Vince Tracy Podcasts

@vince tracy and @Robdaniels catch up on all the latest Euro 2020 news plus fascinating insight to the rules of international football. England win in a hard-fought battle with Denmark after Italy scraped home against Spain.

@vincetracy and @ericmalpus discussed the semi/finals of Euro2020 where England take on Denmark and Spain will play Italy. Eric is not overly impressed by England[s style of playing and wants a more attacking performance although he is pleased with the defensive performances. We discussed whether GarehtSouthgate is a brilliant tactician or just downright lucky. We asked the question with Grealish...

This week marks five years since the Brexit referendum shocked Europe. Despite forecasts that Britain’s withdrawal would trigger other departures by countries with similar Eurosceptic urges, the response from member states on Brexit has been remarkably unified. Cooperation among member states has deepened, most notably in the form of the €750 billion recovery fund that was made possible as a conse...

@RobDaniels joined @vincetracy to give an insight to the sad demise of footballer Dalian Atkinson who played football in both England and Spain. We discussed #UEFA and the involvement in #LGBT in the #Hungary decision making process. We had a few items of #Covid related news. #NickKnowles has had a tweet spat with #GaryLineker and the fact that €ngland has not made the greatest impact as a world-b...

@vincetracy and @ericmalpus discussed the latest #Covid .details including the #England and #Scotland players who managed to escape their bubbles and infect each other! #Southgate will need to shuffle his pack but €ngland have already qualified for the next round so the hype can be… See more

After the weekly news rant @donwoods tells @vincetracy about his invitation to meet #thepope and memories of his visit to #Rome with #MontyLister from #BBC #RadioMerseyside .......This week's "there and back in a day" feature from my days on Radio Merseyside with Monty Lister takes us to Rome...6.30 in the morning we took off from Speke Airport in Liverpool arrive in Rome around 9.30....to say Rom...

@RobDaniels joined @vincetracy and discussed the worrying incident with Christian Eriksen at the #Denmark v #Finland game at the #Euro 2020 championship. We discussed the irresponsibility of #Greenpeace during the #France v #Germany game amd the stance of #Ronaldo and #Pogba against the marketing moguls.........we also reviewed thrilling matches played and mouth-watering matches to come...

From July 1, the European Union is going to put into use a “coronavirus passport” that will allow its citizens to travel across the 27-country bloc without the need for quarantines – assuming the epidemiological situation does not take a new turn for the worse. The “EU Digital Covid Certificate,” as the scheme is known, is seeking to standardize the documents issued by each country so that they ca...

@vincetracy and @ericmalpus discussed the matches already played in the #Euro2020 tournament. The games have been really exciting with #Belgium, #Holland and #Italy looking good. #Scotland put up a brave show and #Wales earned their draw while #England looked workmanlike. Away from the football we discussed the tragic health problems of the #Denmark player Ericson and we were both impressed by the...

Join @DonWoods for the weekly rant ...then.....Don, "This week I would like to tell you about another day trip I did as Monty Lister's sound man for another of his travelogues  on Radio Merseyside....this week we feature Bergen in Norway.... again we started out from Speke Airport at around 6 in the morning... off the plane at Bergen and on to the coach.....Bergen is a beautiful place,very pi...

First the rant then..... This week I would like to tell you about another day trip I did as soundman for Monty Lister on Radio Merseyside back in the day....this one took us to Italy where we visited Pisa and Florence...there and back in a day.......sitting in Speke Airport in Liverpool at 6.30 in the morning and having a coffee looking at the leaning tower at 10 O'Clock......the leaning tower is...

@RobDaniels joined @vincetracy and discussed the strange #Covid situations developing round the #Euro2020 championship. We had a look at #BLM and its message being booed by supporters who do not want the players to take the knee. We then discussed #gambling and sponsorship deals like the dissent shown by #Norwich fans. Rob showed us how prevalent this sponsorship has become with suicide not being...

@vincetracy and @ericmalpus discussed Steve Hollamnd the #England assistant manager to #GarethSouthgate and developed the differences between #coaches #managers and #trainers. We looked at the #UEFA plan to change the away goal rule. We developed ideas on which managers might end up at #Everton #CrystalPalace and #Wolves and discussed #RoyHodgson, #FrankLampard #Ancelotti #StevenGerrard and #PepGu...

