Vince Tracy Podcasts

First we have a look at what Don's seen in the news......... On a lighter note I was never a fan of Frank Sinatra....I know he was admired and idolised by many...but he was never for me...I found his voice very "dry" as opposed to Bing and Pat Boone for example....and in later years old Frank always seemed to be singing about himself...e.g.....I did it MY way....I have been a rover - I have walked...

Vince Tracy, Neil Colbourne and Terry Whitehead discussing..........Jake Sullivan, US national security adviser, has warned Russia not to use Europe's gas crisis as a 'political weapon' after Vladimir Putin  was accused of choking supplies to gain leverage in talks over a major new supply pipeline.

@RobDaniels joined @vincetracy to discuss the young #Spain team and their success in reaching the final of the nations cup. #Barcelona are in freefall with their own management telling us they would be filing for bankruptcy if Barcelona was a business. However, Rob explains why the club is run differently to others. A referee has been attacked during a match in #Brazil and we looked at this incide...

6th October 2021 @vincetracy and @ericmalpus discussed the roundabout of football management as #Watford sack their manager despite the fact that he brought the team up from the #Championship and is not in the drop zone. #Ronaldo seems to have been upset with his manager at #Manchester United whilst #Barcelona seem to be in freefall in #LaLiga. #DavidBeckham appears in the news as we progressed to...

O.K.....it's time for my choice of one of the worst records ever....it is from the past and is probably forgotten by most people but there are some songs which are so bad they are difficult to get out of your mind...the culprit is country singer Roger Miller and the song is called "England Swings" and is a description of England...or London...through the eyes of an American who has obviously never...

@terrywhitehead and neil colbourne joined @vincetracy discussing #Spain #Education #Petrol #ElectricCars #Drivers #Coal #Pollution #UK #Fuel 

@RobDaniels joined @vincetracy to discuss #Sir #RogerHunt the #Liverpool and #England #WorldCup hero who Vince played with in the #Merseyside #Showbizz team. We discussed the financial implications for those who are successful in the #ChampionsLeague. There have been exciting games in this week's #Champions round of fixtures with success for #Liverpool and #ManCity and #ManUnited with disappointme...

The series #FeverPitch ...................................... continues and last night the episode looked at the intensity of the rivalry between #Arsenal and #ManUnited in general and the roles of #ArseneWenger and #AlexFerguson in particular. #Brighton missed the chance to go top on Monday night and there was lots to discuss from the previous round of games. Needless to say we predicted how next...

T he President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sanchez, stood up before the plenary session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York today, Thursday, September 23, and warned that he believes “democracy is threatened”, calling for its “defence”, as the only alternative against any totalitarian, exclusive and intolerant drift”.

RobDaniels joined @vincetracy discussed Jimmy Greaves RIP and his legacy with #SaintandGreavsie. We then discussed #MarcusRashford and his #SocialMedia activity as part of #GCSEMediaStudies. We looked at the difficulties at #Barcelona and then looked at the intricacies of the #Carabao Cup where #Liverpool's youngsters had a wonderful game against #Norwich and other teams used their squads. The pen...

@vincetracy and @ericmalpus bid a fond farewell to #JimmjyGreaves after looking at various aspects of the game. We also review the Premier League results and predict the forthcoming games

On the music scene I watched a documentary on the Everly Brothers which was very interesting....I wasn't particularly a fan but it's always good to see an inside story....speaking of which there was another documentary on The Human League who I WAS a fan of...I loved their stuff and what I really liked was the fact that Phil Oakey's no singer and the girls backing him could neither sing or dance b...

Emmanuel Macron is furious at the submarine pact between the three countries, which caught France off guard and resulted in the cancelation of multi-billion dollar contracts for Australia to build and purchase French diesel submarines. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian announced the country was recalling the ambassador to the US Philippe Etienne last night, citing the 'exceptional serious...

