Tuesday 29 May 2012

Football Roundup


The Heroes Of Huddersfield 


There's not been much to report football wise except The League 1 Playoff Final, to which we can say congratulations to Huddersfield Town, a team very well known here at FA Cup Vinyl. The match had to be settled by an astonishing penalty shootout featuring a unbelievable 21 penalties after what was a very cagey, nervous match that resulted in 0-0, with arguably Huddersfield having the better of the chances. Despite missing their first three penalties, Huddersfield defeated Sheffield United 8-7 in unfortunate circumstances for United as the last miss from Sheffield's penalty taker was their goalkeeper Steve Simonsen who performed somewhat fantastically in over the 120 minutes of football at Wembley and kept his side in it, still well done to Huddersfield for triumphing in the all Yorkshire final and commiserations to Sheffield United. 

Hazard A Guess Who He's Signed For


Highly sought after Ligue 1 player of the year Eden Hazard announced on his Twitter on Monday night, that he would be joining recent Champions League winners Chelsea. Despite interest from Manchester City and Manchester United and a few other clubs, Hazard has opted to join the Abramovich empire at Stamford Bridge.

Very interesting signing from the blues, we for one are looking forward to seeing him next season and how he copes with the physical aspets of the Premier League. Especially when he is brutally decked by Alex Song or Marouane Fellaini.


Crewe 're ya? 


Also, congrats to Crewe Alexandra who secured promotion to League 1 after defeating Cheltenham 2-0 in the League 2 Playoff Final with a cracking opener from another sought after player 18 year old striker  Nick Powell rumoured to be sealing a multi-million pound move to Manchester United. 


Gylfi as charged 



To conclude on this pointless post, impressive Swansea loanee Gylfi Sigurdsson has signed a permanent deal with The Swans for  a confirmed £6.8m fee, the club's record transfer fee. Good bit of business from 'Swans-A-Lona' there.



Unfortunately, that's it for the football roundup, we may do more if any good stories come up (I know you're all impressed). Until then we'll be sat here twiddling our thumbs until Euro 2012 starts on the 8th June. *Sigh*

Monday 28 May 2012

The XX



After catching serious sunburn from this dramatic heatwave we've experienced all of a sudden  , 'FA Cup Vinyl' needs to unwind, apply the after sun and listen to one of the best albums of late, The XX's self-titled album. 

Released in 2009, this great 'indie pop' album (we didn't describe it as that) is one of those brilliant atmospheric albums that is so difficult to find these days. It's relaxing, it's stress releasing and most of all, it's bloody good. 

Originally consisting as a four-piece of Romy Madley Croft, Oliver Sim and Baria Qureshi (who has since left) , as well as including one of FA Cup Vinyl's favourite producers of recent Jamie Smith, or 'Jamie XX' who you may be more familiar with.  E.g that bloke who did that album sampling 'The Godfather of Rap' Gil Scott Heron. If you want to be that blunt. 

However it's hard to describe 'The XX' as they're so different to anything previously we've discussed before. One of the reasons it's so highly rated here is due to the hushed tones on the album, it makes it one of the perfect albums to listen to at night as the meaning is more apparent due to it being recorded in the evening. What is also not so much groundbreaking but innovative is the overlap of voices, with the male and female vocals synchronising, most notably in 'Crystalised' and 'Heart Skipped A Beat' which are also two classic tracks we might add, perfect to go on the playlist. 

Whilst you may be familiar with the singles like 'Crystalised' and particularly 'Islands' which was the more successful commercially, it's not to say there isn't some hidden gems on this album. One of FA Cup Vinyl's favourites has to be 'Shelter' as we believe that, quite frankly it's where female vocalist Romy Madley Croft is at her best, mixing her gorgeous breathless voice with an excellent backing track of relaxed guitar playing and timed pauses make it one of the highlights on this great album. 

It's also a testament to new music to know that 'The XX' are a British band as we hear a lot of talk that new music is dead, particularly in England and we may all have to become Miles Kane fans... Oh what a terrible thought. But with band like 'The XX' exploring the boundaries of music, being described as post-dubstep and among other things, it's also inspired artists like James Blake and SBTRKT to also experiment with the new genre. Still the word Dubstep makes us shudder. God, it's atrocious music. Swiftly moving on.

