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Boots Bovril and Bovver
by Tommy Boyd and Gordon Mousinho
Tommy Boyd and Gordon Mousinho met as next-door neighbours when they were schoolboys.They attended the same school, and played football together in the playground.What turned into a lifelong bromance was sweetened beyond belief when Gordon's son John was appointed manager of Tommy's team - Portsmouth FC.Today they meet up every fortnight at Fratton Park to share beer, remember the days when they fell in love with the game, and gird their loins for the coming match.Now they journey back through their harklings for bygone days when football seemed somehow purer, and more magical....Or was it...
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8 - GREAVES THE GREAT
His name isn't up there with Pele, Maradonna and Messi, but some think it should be. A peerless goal machine, James Peter Greaves went on to invent the role of comedy TV football pundit. Plus, he was always a decent, modest geezer
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6 - COMMENTATORS
Tom and Gordon discuss the voices of football - commentators, presenters, anchor men - from days gone by
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4 - THE FOLLICALLY CHALLENGED AND 'BIG UNITS'
From players who didn't have hairdressers to players who didn't have dietitians. And needed both...
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3 – THE TREK TO THE MATCH
Tommy and Gordon relive the matchday pilgrimages of their youth. Train travel, long walks, programme sellers, the roar of the crowd, half-time scores, bobble hats and rattles, and much more.
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2 - NO GAME SATURDAY
Tom and Gordon reminisce about those Saturdays when they couldn't get to a match. Reading the papers, waiting for Grandstand and World of Sport, half-time scores, the teleprinter, football results, the evening papers, fish and chips, Saturday night television and Match of the Day
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1 - HARD MEN AND HARD TEAMS
BACK IN THE DAY, EVERY TEAM HAD AT LEAST ONE ENFORCER. OFTEN MORE. SOMETIMES THE ENTIRE DEFENCE FORWARDS HAD TO BE TOUGH TO SURVIVE, AND MANY GAVE AS GOOD AS THEY GOT TOM AND GORDON REMINISCE ABOUT PLAYERS AND TEAMS THE LIKES OF WHICH WE WILL NEVER SEE AGAIN
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Tommy Boyd and Gordon Mousinho met as next-door neighbours when they were schoolboys.They attended the same school, and played football together in the playground.What turned into a lifelong bromance was sweetened beyond belief when Gordon's son John was appointed manager of Tommy's team - Portsmouth FC.Today they meet up every fortnight at Fratton Park to share beer, remember the days when they fell in love with the game, and gird their loins for the coming match.Now they journey back through their harklings for bygone days when football seemed somehow purer, and more magical....Or was it...
HOSTED BY
Tommy Boyd and Gordon Mousinho
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