We Welcome Your Teams - Football as seen by stadium announcers

What's it like to be the stadium announcer for Scotland at Hampden Park?

Graeme Easton is the man with the job and he's also recently started doing it for Hearts too!

That meant there was loads for Rich Hurst of West Brom and Alan Keegan of Man Utd to chat to him about around great games he's worked for and great music that's created special atmospheres.

Once again there's new music supplied by the guys at Shoot Music.

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Brad Varnam has been at Leicester City for 26 years and counting.

Join fellow stadium announcers Rich Hurst (West Brom) and Alan Keegan (Man Utd) as they chat about his time on the mic at Filbert Street and The King Power Stadium.

He's got some great stories to tell about how he got the job, where he sits in the ground and what it was like marking their Premier League title win.

Once again, we're supported by the guys at ShootMusic so keep an ear out for some of the new releases that stadium DJs are playing around the world.

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Promotion's, broken records and moonlighting at City - it's all in the story of Andy Stoke's time as announcer at Meadow Lane.

We hear about how he got the job, the great times he's seen and how he creates that atomsphere at Notts County with the 4th, yes 4th, best sound system in the UK.

Rich Hurst from West Brom and Alan Keegan from Man Utd quiz Andy about all things stadium announcing.

Plus the team at Shoot Music provide the tunes.

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Join us to speak to Richard Reynolds, stadium announcer at Brighton, about what it's like being the voice of the Amex.

For the first episode of season 5, Rich of West Brom and Alan of Manchester United interview Richard about how he got the job, what tunes he loves to play and some of the clangers he's dropped down the years.

The guys at Shoot Music are supporting us once again, and for the 5th season of the show, we'll ask our guests for 5 tunes they can't go without on a matchday.

A must listen for all stadium announcers, check out We Welcome Your Teams where in previous seasons, we've spoked to the people behind the voice at Liverpool, Newcastle, Manchester City and more...

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Join us as we find out what it was like for Man City announcer Alex Kirkley to be asked to announce at the Champion's League final in Instanbul last month.

Alongside Rich Hurst who is the announcer at West Brom was regular co-host Alan Keegan, Voice of Old Trafford - Manchester United.

It made for a great episode having Alex tell us how it was and Alan reminiscing about his experience when Utd beat Chelsea in Moscow in 2008.

Hear about Alex's last minute call up, his rather interesting positioned seat for the game and the souvenirs he brought back.

As always there's a check in with the tunes making the top of Sport Playlists' Stadium Chart. We're always so grateful for them providing stadium DJ's around the world with new music for their venues.

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We welcome back a previous guest on the pod Matt Crawley, announcer at Luton Town.

We talk to him and his co-announcer Darren Jones about what that day was like and what it means to have won promotion to the big time.

There's some big news from Matt about next season and of course, more top tunes from the @sportplaylists Stadium Chart.

Join Rich Hurst from West Brom and co-host Alan Keegan as they enjoy hearing about the atmosphere of announcing at the Championship Playoff Final.

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Fresh from his team winning promotion to the Championship, we're chatting to man on the mic at Home Park, Plymouth Argyle's Gary McLean.

In his 13 years at the club, he's been through some highs and lows, from interviewing Neil Warnock to getting caught out by a live mic that wasn't supposed to be.

Hosts Rich Hurst of West Brom and Alan Keegan of Man Utd ask Gary about all the big topics us stadium announcers care about including how you keep your notes dry in the rain and whether you should announce away team goals over the tannoy.

Once again, the team at Shoot Music bring us their Stadium Chart, which you can find each week at SportPlaylists.com, especially if you are a stadium DJ looking for some new music.

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We're back and chatting to the man that is the voice of St James' Park (NUFC), Rob Byron.

He's been the announcer for Newcastle United for 25 years and just loves every second of his time on the mic.

Rich Hurst of West Brom and Alan Keegan of Man United chat to him about music they play there, managers and players he's dealt with and his favourite matches on the tannoy.

There's the history of what is now his infamous catchphrase 'enjoy the game' plus tales about that Local Hero tune the team walks out to.

Thanks again to Shoot Music for support the podcast - listen out for three tunes that are currently occupying the top 10 of the stadium chart they publish every week - based on the reaction from stadiums around the world.

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In this last episode of 2022, Rich Hurst from West Brom and Alan Keegan of Man Utd interview Weston-super-Mare's Tim Clarke about being the announcer at the Optima Stadium.

Tim is the first announcer we've ever had who is in panto and sings in spare time, and has been known to sign whilst announcing at the Southern Premier league side.

We also talk about how he got the job and the work he puts into all aspects of announcing and music at the club.

There's another review of some @ShootMusic tunes plus the ultimate ideas of what to buy that stadium announcer in your life for Christmas!

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Ian Hawkins has been the announcer at Burton Albion for 30 years.

Doubling up on the press team has made it quite the role for him but it's announcing the goals, teams and best of all the subs that he loves most - especially as the subs are sponsored by Doggy Daycare Burton...it's TRUE!

Rich Hurst of West Brom and Alan Keegan of Man United put the questions to Ian and share their own stories about working on the mic at football.

Also, the guys from Shoot Music have sent three more tunes over to be reviewed. They provide music to stadium around the world and the guys judge the tunes by declaring where they put them on their matchday playlists.

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