each evening and told me he’d die for me
And then he ran off the road, full of whisky and irony
He always meant what he said

So I took to whisky so I could recall
The taste of his mouth on my mouth, that’s all
I tried the same trick with a truck but it stalled
The engine was better off dead

Oh the nights are long
But life is longer still
Oh the nights are long
But the sun’s coming over the hill

The taste never left me and I don’t think it will
And it caused me to supplement whisky with pills
But there was something inside that I couldn’t kill
Believe me, I really did try

And there’s some say you get what you deserve but they’re wrong
Sometimes you get what you’re given and then it’s all gone
And you are lucky if you are sufficiently strong
To daily decide not to die

Oh the nights are long
But life is longer still
Oh the nights are long
But the sun’s coming over the hill

I can’t say there’s many things I wouldn’t change
There are better days gone than those that remain
But I can find joy in the sound of the rain
You have to find joy where you can

Oh the nights are long
But life is longer still
Oh the nights are long
But the sun’s coming over the hill

And this is the reason I enjoy making music videos. As Karine says, the nights are long but life is longer still. And you have to find joy where you can. 👍

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