Boots Bovril and Bovver

Boots Bovril and Bovver

By Tommy Boyd and Gordon MousinhoSportsSoccerFootball
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Boots Bovril and Bovver episodes

  • 10 - THE TOP 10 WORLD CUP SINGLES

    Never mind Wonderwall, Hey Jude and Don't Look Back In Anger. What about singles (remember them?) written specifically for the Home Nations' World Cup campaigns? Admittedly, not all were classics...in fact, some were downright awful. But others have survived the test of time. Gordon and Tommy run down their top 10 World Cup songs.

    Do you agree with them?

    48 min
  • 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

    39 min
  • 6 - COMMENTATORS

    Tom and Gordon discuss the voices of football - commentators, presenters, anchor men - from days gone by

    44 min
  • 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.

    40 min
  • 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

    41 min
  • 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

    37 min

About Boots Bovril and Bovver

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Tommy Boyd and Gordon Mousinho met as next-door neighbours when they were schoolboys.