To sum up this is definitely an album you need in the collection as it also gives insight into other bands from the genre and solo stuff from 'The XX' members, e.g Jamie XX's 'We're New Here' (Gil Scott Heron collaboration album) and other odd remixes of songs, his version of Adele's 'Rolling In The Deep' and Radiohead's 'Bloom' are worth a listen as well. 

FA Cup Vinyl Rating: 8/10

Thursday 24 May 2012

FA Cup Vinyl's 5 Albums For Summer



Here in England, so far we've had a typical miserable British season so far with, yes you guessed it, rain. Bloody Rain, constantly.

But this week so far it's been hot! I know who would have guessed? Also with the forecast predicting a 'sunny week' and we don't want to jinx it but summer may be here... We may regret those words in a weeks time.

However as it is a reminder that summer is looming, here at 'FA Cup Vinyl' we thought it would be the perfect opportunity to name our 5 albums for those perfect summer days, yes we know that sounded unbelievably cheesy.

1: Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend


This is of our favourite albums to dig out for the summer, with it's brilliant poppy, guitar music and combination of African music providing catchy lyrics and upbeat 2 minute songs such as their most well known song 'A-Punk' that make it one of the favourites here. The New York Vibe is also apparent in here but what we love most about it is the lyrics may be catchy, but they can also be complete nonsense. But it's not trying to be a deep, thought provoking album it's just a really good gorgeous album to bask in the gorgeous sunshine with. What more could you want?

Tracks FA Cup Vinyl recommend:  Campus, Walcott, The Kids Don't Stand A Chance

2: Alex Turner - Submarine Soundtrack



Ok, so this isn't technically an album really, but it's worth mentioning as its one of the Arctic Monkeys' frontman's best efforts, and so far his only solo effort. This is one of the best soundtracks accompanying a film that we've heard in a while. As Turner is well known for his song-writing, the lyrics as always are brilliant and with its stripped back guitar and the soothing lyrics, it's a perfect combination and ideal for one of those perfect lazy summer afternoons. The film's not bad either. 

Tracks FA Cup Vinyl recommend: Hiding Tonight, Stuck On A Puzzle, Piledriver Waltz

3: Frank Ocean - Nostalgia/Ultra


Ok, so this isn't an album either
It's a mixtape, but we can't call this feature '5 albums/mixtapes/soundtracks' can't we? It doesn't have the same ring to it.

Anyway, this another favourite album of FA Cup Vinyl's not just for summer, but to listen to all year round. 

What's worth mentioning is first of all is his voice, it's outstanding and so soulful. It's hard to believe at times that he is associated with 'Odd Future' or  'OFWGKTA' for all you cool cats out there. What is also good is that its clear that Frank has a good taste in music, sampling MGMT, Radiohead, The Eagles and Coldplay... Ok, maybe not the last one but the song he does sample from Coldplay is brilliant and they must agree as they asked him to support them on their European tour. But that's the last time that Coldplay will ever be mentioned on here. We definitely recommend this one.

Tracks FA Cup Vinyl recommend: Strawberry Swing (The Coldplay One), There Will Be Tears, Swim Good

4: The Black Keys - Brothers


While this is The Black Keys' most commercially successful album, it's still worth noting that it's popular for a reason. It's fantastic, it's rough guitar, unusual vocals and to us, just seems to be the finished product really for an album like this that makes it one of FA Cup Vinyl's favourite summer albums and their latest effort 'El Camino' is also worth a listen as well. What we also like is the album cover, which is simple and basic but to the point, much like this album which is simply cracking. You'll thank us later.

Tracks FA Cup Vinyl recommend: Everlasting Light, The Only One, Never Gonna Give You Up

5: Jamie T - Kings & Queens


We have to admit we are a big fan of Jamie Treays, or 'Jamie T' as he is more well known as, and his second offering 'Kings And Queens' is one of our favourite summer albums. There's a lot of reasons why as well, the backing tracks are fantastic and his honest sort of 'alright mate' Londoner vocals gives this album its uniqueness and we're not the only ones who agree, Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe declared it his favourite album of 2009 as 'a brilliant, poignant, incredible observational record'. Yes we did nick that last bit off Wikipedia, but we were going to say that anyway. Joking aside, this album is well worth a listen because of its indie rock guitar and brutally honest lyrics, which make it definitely one of the records you need spinning or for most of you, playing on iTunes this summer. 

