We always enjoy being fashionably late to a party so one week after the World Cup came to an end we thought the timing was perfect for a football special. This gives us a chance to play some of our favourite sporting TV themes (many of which were written by KPM genius Keith Mansfield) including one by this year’s 75th birthday boy Tony Hatch (much more of whom next week). There’s also a particularly moving rendition of Nessun Dorma, popularised by the BBC in their coverage of Italia ’90.
We should make it clear that neither of us know the first thing about football, though this will probably become fairly obvious as you listen to the show.
Listen now:
The Music
| 1. | Ray Martin: The World At Their Feet (Theme From European Football) from Favourite TV Themes | ||
| 2. | Deodato: Soccer Game from Skyscrapers |  |
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| 3. | Stu Phillips: Sunday Art & Football from Surf, Sex And Cycle-Psychos: A Diverse Potpourri Of Antediluvian Film Music By Stu Phillips | |
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| 4. | KPM All Stars: UK Sports Theme Medley: The Big Match/BBC Wimbledon/BBC Athetics/Grandstand from Music For Dancefloors: The KPM All Stars Live At Jazz Cafe, London, April 2000 | |
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| 5. | The Tony Hatch Orchestra: Best In Football from Hit The Road To Themeland | |
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| 6. | Edmundo Ros: Football Football from Vaba-Ba-Boom | |
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| 7. | Ivor Cutler: Pass the Ball Jim (feat. Linda Hirst) from Privilege | |
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| 8. | Sweep: Nessun Dorma from Sooty Sing-a-Long | |
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| 9. | Eddie Warner: Football Mambo from Happy Birthday, Mr. Warner | |
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| 10. | Willie Henderson And The Soul Explosions: Soulful Football from Funky Chicken | |
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| 11. | Ali Haider: World Cup Music from Jane Jan Sun | |
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