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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating
@ybtahoab.bsky.social
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The football podcast where it's always the 1980s... Except when it regards the first four and a half months of the 1979/80 season. If you see Sid, tell him.
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · 13d
Brian Moore - presumably bored while ITV strikes - nips over to Hamburg to report on the lifestyle of England’s greatest superstar of the moment, Kevin Keegan.

This is the 1,000mph life of the England main man. And we are here for it
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Brian Moore Meets Kevin Keegan
I didn't like that meat. Why did we buy it?
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · Sep 12
This week: the Manchester derby, with Big Mal's #MCFC taking on Dave Sexton's #MUFC. That's followed by a trip down to the Dell for #Forest, before we return to Brian Moore, who takes a sledgehammer to GDPR rules. #MCFC #MUFC
Enjoy!

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Para 1.09b Manchester City v Manchester United 10/11/1979
Romark has a week off
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · Aug 22
Luton Town and QPR, 1979/80. Two promotion hopefuls, Brian Moore, Eric Morecambe, what isn't there to love with these mad Hatters?

Wise up, and give this a listen.

#LUFC #QPR

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Para 1.08a Luton Town v Queens Park Rangers 10/11/1979
Bring me sunshine
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · Jul 25
1987: Bobby Robson's cream(ish) of the Football League take on Terry Venables' Rest of the World side. Maradona? He is booed for some reason. @scraggy74.bsky.social @chrislepkowski.bsky.social & Stu Horsfield talk us through the occasion.

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MODULE 10: The Football League v The Rest of the World
Centenary high jinks at Wembley Stadium
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The Magic Of The Cup @themagicofthecup.bsky.social · Jul 11
The Peter Springett interview referenced in this is, quite incontrovertibly, the greatest piece of recorded television in history.

Find the link to it in the show notes.
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · Jul 11
Ey up, it's a South Yorkshire feast for you, as @themagicofthecup.bsky.social & @scraggy74.bsky.social pore over the delights of Sheffield Wednesday vs Barnsley. This is meat and potatoes. Tuck in, son. Tuck in. Fred Dinenage, take it away... yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/197980-par...
1979/80: Para 1.07a Sheffield Wednesday v Barnsley 3/11/1979
Meat, potatoes and Peter Springett
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · Jul 11
Ey up, it's a South Yorkshire feast for you, as @themagicofthecup.bsky.social & @scraggy74.bsky.social pore over the delights of Sheffield Wednesday vs Barnsley. This is meat and potatoes. Tuck in, son. Tuck in. Fred Dinenage, take it away... yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/197980-par...
1979/80: Para 1.07a Sheffield Wednesday v Barnsley 3/11/1979
Meat, potatoes and Peter Springett
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · Jul 5
BBC take us to The Dell where Mick Channon returns to #Southampton colours.

If Mick watches our second game, he will be delighted that he escaped the clutches of Maine Road, Malcolm Allison & Romark.

#LFC play well, #MCFC defence do not.

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1979/80: Para 1.06c Southampton v Leeds United 27/10/1979
And a Maine Road masterclass. Of sorts.
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · Jul 1
The great Elton Welsby - yes, the VERY one - joins @themagicofthecup.bsky.social & @scraggy74.bsky.social to talk about his incredible career fronting football for ITV, and his wonderful book, GAME FOR A LAUGH.
You don't want to miss this...

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SUPPLEMENTARY MODULE: Elton Welsby
Game for a laugh? Elton is.
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · Jun 29
Rejoice: The ITV strike is over. To celebrate, we're off to see Spurs vs Forest. Over to you, Mr Brian Moore! Also, the Andy Gray derby over at Molineux. #AVFC #Wolves #Spurs #NFFC

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1979/80: Para 1.06b Tottenham Hotspur v Nottingham Forest 27/10/1979
White Hart Lane hosts the European champions
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · Jun 24
WOAH, what's this!? We are in Dallas superstar JR Ewing appearing on Knots Landing territory here...

@allbluedaze.bsky.social talks us through his 1980s as the @ybtahoab.bsky.social team welcomes its newest member.

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SUPPLEMENTARY MODULE: Gizza job
Boys from the Thackstuff
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · Jun 23
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#QPR vs #Burnley.

🧤17-year-old gloveman Billy O’Rourke mans the Burnley goal and finds himself elevated to the YBTAHOAB Hall of Fame by the end of the game.
1979/80: Para 1.06a QPR v Burnley 27/10/1979
Taking in the Second Division, the BBC keep it local. Very local.
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Chris Lepkowski @chrislepkowski.bsky.social · Jun 17
And John Bond finds out he's having salad for his tea.

What a night.
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · Jun 17
Lord Nelson, Lord Beaverbrook, Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Anthony Eden...etc

It's 1981. Join @scraggy74.bsky.social and @themagicofthecup.bsky.social for England's World Cup qualifier in Norway

The story of our 'album' title track ... yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/module-8-y...
MODULE 8: YBTAHOAB Origin Podcast
Lord Beaverbrook, Clement Attlee, Lady Diana, your boys took a hell of a beating
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · Jun 17
Lord Nelson, Lord Beaverbrook, Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Anthony Eden...etc

It's 1981. Join @scraggy74.bsky.social and @themagicofthecup.bsky.social for England's World Cup qualifier in Norway

The story of our 'album' title track ... yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/module-8-y...
MODULE 8: YBTAHOAB Origin Podcast
Lord Beaverbrook, Clement Attlee, Lady Diana, your boys took a hell of a beating
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · Jun 13
Football in the West Midlands during the 1980s: Starts well, gets a bit weird and then...bloody hell.