Tracks FA Cup Vinyl recommend: The Man's Machine, Emily's Heart, Jilly Armeen

Monday 21 May 2012

Didier Delivers Champion's League Glory.



There's a few sore heads this morning here at 'FA Cup Vinyl' as the dreaded Monday has arrived, heightened by the fact that our heads are sore due to celebrating the incredible football event we witnessed on Saturday night in Munich. We thought we had seen it all in last weekend's Premier League title race when Sergio Aguero's 93rd minute strike helped end Manchester City's 44 year wait for the league title, but boy we were wrong.

For the three people in Berkshire who don't know the outcome of one of the most dramatic finals in Champions League history, Chelsea upset the odds and defeated the German Giants Bayern Munich in their own backyard, the Allianz Arena. 

Unbelievable is a word that is thrown around a lot in football but it perfectly describes the events of what happened in Saturday's Champions League Final. 

The team that finished 6th in the league behind the two Manchester clubs, their London rivals Arsenal and Tottenham and Newcastle are now Champions of Europe. It's hard to believe and while it's soul-crushing heartache for those Bayern fans to lose on your home ground, it's the sweetest of victories for the blue of London to win it in such an emphatic fashion.

Simply put, the reason of Chelsea's success on Saturday night is down to two words and they are Didier Drogba.

That's not to say there wasn't other star performers in Chelsea's team that night with the whole team putting in a great effort, but notable performances from stand in captain Frank Lampard, who put in an unbelievable shift and full credit to Petr Cech who's brilliant goalkeeping kept Chelsea in the match.

But Drogba showed what brilliant performers do in big games and that's score. The stats don't lie, Drogba has an amazing record of scoring nine goals in nine cup final appearances for Chelsea, and when Drogba scored that 88th minute equaliser to send the match into extra time it showed two things, Drogba never shys away from the big occasions and that goal showed Chelsea's sheer determination, they weren't going to give up. 

But another reason Chelsea arrived home with another piece of silverware in their hands, is down to Bayern's poor finishing. 20 shots at goal, 8 shots on target with no success, and when they finally did score in the 83rd minute with a Thomas Muller header, they thought they had won the tie. Big mistake. In this season, we have been shown anything can happen and while Bayern tried to shut up shop by introducing humongous 6ft 6in Belgian defender and wannabe James Bond villain Van Buyten, Chelsea rallied and took the game to penalties.

That's not to say before penalties there wasn't some more drama, Drogba playing another part in deciding Chelsea's fate after removing the nearly engraved name of Bayern on the trophy with his equaliser moments before, he was then his own enemy when in the first half of extra time he fouled Frank Ribery in the box, it seemed all his hard work in rescuing Chelsea from the brink was about to be undone.

Arjen Robben stepped up to the spot, the former Chelsea man who could end his old club's hopes of claiming their first Champions League final if he scored from 12 yards. If he scored. But in a moment that probably summed up Bayern's night, his effort was saved by Cech.

Disheartened and in dismay not only Robben but the rest of Bayern and possibly Germany, they duly carried on and the world nervously waited for the outcome when penalties loomed.

Was this to be Chelsea's night after they bravely hung in for 120 minutes from a Bayern onslaught? It appeared not when Juan Mata, Chelsea's first penalty taker's effort was saved by Manuel Neuer. The Germans are known for their efficiency in penalties as England have experienced all too well. Once again the game was on a knife edge as déjà vu was rearing its ugly head as the event was all so similar to Chelsea's Moscow nightmare when they lost four years ago in the same circumstances to Manchester United. With Bayern then leading 3-1 in the shootout, it seemed Chelsea's nightmare was about to reoccur. But the thing with penalty shootouts is, one goalkeeper is always a hero, it wasn't to be Manuel Neuer.

