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Plus: players on the right and wrong sides of thrashings, and the referee whose false teeth fell out

“St Albans City (sixth tier) have announced that their sponsor for the 2020-21 season will be rock band Enter Shikari (five UK top 10 albums),” notes Michael France, who posed a question on big bands sponsoring small teams. “Can anyone beat St Albans City’s small-big score of 30 (sixth tier multiplied by five UK top 10 albums)? No side projects or solo albums allowed to pad the numbers.”

We answered a variation on this question in 2009 with nods to Wet, Wet, Wet, Bad Manners and Goldie Lookin’ Chain. But life moves pretty fast in popular music and association football, so it’s definitely worth an update. Thus to Germany, where a group of old rockers have put their money where their heart is.

Continue reading…Plus: players on the right and wrong sides of thrashings, and the referee whose false teeth fell outMail us your questions or tweet @TheKnowledge_GU“St Albans City (sixth tier) have announced that their sponsor for the 2020-21 season will be rock band Enter Shikari (five UK top 10 albums),” notes Michael France, who posed a question on big bands sponsoring small teams. “Can anyone beat St Albans City’s small-big score of 30 (sixth tier multiplied by five UK top 10 albums)? No side projects or solo albums allowed to pad the numbers.”We answered a variation on this question in 2009 with nods to Wet, Wet, Wet, Bad Manners and Goldie Lookin’ Chain. But life moves pretty fast in popular music and association football, so it’s definitely worth an update. Thus to Germany, where a group of old rockers have put their money where their heart is. Continue reading…