Vince Tracy Podcasts

Spain is a second home to many criminal groups, in particular the Italian mafia. The recent arrests of two mafia bosses highlight this trend. At the beginning of August, Domenico Paviglianiti, a high-ranking member of the ‘Ndrangheta mafia group, was arrested in Madrid, where he had been hiding after being wrongly released from prison in Italy. Forgotten, lost or collected: Spaniards hang on to pe...

Arsenal Boss, Michel #Arteta is having a difficult time and is already being touted as a management casualty! I see this differently. Last night's 6-0 win at #WestBrom might give the perspective. Rob gave us the #LaLiga update before we looked at the #EFL Cup results. For the last part of the podcast we predicted the #PremierLeague games for the week ahead which we were basing on the results from...

@vincetracy and @ericmalpus discussed the problem's being faced by #Arsenal and #Arteta with #SolCampbell eager to offer his expertise. #Antonio and #Lukaku are proving to be revelations in the new season with #Sntonio standing out as the new Hammer's hero. His goalscoring celebration went down well withe commentators. We discussed great goals and results around the #PremierLeague with #DannyIngs...

First, Don's weekly rant with #Wirral #SeanLock #AntandDec #BradleyWalsh #RodHull #Emu before Don told me ........."I have always liked to listen to good music with clever arrangements and lyrics but like with Ant and Dec I fail to see how some songs achieve their popularity..... I would now like to voice an opinion on a piece of music which I thought was pretty bad......I know the song sold milli...

A senior firefighter has won more than £40,000 after he was sacked for calling his boss a 'buffoon'.Paul Renforth had a reputation for being 'quite an angry individual' and had 'bad blood' with managers, an employment tribunal heard.  Metropolitan Police officers 'recognise' a link between football games and a rise in domestic abuse cases, a police chief has said.  Met Commander Melanie...

@RobDaniels joined @vincetracy discussing the terrible  situation for females in general in Afghanistan and how their  cause has been set back by the return of the Taliban. We  looked at the career of Gerhard Muhler as he has just died of  #Altzheimers. We discussed the career of Diego #Simeone and  the remarks in an article reflecting the views of  #CristianoRonaldo...

@vincetracy and @ericmalpus discussed tthe first day's fixtures in the #PremierLeague season with a great win for #ManUnited over #Leeds, #Brenford put 74 years of waiting behind them as they defeated #Arsenal and #Watford bounced back to the Premiership with a win over #AstonVilla. Villa is now post #Grealish who travelled down to London where #Son scored a great goal to give nwe manager #Nuno a...

The song which had the greatest impact on me was Rock Around The Clock.....It was 1956 and it was a rainy Saturday afternoon so my mate and I decided to go to the pictures tp see this film which was causing uproar at cinemas....up until then we were subjected to Sinatra and Bing Crosby etc. and were told by our parents to stay away from this new "Teddy Boy" music.....so off we went out of interest...

Fury as Scottish pupils allowed to change gender aged four without parental consent .......... in Scotland as young as four will be allowed to change gender without parental consent, under new Scottish government guidelines. 

@RobDaniels joined @vincetracy discussing the European Super Championship when #Chelsea beat #Villareal on penalties and the Chelsea manager reckoned he pulled off a major tactical coup by substituting his goalkeeper during the penalty shoot out. We discussed the Oscar winning performance by #LionelMessi as he choked back the tears of his Parisian bank manager. We discussed a news item with #RealM...

@vincetracy and @ericmalpus discussed tthe monopoly situation at the top of the #PremierLeague and wondered how the #fantasyfootball rules would work in this environment. Obviously, we made reference to #JackGrealish and #ManCity but acknowledged the advantage tha City #ManUnited, #Liverpoolo, #Chelsea, #Arsenal, #Leicester etc have over the other clubs in the top division. We acknowledged the per...

I must say I have enjoyed the olympics....especially the friendship between the competitors,,, and the unbelievable skills of the young teenagers in the skateboarding,diving and gymnastics.....good to see respectful and well behaved youngsters displaying their talents instead of giving TV news coverage of complete morons throwing missiles at the police and the ambulance service....or acting like n...