Seemingly on the brink of devastation once again, Petr Cech emerged victorious in the goalkeeper battle, as he denied Ivica Olic, who had impressed since coming on and the turning point in the shootout, when he pushed Bastian Schweinsteiger's effort on the post and back out of danger, leaving the next Chelsea penalty taker the chance to be the hero  for them after Frank Lampard's, David Luiz's and Ashley Cole's superb penalties had brought them even.

With all this drama surrounding this match after the extraordinary events that took place throughout some of the most nervous 2 hours of football we've seen, it seemed only right that Drogba had the chance to win Chelsea's owner Roman Abramovich the coveted prize he has so desired. 

Unlike his former team mate Robben, when Drogba stepped up to the spot with what may be his last ever kick for Chelsea, he scored, winning the Champions League for his team. 

In a 8 year stint at Chelsea, Drogba has claimed an amazing trophy collection of 3 Premier League titles, 4 FA Cups, 2 Carling Cups and 2 FA Community Shields, but none will have been sweeter than his spot kick winning the trophy in front of the Bayern fans. 

Full credit to Drogba, who may have not been one of the most liked players in his illustrious career with the West London club, but he certainly commands respect and with this performance he has perhaps cemented his place as being one of the best strikers to have graced the Premier League and regardless of what you think about him, if he does leave this summer he will be sorely missed by everyone.

Credit to players but also to Roberto Di Matteo, who in a short time as 'interim first team coach' has not only delivered the prize that Chelsea and Roman Abramovich have wanted for so long but the FA Cup also, completing a brilliant cup double. If anyone deserves the Chelsea job it is him, who has remained humble and dodged questions about his Chelsea future while delivering success, not once but twice. 'FA Cup Vinyl' can only say it would be a travesty if he is not named Chelsea manager on a full-time basis. But if he isn't named Chelsea boss, he can leave with his head held high and surely walk into any top job knowing he has done himself and his family who he was celebrating with, proud.

As Jamie Redknapp summed up on Sky Sports 'Chelsea's season has defied logic', and as the cameras left the Allianz Arena watching Chelsea's celebrations, it seemed appropriate that Journey's 'Don't Stop Believing' was playing, summing up Chelsea's unremarkable journey to being 'The Champions of Europe'.

Thursday 17 May 2012

The Three Teams We've Fallen In Love With This Season.

So with the most exciting Premier League Season over and the Euro's being a couple of weeks away, 'FA Cup Vinyl' have had plenty of time to reflect on this truly remarkable season full of twists and turns, here we name the three teams in the Premier League that we've grown to admire.

Chelsea 

What a second half of the season it has been for Chelsea, and whether you like them or not you have to admire them. Under Andre Villas Boas it seemed that everything that could have gone wrong, did go wrong. A bright young manager with a good pedigree, he had previously won the treble with Porto last season and worked under the wings of a previous Chelsea managerial legend Mr. Jose Mourinho. It seemed ideal and different from Chelsea opting for a young, fresh talent to take the reigns of Stamford Bridge, but different doesn't always mean better. Losses to Manchester United and Arsenal may not have been shocking but the manners in which they lost did not help. The 5-3 loss at home to Arsenal highlighted the cracks and faults in Andre Villas Boas reign and put him under pressure in the public eye. Fallouts with players, the media and anyone who dared questioned his methods, it simply became a question of when rather than might Mr. Roman Abramovich wield the axe. Eventually it became the matches that Chelsea were expected to win that led to AVB's downfall, a 1-0 loss to QPR, a 3-1 home defeat to Aston Villa and the final nail in the coffin, a 1-0 loss to West Brom signified the end of Mr. Villas Boas' short reign. So with Chelsea out of the Premier League title race, out of the top four and trailing a 3-1 loss to Napoli in the Champions League it seemed their season was over. Or so it would seem when one man came to Chelsea's rescue and that man is Roberto Di Matteo. Flash forward, two months and under RDM, Chelsea produced arguably some of their best results in their modern history, a 5-1 mauling of London rivals Tottenham in the FA Cup semi-final followed by emerging victorious in the final with a 2-1 victory over the red of Merseyside Liverpool, winning a staggering 4th FA Cup in six seasons. Oh, and they managed to knock the team that is dominating world football and Champions League holders Barcelona out of the Champions League on their home soil. Despite this, Chelsea's season is still yet to end, with a mouth watering final against Bayern Munich on May 19th. So with such a turnaround in a matter of months, it raises two questions. 1) Why hasn't Roberto Di Matteo been named permanent manager? And 2) Can Chelsea do the unthinkable (again) and manage to defeat the German giants on their own turf? One thing is for certain though, we'll be tuning in to find out.

