We Welcome Your Teams - Football as seen by stadium announcers

Kenny Boxshall has been a stadium announcer since 1982 and his tales of doing it back in the day when he began at Stockport County are priceless.

Join Rich Hurst of West Brom and Alan Keegan of Man Utd as they chat to Kenny about what it's like to be 40 years in the job!

Also the team @shootmusic have sent some more new tunes to review for your next matchday playlist.

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John has been announcing for over 20 years, covering Sunderland for a long time and now at 'Boro.

Join Rich Hurst of West Brom and Alan Keegan of Man Utd to talk about his favourite moments as the man with the mic. 

He's had Hollywood stars for the half time draw and been insulted by Brian Clough and seen some incredible moments at Ayrsome Park, The Riverside, Roker Park at the Stadium of Light (including THAT day when Alan was poised to present Utd with the Premier League trophy, only for Man City to snatch the title at the death!)

There's also another review of some of the tunes @shootmusic are sending round to stadium DJ's right around the world.

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Mark Dennison has been the stadium announcer at The City Ground for over 20 years and finally gets to see his side compete in the Premier League.

What better time for Rich Hurst from West Brom and Alan Keegan from Man Utd to chat to him about his time on the mic and what it means to be a Premier League announcer.

Mark's got some great stories about when he joined the club, his favourite moments and some odd half time games.

Mark and Alan also go over some of the new releases from @shootmusic who send new music to stadium DJ's around the world and provide the Stadium Chart every Friday.

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Join us as we speak with two announcers who had EXTRAORDINARY ends to their seasons.

Lance Cook who was the announcer on the last day of the season at Bristol Rovers when they won 7-0 to secure automatic promotion. 

Graeme White who rode the rollercoaster of beating the drop working for his beloved Everton.

Both are still savouring some incredible moments on the mic from the 21/22 campaign so we wanted to find out just how big it was for them being the stadium announcer for those milestones in their club's history.

Plus, just how much gusto should a stadium announcer refer to the away team with? Alan Keegan shares the story about the time he had a complaint from an away supporter.

As always, three more tunes to check out from the good guys @shootmusic and some laughs about shared experiences from everyone.

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Join Rich Hurst of West Brom and Alan Keegan of Man Utd as they talk to their stadium announcing counterpart at Leeds United - Leigh Nicholson.

Leigh's been in the job for a few years now, including their recent promotion to the Premier League. He's been on the mic for some great games and incredible moments.

We got some great stories, including which song the police asked him NOT to play after their game with bitter rivals Man United.

Plus Alan's been scouting how they do it abroad at the Stade De France and Rich had to miss his first game of the season at West Brom...and guess what happened!

In this episodes Shoot Music review, there are tunes from Duran Duran and Imagine Dragons.

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Rich and Alan meet Dave Trumper who takes on the 'voice of god' role at Portsmouth.

A club with a rich tradition of great support, Dave's been conducting the crowd for almost 10 years.

The guys chat about why he loves the job, how he ended up on the mic and the moments he's loved being there.

There's also a review of the latest tunes you can get from sportplaylists.com to download and play on your matchdays.

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We're off to Sydney, Australia to talk with the announcer at West Sydney Wanderers FC, Michael Turner.

They're a fairly new club in the A-League but Mike's already had some great times working there.

He tells Rich and Alan about how he got the job, his favourite memories and a great story about the time he ruffled Robbie Fowler's feathers.

There's also a review of 3 more tunes from @ShootMusic at sportplaylists.com and the story about why Rich felt very special at his last West Brom game.

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Join Rich Hurst from West Brom and and Alan Keegan of Man Utd as they talk to Charlton Athletic announcer, Brian Cole.

He talks about his two spells at the club, including WHY it's two spells and how much he loves his job as stadium announcer at The Valley.

There's all the Wembley stories, plus his favourite matches and some great stuff about what he thinks is the best thing about being the announcer.

There's also Alan's tales of woe from a bad run for Man Utd and Rich's close call with a remote control car.

Plus Liam Brown from Wigan Athletic reviews 3 tunes from the @ShootMusic stadium chart.

Get in touch like Brian did on twitter if we should get you on! @announcerspod

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After a rather busy summer, we managed to nail down Kris Temple, stadium announcer at Wembley to ask about just how different it is doing it at national level rather than club level.

It got detailed...really detailed...but Rich Hurst of West Brom and Alan Keegan of Man Utd were all in! 

Discover his enviable seat he had for those England matches of Euro 2020 and hear just how hard it was staying neutral.

Plus Coldplay and Sam Fender feature on the @shootmusic @sportplaylists review.

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Rich Hurst from West Brom and Alan Keegan from Man Utd chat to Gary Sinclair, one of the longest serving stadium announcers in the UK.

He's been at Sheffield United for years, and has seen some real highs and lows.

We talk about his best moments, the ones he'd rather forget  and his foray into the charts with The Gaz Band.

Listen out for some new tunes from the guys at Shoot Music who produce the stadium charts via sportplaylists.com

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