As Benny from Crossroads might say:

"Bloody 'ell, Miss Duy-anne."
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Steven Scragg @scraggy74.bsky.social · Jun 12
At @ybtahoab.bsky.social we're embracing the football of the 1980s with a wide-eyed wonderment. Module 7 has taken us to the West Midlands, for the spectacular misadventures, post-1982 European Cup at Villa Park, along with accompanying self-destructions at St Andrew's, The Hawthorns, and Molineux.
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · Jun 11
Module 7 of YOUR BOYS TOOK A HELL OF A BEATING looks at the West Midlands drift.

Villa go from Rotterdam to Reading. WBA & Birmingham slip away. Wolves? Oh dear.

@chrislepkowski.bsky.social & @scraggy74.bsky.social
are your tutors
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · Jun 13
October 1979/1980.

Live from Selhurst Park, viewed from the comfort of the B&Q Memorial dugouts, @scraggy74.bsky.social and @themagicofthecup.bsky.social swoon at the sartorial elegance of Crystal Palace and Spurs.

This is football.

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1979/80: Para 1.05 Crystal Palace v Tottenham Hotspur 6/10/1979
Terry Venables’ ‘Team of the ‘80s’ v Terry Venables’ team of the '60s
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · Jun 11
Hey 80s' kids, we're back!

Please give YOUR BOYS TOOK A HELL OF A BEATING a follow, otherwise we'll send you earworms of Bucks Fizz and episodes of ITV's short-lived soap Albion Market to burn into your eyes.

Your choice.
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · Jun 11
Module 7 of YOUR BOYS TOOK A HELL OF A BEATING looks at the West Midlands drift.

Villa go from Rotterdam to Reading. WBA & Birmingham slip away. Wolves? Oh dear.

@chrislepkowski.bsky.social & @scraggy74.bsky.social
are your tutors
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MODULE 7: Once Upon A Time In The West Midlands...
He's gorra gew!
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · Jun 11
And if you missed it last week: @themagicofthecup.bsky.social and @scraggy74.bsky.social discuss Nottingham Forest Vs Liverpool, from September 1979.

We also look at the big stories of the day...

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1979/80: Para 1.04 Nottingham Forest v Liverpool 29/9/1979
Immovable object meets irresistible force
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · Jun 11
Module 7 of YOUR BOYS TOOK A HELL OF A BEATING looks at the West Midlands drift.

Villa go from Rotterdam to Reading. WBA & Birmingham slip away. Wolves? Oh dear.

@chrislepkowski.bsky.social & @scraggy74.bsky.social
are your tutors
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MODULE 7: Once Upon A Time In The West Midlands...
He's gorra gew!
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · May 16
While if you missed it earlier in the week, there was also this one on the 1980-1983 Aberdeen sweet spot, which took them from the Scottish Premier Division title to Cup Winners' Cup glory in Gothenburg. @themagicofthecup.bsky.social and @scraggy74.bsky.social are at the wheel.
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · May 13
yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/module-3-a... Module 3 of Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating takes in the 1980-1983 span of Alex Ferguson's Aberdeen years. Scottish champions in 1979/80, to the glory of Gothenburg and the 1983 European Cup Winners' Cup. Join us and spread the word.
Module 3: Aberdeen FC 1980-1983
The start of Fergie time
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · May 16
yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/197980-par... From the Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating lexicon, we bring you the 1979/80 Revisited eve of season preview. Which teams will prosper? who won the summer transfer market? @scraggy74.bsky.social and @themagicofthecup.bsky.social 'look ahead'.
1979/80: Para 1.01 The eve of the season
All things are possible. Until they start playing...
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · May 13
This week's module is brought to you by the number eight, the letter P, @themagicofthecup.bsky.social and @scraggy74.bsky.social.
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · May 13
yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/module-3-a... Module 3 of Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating takes in the 1980-1983 span of Alex Ferguson's Aberdeen years. Scottish champions in 1979/80, to the glory of Gothenburg and the 1983 European Cup Winners' Cup. Join us and spread the word.
Module 3: Aberdeen FC 1980-1983
The start of Fergie time
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · May 9
yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/module-2-o... And lo, Module 2 of Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating is upon us. Join @scraggy74.bsky.social and Stuart Horsfield as they dissect the opening day of the 1988/89 season. Martin Tyler seems to be everywhere, and hat-tricks abound.
MODULE 2: Opening Day 1988/89
Where did the BBC go?
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · May 2
substack.com/@yourboystoo... It's Friday afternoon, you need something to help the last few hours of the working week melt away, and we've got you covered. Join @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social and @scraggy74.bsky.social for Module 1 of Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating. 1980sTastic.
MODULE 1: Everton v Liverpool: 1986 General Motors FA Charity Shield
(Admit it, you'd forgotten about the General Motors bit)
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · Apr 30
Its a gloriously sunny afternoon. We reckon you should down tools and give this a listen. Scattered among the topics of conversation are Robert Maxwell, the ratio in composition of Subbuteo player to trophy, plus the Top 40, TV guide and back page headlines from the week beginning August 11, 1986.
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Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @ybtahoab.bsky.social · Apr 30
yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/module-1-e... We present you with MODULE 1 of Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating, the definitive 1980s football podcast. This week's teachings sees the 1986 Charity Shield put under the microscope by @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social and @scraggy74.bsky.social
MODULE 1: Everton v Liverpool: 1986 General Motors FA Charity Shield
(Admit it, you'd forgotten about the General Motors bit)
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