@vincetracy and @ericmalpus discussed the newspaper article in which #Villa and #England defender #TyroneMings tells us his mental health duffered during the #Euro2020 championship. Transfer rumours are rife with #JackGrealish and #HarryKane well to the fore. Where does the money come from? There is another report from #Scotland linking dementia and #Altzheimers with heading the football. The leng...

After Don's rant....... This week's "there and back in a day" features Northern Ireland......as explained in previous programmes these were travelogues made with Radio Merseyside's Monty Lister where we would travel to various places for one day...he would do the commentary and I would handle the sound.....so this one starts out at Liverpool Airport in the early hours of the morning and we land in...

Spain is the number one country for Erasmus exchange students, and Valencia University is Europe’s most desired university…  Valencia has become a favourite among European students participating in the Erasmus exchange programme, according to European Commission data. In the municipality of Tijarafe, on the island of La Palma, one of the Canary Islands, located among pine and almond trees in...

@RobDaniels joined @vincetracy discussing the #Tokyo #Olympic Football Tournament where the quarter-finals will see #Team GB qualify for the Wome's tournament and #Spain in the men's tournament. We discussed the sad death of Andrew Devine the 97th victim of the Hillsborough Tragedy. We had an in-depth look at the new #Heading guidance as o9rdained by the football authorities. In passing we discuss...

Looks like Liverpool is losing it's world heritage award which has put it on a level with the Great Pyramids and the Taj Mahal....apparently it will be one of only three locations to ever lose this "honour"....it seems the intended building of Everton's football stadium on the waterfront plus the recent development which completely dwarfs the famous Liver buildings hasn't gone down too well with t...

@RobDaniels joined @vincetracy discussing the rumours of  the day before settling down to more serious topics. Rob told us  about #JoaquimSanchez who is still playing for #Betis at the  age of 4o. Rob then told us about #JonathonVanTann who is a  Boston United supporter who just happens to be one of the top  epidemiologists in the fight against #Covid. I pulled a few wird&...

@vincetracy and @ericmalpus discussed the work involved in running Eric's #AlfazFantasyFootball League which is now into it's 28th year. Eric has a lot to be congratulated for in his splendid work for the football community. We developed an awareness of the 17 laws of the FootballAssociation and, in particular, we looked at the law involving the taking of a penalty. It would appear the interpretat...

Don's weekly rant at items in the UK news followed by great advice for  budding songwriters........ The song this week is one I wrote for my  mate- wrestler Adrian Street.....it is a song which I originally tried  to push to publishers and record companies with no success and when I  met Adrian I decided to record it with him as it suited his  image....when he moved to the...

Alcohol consumption reportedly caused cancer tumours in 100,000 moderate drinkers last year    According to a recent study published in The Lancet Oncology, the consumption of alcohol was scientifically proved to be responsible for 740,000 cancer tumours worldwide in 2020.         Their research showed differences by region or sex, and revealed tha...

RobDaniels joined @vincetracy discussing the Wembley invasion prior to the Euro2020 final. Rob has been looking at the rumours circulating after the final. Lionel Messi has agreed a massive pay cut but he's still earning a fortune and #RealMadrid have their own financial demons to live with. Florentino Perez has ventured into the video scene at the expense of #JoseMarino and #ChristianoRenaldo and...

#England lose another penalty shoot-out but #GarethSouthgate made some very strange decisions. All this certainly did not condone the behaviour of certain elements at #Wembley and nothing justifies racial abuse of Englans's young black players. Join the podcast at......... https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/rockrupert/episodes/2021-07-13T06_25_28-07_00

Since we last spoke we have had some naughty goings on in our wonderful government which would make a great Hollywood movie if it wasn't so tragic.....we have Matt Hancock being caught on camera snogging his aide Gina Colodangelo with his hand placed in a rather unfortunate place......after seeing this in the daily papers and on the news I can't even imagine how his wife and kids reacted when he g...

New legislation in Spain following a gang rape case in Northern Spain asserting that when a female says 'no' she means 'no' defining what is consent   ...Solo Si es Si....about time too!  The newspaper article was written or translated in a bizarre way. This is a Podemos initiative ...... The tourist industry in Spain is braced for more problems as Germany, France and UK are trying...