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Author: Steve Green & Tim Young

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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 until 2023. Now they’re bringing that shared punk spirit to the airwaves with fierce football debate, classic tracks from 1976 -1980, and the kind of authentic banter that can only come from forty-plus years of living the life they’re talking about.


One show. Two teams. Five decades of passion. No nostalgia without nuance. This is Alternative Colchester - because like the best punk songs, local football deserves to be loud, honest, and impossible to ignore.

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Alternative Colchester S2 Ep4

Alternative Colchester S2 Ep4

2026-10-2801:19:29

Request a record from 1976-1981 Steve, Tim and Nicky (in Luke’s absence) are joined by Ian Templeton who has just finished writing his latest book, Barbed Wire Love - A People’s History of Stiff Little Fingers which is about the band's early years, covering the beginning through to 1983. Containing more than 500 fan stories, unseen photographs, recollections from friends and associates, and a foreword by SLF singer, songwriter, and guitarist Jake Burns, this is the Stiff Little Fingers story ...
Alternative Colchester S2 Ep3

Alternative Colchester S2 Ep3

2026-10-0701:20:31

Request a record from 1976-1981 Tim and producer Luke are once again flying the flag for Ipswich Town, while Steve remains firmly in the Colchester United camp — and refuses to accept that the Tractor Boys are any more important than the U’s. Expect plenty of football banter between the three, with the usual good-natured arguments about who really matters in the blue corner of East Anglia. The music this time starts with The Sports’ Who Listens To The Radio, before taking in Menace, The Membe...
Alternative Colchester S2 Ep2

Alternative Colchester S2 Ep2

2026-09-1701:14:56

Request a record from 1976-1981 More football banter and punk rock gems including three tracks by Sham 69, an obligatory SLF classic and other nostalgic bursts from 76-81 by the likes of Alternative TV, The Shapes, The Dickies and others. www.alternativecolchester.co.uk
Alternative Colchester S2 Ep1

Alternative Colchester S2 Ep1

2026-08-2501:34:50

Request a record from 1976-1981 We're back! After a three month break, Alternative Colchester returns with season two. Tim and Steve are joined live from California by Philip Peters of 1978 punk band The Roomates (Yes one m!!). Usual football chat and general nonsense with classic tracks by the likes of Wire, Modern English, Buzzcocks, Stranglers, Stiff Little Fingers and more. www.alternativecolchester.co.uk
Alternative Colchester #10

Alternative Colchester #10

2026-05-1501:53:24

Request a record from 1976-1981 Steve Green recorded episode 10 of Alternative Colchester without his partner in crime, Tim Young, who was unavailable due to health reasons, but he will be back, all guns blazing, for episode 11. Tim had been looking forward to talking about Ipswich's promotion to the Premier League, but not only does producer Luke Fitch carry the Tractor Boys flame in his absence, but the show's guests also include Ipswich's very own Red Flag 77's Rikki Flag and John "Fanny" ...
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