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Soccer 101

#127 Why are entrance anthems played before games, what makes a good anthem, how do their vary between clubs and international competitions, and much more!

Soccer 101

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Soccer, Sports

4.9853 Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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This week, Graham and Taylor do their best to avoid having to sing while discussing anthems in soccer: when did the tradition begin, how do they differ between club and international competitions, which ones work and which ones don't, and much much more!

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0:00.0

Welcome, everybody to soccer 101, the show in which we attempt to scratch the soccer

0:20.0

itches you never knew you had. My name is Taylor Rockwell. Didn't even get my name right. Joining me today to talk about anthems and singing and the songs of football is Mr. Graham Ruffman. Hello, Graham. Hi, Taylor Rockwell. I hope you're not going to ask me to sing any of these songs or anthems. I feel like by this stage, Ryan Bailey, if he's hosting this show,

0:38.1

is already singing at this point. Of course. But just as long as you're not passing the mic to me at any point today. I was going to, but then you pronounce my name correctly, unlike myself. So instead, I will just say, the champions. There you go. That's what I can do. That's what I can offer when comes to our anthems.

0:34.8

But this was a topicgram that you came up with that I can do. That's what I can offer when it comes to our anthems.

0:50.0

but this was a topic gram that you came up with that I

0:53.2

like it's one of the it's one of those that I always enjoy

0:56.0

where I'm like is that oh no that would be that would be a good 101 episode

0:59.3

because we'd get all different types of music associated with football

1:02.9

sometimes it's more official than other times but it is an ever present thing

1:06.8

that might seem a little bit odd though I guess when it comes to entrance music

1:10.3

everybody likes to football. Sometimes it's more official than other times, but it is an ever-present thing that

1:11.0

might seem a little bit odd. Though I guess when it comes to entrance music, everybody likes

1:15.0

to have entrance music. Everybody likes to have that sort of dramatic beginning to a scene,

1:19.3

beginning to a day. I think we would all be better if we could have our lives scored to get

1:23.9

the day going correctly. Yeah, we wake up out of bed, check Twitter,

1:29.1

and our entrance music is playing.

1:31.4

Let's hope it's not the entrance music that they use it

1:33.7

at Tottenham Hotspur's Stadium,

1:34.9

which is the Phantom Menace, whatever that's called,

1:38.2

the kind of creepy foreboding song that I think Darthal fights to.

1:44.4

Yeah. I'm hoping that I think Darthal fights too. Yeah.

1:44.9

I'm hoping that's not my daily entrance music.

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