Football & Music

Explicit content warning

08/20/20 • 44 min

Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and Nick Miller examine football's complicated relationship with music. What actually is a Farmer’s league, whatever happened to the TV football theme tune, which Canadian hip-hop duo are named after a now-defunct former Football League club and what is the most withering football chant of all?

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