Vince Tracy Podcasts

Sadly, we are still coming to terms with the death of our dear friend #EricMalpus and I really don't feel inclined to change things right away. All Eric's friends will know he will be a very hard act to follow and I thank Barbara Anne for filling the breach for the moment. We discussed the #Ukraine Premier League and whether the political situation makes it unwise to continue the football. There i...

@DonWoods tells @vincetracy about "The Story of #Skiffle" by "Skiffle" John Lomax.. We also discussed the #Finland #train strikes in the #UK #Tourism in #Spain  #BBC #Media #Glastonbury and modern #Music

Waking up before everyone else to reserve a sun lounger with a towel is often a contentious subject, with many arguing the early bird catches the worm.  But in Spain, the early bird in this case will receive a £25 fine - and unruly tourists could face even more substantial penalties if they are not careful.  Holidaymakers braving airport chaos in Britain to head to Spain this summer will...

@vincetracy and @robdaniels began today's podcast with a heartfelt tribute to our colleague Eric Malpus who sadly died yesterday. Thank You Eric for your great podcasts and radio broadcasts with us. We discussed the breaking news about Diego #Maradona before looking at the forthcoming Womens'   #Euro football finals being played in €ngland. This led to a discussion on #transgender issues in f...

New Rules for Tourists....The laws were touted as the first in Europe to restrict the promotion and sale of alcohol in tourist areas.     They also aim to halt the 'cheapening' of the Balearic Islands and attract new investors that were being put off by its rowdy image.   Council leaders have been mounting a fightback to try to clean up the image of resorts like Magal...

@vincetracy and @donwoods discuss The  two day heatwave has put us all on full alert with instructions as to how to handle it and the fear of draughts or floods....not forgetting how to apply suncream.....yep our few days of Summer has arrived......... all carried out from the new £5 million pound BBC studio. England cricketers have restored my interest in the game...whereas the footballers h...

@vincetracy chats with Mike and Bernadette Byrne  about a journey which begins with Mike singing in Them Grimbles around Liverpool and then Hamburg in Germany. Bernadette tells us of her friendships with the Beatles and that is the first part of the story. Mike and Bernadette then had a dream about making a tribute to the Beatles as a Tourism attraction which came to fruition and which the wo...

China vowed to support Vladimir Putin over Russia's 'sovereignty and security' on Wednesday, with the two countries set to step up their economic ties. Chinese President Xi Jinping poses for photos with the Russian President in Beijing, China, on February 4  It was the second reported call between the two leaders since Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine on February 24. The pair last met e...

@vincetracy and @robdaniels discussed the Nations League and its implications for managers planning their #WorldCup campaigns in #Qatar. #England manager #GarethSouthgate will be disappointed with his teams performances against #Hungary in particular and #Germany and #Italy. #Wales has had their priority set as #Qatar qualification and Ireland and Scotland could only profit from the Nations League...

A mother and her seven-year-old daughter were rushed to hospital after being attacked by a dog while out shopping. Vicky Rafferty, 35, and her daughter Evie-Louise Mannion, seven, were at Gallagher Retail Park, Coventry, when the dog mauled them on June 6.   The mother of a 10-year-old schoolboy who was mauled to death by a dog revealed she suffers from horrifying flashbacks of the attac...

Sadly, Eric is unable to be with me again and I had a studio guest offering a female perspective to the game of football.   @vincetracy discussed the womens game with Barbara Anne from a viewpoint of how women in Vince's family have enjoyed football over the years. We looked at the origin of #woensfootball in #England including a ban, Later Vince looked at #HarryKane and #Qatar, #Nunez t...

@donwoods joins @vincetracy discussing #cricket #Wales #Media #Petrol #Catering  #Queen'sJubilee #PrinceGeorge #Petrol #Boriss #CliffRichard  #Ringo  #NewZealand #Shortest  #DuncanReidandTheBigHeads

@vincetracy and @robdaniels discussed the intrigues of the Nations League and whether there is a bigger picture. We both agree that there is far too much football and the players are not robots. We looked at some of the results before discussing the specifics of #Wales #England and #Spain. We were a little concerned over the continued politicising of the beautiful game and the specific of what hap...

vincetracy and terrywhitehead discussing #paedophiles #pornography #Spain #unemployment  #breathalyser #legislation #motorindustry #petrol #noisepollution #monkeypox  #opium

Her Majesty, 96, delighted audiences at the televised BBC's Platinum Party at the Palace after kicking off the festivities with an appearance alongside the fictional character - in which they both enjoyed a chaotic cream tea at 'Buckingham Palace'. Rod Stewart candidly revealed the BBC had made him sing football anthem Sweet Caroline seconds before he performed the tune at the Platinum Jubilee con...

I had to create a different kind of podcast today looking at #Canada #WorldCup #SadioMane #NationsCup #Wales #Ukraine #Hungary #GarethSouthgate #BBC #Grimsby #NationalLeague

@donwoods joins @vincetracy discussing #music #The Queen's Jubilee  #ArchbishopofCanterbury #PrinceAndrew #Prisoners #Wrexham #CapitalofCulture #Bradford #imperialmeasurement  #radio

join@vincetracy and @terrywhitehead discussing items in the news including #princeandrew #theplatinumjubilee #monkeypox #loveisland #democracy

James MacDougall , 37, went ahead with private sperm donations despite knowing that he suffered from Fragile X syndrome. The genetic condition, which is inheritable, leads to low IQ and developmental delay and cannot be cured. Travel firms were savaged today as chaotic scenes continued to plague the Tourist industry - with passengers bemoaning cancelled flights and one crew claiming they were runn...

@vincetracy and @ericmalpus discussed Champions League final and the chaos which came aboutaround the stadium in Paris. We looked at the role of UEFA and the role of the French politiciams especially in comments after the game. We discussed aspects of the game and how globalisation has made a farce of being too territorial in our support for our own clubs. After extolling the virtues of #Liverpool...

After facing the pandemonium of cancelled flights and police tear gas outside the stadium the Liverpool fans were left with a hard to to take defeat in the Euro final.....some even hired a speedboat to get there....a bit of a damp squib to end the season on with a game they tactically should have won...and would have done had the Spanish goalie not played a blinder. Boris and his Christmas party i...

After authorities in Madrid closed a gay sauna in the capital on Friday that had been identified as a possible place of the origin of monkeypox in Spain, more suspected cases have been recorded across the country, including the first infection of a woman. Spanish media have reported that there are now ‘at least 30’ confirmed cases nationwide.       Authorities on Saturday...

@vincetracy and @robdaNIELS discussed the latest #Mourinho trophy and #Mbappe's non-move to #RealMadrid and UEFA's response. We looked at the ownership rules as a new phase of Chelsea ownership is set to take place. Are the Americans planning to take over our football? There was a frantic end to the season in the Bargain Basement where #Leeds stayed at the expense of #Burnley who are now linked wi...

This is the story of Jimbo (aka James Gaffney) who lived in the UK and decided to change his life and come to live in Spain. Unfortunately, we had a recession in 2008, Brexit in 2016 and a Pandemic which we are living through. Jimbo tells us about his early life and how he began to develop his career.  We have common ancestry through Ireland and learn about our common strands during the podca...

A Ryanair steward who allegedly knocked back booze during a flight was arrested and subsequently sacked.      This is the moment two brazen scammers attempt to con an unsuspecting car owner into selling his BMW on the cheap by sneakily tinkering with its engine. Video shows the pair pouring engine oil into the coolant of Bikramjit Kooner's  in order to make its engine smok...