@RobDaniels joined @vincetracy and discussed the generosity of #KunAguero in giving all members of staff at #ManCity a quality watch engraved with his gracias message,We looked #England defeating #Austria and #France defeating #Wales in last night's friendlies. Rob then developed the #Spanish soccer news including #SergioRamos not playing. We looked at the #Champions and #Europa finals before deve...

Nuria Montes, general secretary of Hosbec, the hoteliers association of Benidorm and the Costa Blanca, made a scathing attack of the UK’s criteria for classifying countries in their traffic light system and accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of protectionism. Emiliano García-Page, president of Castilla-La Mancha, has said that his government is planning to end the compulsory use of face masks ou...

@vincetracy and @ericmalpus discussed the #ChampionsLeague #PepGuardiola and #ManchesterCity losing to #@Chelsea at the final in #Porto. We discussed the behaviour of fans who were described on Spanish TV as #hooligans and the #grafitti daubed on the statue of #Winstonhurchill in #London. We welcomed #Brentford #Norwich and #Watford to the #PremierLeague before looking ahead and predicting the gro...

I am sick and tired of hearing about Prince Harry...the Royals...Martin Bashir....and Dominic Cummings who was featured with his 7 hour grilling regarding his fierce criticism of the Government...with friends like him who needs enemies...this is the bloke who ignored lockdown and drove 300 miles to see his family then drove to a castle with his wife and kid to "test his eyesight" before driving ba...

@RobDaniels joined @vincetracy and discussed very serious issues at the start of the podcast with the latest #Hillsborough ruling. We turned our attention to a thrilling #EuropaLeague final with #Villareal winning on penalties when #DaviddeGea the #ManchestUnited goalkeeper missed his penalty to lose the game. We look forward to #ManCity v #Chelsea in the #ChampionsLeague final. We looked at the c...

Eitan Biran, five, the sole survivor of a horror cable car crash in Italy which killed his parents, brother and great-grandparents, was protected by father Amit who 'wrapped his son in an instinctive embrace', medics said. POLICE In Girona Break Up A Criminal Gang Fraudulently Selling High-End Vehicles Acquired From Italy  The National Police, together with Mossos d’Esquadra officers, have br...

At the moment the news is all about Martin Bashir and his interview with Lady Diana 25 years ago which says it all....everyone jumping in with their theories about the damage it has done and the way he misled the world with his "false" evidence....personally I couldn't care less...Bashir is no worse than the rest of these chat presenters like Parkinson....Oprah Winfrey,,,Jonathan Ross...Graham Nor...

vincetracy and @ericmalpus discussed the last games of a strange #PremierLeague season which saw #ManCity as champions ahead of #ManUnited and #Liverpool and #Chelsea with #Leicester dropping from 3rd to 5th after losing at home to #Spurs.  It was an exciting round of games as the Premier League said goodbye to #ChrisWilder of Sheffield and #NunoEspirituSanto and #RoyHodgson of #CrystalPalace...

@RobDaniels joined @vincetracy and discussed the wonderful career of #CrystasPalace manager #RoyHodgson. Roy managed at many levels including the #Switzerland and #Finland national teams and he has also had a career as a teacher. He speaks five languages. Excitement is hotting up as both #LaLiga and the #PremierLeague move towards the last games of this turbulent season. We reviewed the previous g...

Thousands of migrants have crossed into a Spanish enclave from Morocco after swimming around a border fence, taking advantage of relaxed border controls in the North African country. The trends are clear. Eurostat has studied 1,216 regions – or provinces in the case of Spain – in 31 c ountries. Almost nine out of 10 will have a higher average age in 2050 than in 2019. Not all areas wil l age at th...

vincetracy and @ericmalpus discussed the #FACUPFINAL and the atmosphere with crowds returning to see the game. #Leicester were winners over #Chelsea and the scenes after the game warmed the cockles of every true #soccer fan remembering the disastrous helicopter crash at the #Leicester stadium. We discussed #politics in sport and the #palestinian flags being displayed at the final. We discussed the...

Firstly I would like to discuss the postage system in this country...which is a joke...a second class letter now costs 65p to post (which in old money is 13 shillings)....BUT what a lot of people don't realise is there are TWO types of second class letters which go by size....it could become a LARGE second class letter which costs 88p (just over 17 shillings in old money)......a second class lette...