Boots Bovril and Bovver

Bill Shankly, Malcolm Allison, Tommy Docherty...the giants of 60s, 70s, and 80s English football. Gordon and Tommy extol their enigma and charisma.

It all started with Percy Dalton's Peanuts. Nowadays, you might indulge your palate with anything from 5 Star banqueting to Thai street food, but not long ago the only refreshments on the ground were a plate of biscuits in the Directors' lounge. Tommy and Gordon savour the dubious delights of yesteryear's matchday cuisine, beginning with the titular Bovril.  

Nightclubs, womanising, gambling, smoking...they lit up at halftime and lit up our lives

Harsh truths, half-truths and untruths revealed. Is the Premier League strangling English football?

Alf Garnett and Mike Rawlins (Till Death - West Ham and Liverpool), Clive (Derek & Clive -Spurs), Bob and Terry (The Likely Lads - Newcastle), Oz, Neville and Dennis (Auf Wiedersehen, Pet) - Newcastle, Robin Tripp (Man About the House - Southampton), Terry McCann (Minder - Fulham) Many other clubs all had fictional fans on TV shows. Is your team among them?

Cup finals triggered a host of club singles, but there were other pegs too. See how many you remember and whether you agree with our top 10.   If not, let us know your suggestions in the comments!

The ultimate guide to England's adventure in the Americas 2026. The highs and not-so-highs in the company of the Three Lions' most faithful and insightful World Cup follower.

Gordon and Tim discuss some of the great goalkeepers of the past. Do you agree? One fan's clown is another fan's hero

From the team-sheet in the middle, to the quirky, staid editorials, to the weird adverts, most of which would fall foul of the woke police nowadays, they just don't make 'em like this anymore

Katy Mousinho joins BBB to explain some of the weird and wonderful monikers clubs have had since their formation

Boots Bovril and Bovver's superfan Gordon tells us why he's on his tenth World Cup in a row, and thirteenth in all

Never mind Wonderwall, Hey Jude and Don't Look Back In Anger. What about singles (remember them?) written specifically for the Home Nations' World Cup campaigns? Admittedly, not all were classics...in fact, some were downright awful. But others have survived the test of time. Gordon and Tommy run down their top 10 World Cup songs. Do you agree with them?

In the era of boots, Bovril, and bovver, players had magnificent nicknames. We all know "Chopper" Harris and Norman "Bites Yer Legs" Hunter. But who was "Captain Blood" and "The Flying Pig"?  Gordon and Tommy reveal their love for both the revered and the reviled.

His name isn't up there with Pele, Maradonna and Messi, but some think it should be. A peerless goal machine, James Peter Greaves went on to invent the role of comedy TV football pundit. Plus, he was always a decent, modest geezer

Tom and Gordon discuss the voices of football - commentators, presenters, anchor men - from days gone by

From players who didn't have hairdressers to players who didn't have dietitians. And needed both...

Tommy and Gordon relive the matchday pilgrimages of their youth. Train travel, long walks, programme sellers, the roar of the crowd, half-time scores, bobble hats and rattles, and much more.

Tom and Gordon reminisce about those Saturdays when they couldn't get to a match. Reading the papers, waiting for Grandstand and World of Sport, half-time scores, the teleprinter, football results, the evening papers, fish and chips, Saturday night television and Match of the Day

BACK IN THE DAY, EVERY TEAM HAD AT LEAST ONE ENFORCER. OFTEN MORE. SOMETIMES THE ENTIRE DEFENCE  FORWARDS HAD TO BE TOUGH TO SURVIVE, AND MANY GAVE AS GOOD AS THEY GOT TOM AND GORDON REMINISCE ABOUT PLAYERS AND TEAMS THE LIKES OF WHICH WE WILL NEVER SEE AGAIN