Alternative Colchester

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Alternative Colchester #5

2026-03-0601:34:29

In Alternative Colchester episode #5 we're joined by actor, comedian and punk rock fan Tony Gardner. Best known as Brian Johnson in My Parents Are Aliens, Michael in Lead Balloon and Professor Shales in Fresh Meat, Tony has also appeared in Last Tango in Halifax, The Thick of It, Midsomer Murders and much more — oh, and he's a qualified GP. Multi-talented doesn't cover it. But Tony's here because he's one of us: a Colchester United fan, classic punk lover, and a man of impeccable if slightly ...

Alternative Colchester #4

2026-02-2001:27:39

Joining Steve Green and Tim Young in this week’s episode is David Philp of Automatics fame. David has lived in Los Angeles since the early 80’s and Steve was visiting him so it made sense for Tim and producer Luke Fitch to record as usual from the University of Essex media department in Colchester and hook up with Steve and David in LA. The wonders of modern technology hey! This episode of Alternative Colchester is an extended one in order to find out what David is doing musically these...

Alternative Colchester #3

2026-02-0601:07:02

Another hour of football chat (mainly Colchester United and Ipswich Town) with 10 classic punk tracks from the first wave 1976-1980 as chosen by punk purists Steve Green (Col U) and Tim Young (Tractor Boys) with producer Luke Fitch (Another Tractor Boy) "pitching in" about players and matches that Steve has no recognition of!! For fans of original punk rock music, Stiff Little Fingers, Colchester United and Ipswich Town football clubs.

Alternative Colchester #2

2026-01-2201:00:37

Alternative Colchester is where football rivalry meets punk rock passion. Join Tim Young (Labour councillor, former Colchester mayor, and long-suffering Ipswich Town fan) and Steve Green (Special Duties founder and die-hard Colchester United supporter) as they prove that two blokes who disagree about football can agree that 1977 changed everything. They were both in the room when Stiff Little Fingers supported Tom Robinson Band at Essex University in 1978 - they just didn’t know it unti...

Alternative Colchester #1

2026-01-1601:04:12

Alternative Colchester is where football rivalry meets punk rock passion. Join Tim Young (Labour councillor, former Colchester mayor, and die hard Ipswich Town fan) and Steve Green (Special Duties founder and long suffering Colchester United supporter) as they prove that two blokes who disagree about football can agree that 1977 changed everything. They were both in the room when Stiff Little Fingers supported Tom Robinson Band at Essex University in 1978 - they just didn’t know it unti...

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