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A podcast by and about stadium announcers at football. Meet the people behind the voices you hear every week. Find out how they got the job and why they love it so much. Some are fans, some are presenters, some are both! They've all seen incredible moments in football history, and had to then announce it to the fans!
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Our guest this episode is the announcer at a club that recently secured their status in League Two for another season, after a nailbiting final day that saw rivals Sutton drop out of the football league. - Colchester United's Peter SleighHe's been in the job since the late 90's and has worked at both Layer Road and The Colchester United Community Stadium as the announcer.Rich Hurst of West Brom and Dom Walker of Burnley are your hosts this week and they'll be finding out amongst other things ...
Gareth Hillier has been announcer at Newport County FC for just 6 months but he's already achieved national fame for the sponsor of added time at Rodney Parade.Hosts Rich Hurst (West Brom) and Alan Keegan (Man Utd) talk to Gareth about how he's finding having the big job of stadium announcer plus share some of the wisdom they've picked up in their combined 34 years on the mic.Gareth is full of enthusiasm and loves his job and there are some great observations about doing the job we all love.T...
In this episode Rich Hurst of West Brom is joined by guest co-host Rich Reynolds from Brighton to chat with Stevenage FC announcer Jay 'Drackers' Drackford.Jay has been doing it at the Lamex for 10 years and loves his job. The energy he puts in and the fun he is has is quite envious for announcers a bit further up the pyramid.As always there's questions about music, guest interviews and having a pop at away fans. Plus a couple of cheeky tunes from the team at ShootMusic.
A very special guest joins us for this episode, voice of the last men's World Cup final in Qatar, Steven Peios.As FIFA's Matchday Announcer, he's covered all the major tournaments including the World Cups, Asia Cups, Club World Cups and more...and when he's not there, he's at Western Sydney Wanderers.Hosts Rich Hurst from West Brom and Alan Keegan from Man Utd chat through a whole host of amazing experiences he's had including encounters with the world's biggest names in football.Plus there's...
Happy New Year!Our first podcast of 2024 sees hosts Rich Hurst of West Brom and Alan Keegan of Manchester United speak to Morecambe announcer of 30 plus years - Mark Swindlehurst.Mark's announced for them in different leagues, at varying levels of success from inside a little red hut with a cassette player to a slightly more up to date kit at the new Mazuma stadium.Plus there are new tunes to get your ears round as delivered by the guys at Shoot Music
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.
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...
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.
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 liste...
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 positione...
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.
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 an...
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 wal...
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 ...
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 ...
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.Twitter @announcerspodInsta @wewelcomeyourteamspod
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...
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...
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...
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...
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