@RobDaniels joined @vincetracy discussing the brilliant start to the Champions League.  We discussed possible issues with coaching techniques at Leeds before discussing the return of Ronaldo and his immediate impact at Man United. Rob gave us his comprehensive roundup of the action in La Liga before we cast an eye on the Championship and the progress of teams likely to make their presence fel...

@vincetracy and @ericmalpus discussed the dreadful injury suffered by #HarveyElliott with the overall conclusion that it really wasn't a bad foul although maybe a coaching issue needs to be addressed at #Leeds and other clubs. The referee seemed oblivious to the seriousness of the injury at first and #Var intervened. We looked at the return of the prodigal son, #CristianoRonaldo, at #ManchesterUni...

My bad record selection this week features a "song"....if you can call it a song. ...which resembles waking up and finding yourself in hell....it is like every nightmare you have ever had rolled into one....it does in fact defy description....it is called "This Is Yoko Ono".....performed by the lady herself ....once you start listening to it I guarantee you will only give it 20 seconds as it will...

@RobDaniels joined @vincetracy discussing the sad case of a young 17 year old lad who died from a heart problem during a football match. We tried to give the right perspective as we were also discussing French international Jean Pierre Adams who died at the age of 73 after being in a coma for 39 years. We looked at #Spain's results against #Sweden and #Georgia and #England's pèrformances against #...

@vincetracy and @ericmalpus discussed #Pele who has just had a tumour removed from his colon. We remember what a gentleman he has been and what a wonderful footballer for us to enjoy watching. We also mentioned the sad case of #Jean Pierre Evans who died after being in a 39 year coma. He was going to have an operation on his knee which was described as routine.  There had been an unusual Covi...

Word of the year...."INCREDIBLE"....everyone seems to use this word on every TV programme every five minutes....it's incredible........ .......... ABBA are reforming to do a concert with themselves computerised.....they have just brought out a single which is absolutely brilliant....the production is a masterpiece and at last some decent music to listen too....HOWEVER.... some music critic called...

During Las Fallas celebrations, which this year will be held from 1-5 September, there will be six purple points or Puntos Violetas with the aim of preventing acts of sexual aggression. The SNP have warned the British Government that they will reject any attempt to keep Britain's nuclear submarines north of the border in the event of an independenc...

@RobDaniels joined @vincetracy discussing the enigmatic #Cristiano Renaldo as he shines for #Portugal and returns to #ManchesterUnited. We looked at the #Ireland decision to pay their male and female internationals the same money. More individual bad behaviour from top players is going under the radar and we looked at the news regarding #Mendy of #ManCity and #WanBissaka of #ManUnited before movin...

Brenda Lee was born in 1944 as Brenda Mae Tarpley and she became a worldwide American singer. performing Rockabilly, Pop and Country. She had 47 US chart hits during the 1960s and is ranked fourth in that decade, surpassed only by Elvis, The Beatles and Ray Charles. I'm pretty sure you will have heard her 1958's Christmas classic 'Rockin around the Christmas Tree. S was given the nickname "Little...

@vincetracy and @ericmalpus discussed another brilliant weekend of Premier League football. #Chelsea showed their Champions form as they held #Liverpool to a draw at #Anfield whilst #ManCity turned on the style to stick 5 past a beleaguered #Arsenal where I still feel the elements have conspired against #Arteta. We discussed the mysteries of the world of refereeing and the obnoxious late flag. The...

Before we discuss bad music (only in my opinion) I would like to give a mention to a performance from the past by Yoko Ono which I was unfortunately subjected to on a recent TV programme....it was a stadium concert with Yoko approaching the Mike backed by Eric Clapton on guitar...Keith Richards on Bass....and of course John Lennon on guitar.....plus a big band behind them....next to the mike was s...

The years may have flown by but I still fondly remember my radio interview with Chubby Checker-one of the all-time music greats. His hits changed the way the world danced. Let's twist again, again and again.