Newcastle United

The bookies made them one of the favourites for relegation at the start of the season, and they narrowly missed out on the top 4 at the end of the season. Now, I'm not a gambling man but it is hard to not bet that the success is largely down to Alan Pardew's managerial approach and shrewd business in the transfer market. After selling what was largely Newcastle's backbone last season of Joey Barton, Andy Carroll and Kevin Nolan, the captain many thought Newcastle would struggle but it turned out to be quite the opposite with two players grabbing most of the headlines on Tyneside, the Senegalese duo Demba Ba and his counterpart Papiss Cisse. Ba and Cisse have been the driving force for Newcastle's quest to bring Champions League football back to the Magpies, providing a staggering 30 goals between them, including a goal of the season contender i.e. Cisse's wonder goal against Chelsea, which if you haven't seen it then what the hell have you been doing? What makes that statistic even more incredible is the two Sengegalese strikers were only a joint cost of £10m. I know, and to think there was Geordie outcry when a certain Andy Carroll went to Liverpool for £35m, this once again makes the statistics even more incredible, but it's no surprise. In little over two years, Alan Pardew has managed to transform the doom and gloom surrounding Newcastle after their relegation and turn them into serious contenders for a top four finish. After buying other impressive players such as Hatem Ben Arfa and Yohan Cabaye, and outstanding performances from existing players such as Coloccini (who has been named in Premier league XI of the season) and Jonas Gutierrez, Pardew has created a team with backbone that can compete with the elite, while to delight of the black and white side of Newcastle making sure they are the number one team in Tyneside. That is why it is no surprise that Mr Pardew has just been named Premier League manager of the season and we couldn't agree more.

Swansea City


They've been dubbed the 'Welsh Barcelona' with their slick passing football and while that name is terrible, it is hard to disagree with Brendan Rogers' team impressing everybody this season. Promoted after defeating newly promoted Reading last year, Swansea made it to the big time as the first Welsh team in the Premier League, whilst playing excellent attractive football that has attracted many neutrals and plaudits. At the start of the season they were seen as one of the favourites in the relegation battle along with their fellow promoted teams Norwich and QPR as well as Newcastle, shows why I'm not a gambling man. However it seemed a safe bet after a 4-0 thrashing at the start of the season to Man City, followed by two 0-0's against Wigan and Sunderland it seemed these swans were falling rather than flying. A terrible pun, I know but then 'Swans-alona' started to have a change in luck. (That was also terrible, I'm trying to stick with a theme of awful puns and cliches in this.) Things began to improve when they recorded their first victory in September beating Bolton 3-1, but the best was yet to come. Typically, newly promoted teams have a good season if they managed to stay up, but 'The Swans' have fared much better. Finishing the season in 11th on the same amount of points as their fellow promoted team Norwich, Swans-alona have not only staved off relegation with some comfort, they have also notched up some impressive wins, defeating the Premier League Champions Manchester City, 3rd placed Arsenal and Liverpool. This shows another remarkable performance by a newly promoted team in the Premier League and like their promotion counterparts Norwich, have done so playing good, attractive football. Not bad for a team that the bookies rated that 'the king has more chance of returning than Swansea staying up'. Players such as top goal scorer Danny Graham, Scott Sinclair and the rather impressive loanee Sigurdsson have helped Swansea, defy the critics. It seems the Welsh team were more elegant swans than ugly ducklings this season. (I told you about the theme of awful puns and cliches).

The Horrors


We're very disappointed here at 'FA Cup Vinyl' as we forgot to buy our tickets to see one of our favourite new bands, The Horrors who played at The Leadmill in Sheffield last night.

As our friends were bragging about seeing them, we thought we would enjoy them one way or another by sitting down and listening to their finest album yet, 'Skying'. Take that Friends! 

The Horrors, from Southend on Sea were formed in 2005 and released their debut 'Strange House' in 2007. We recommend however that you do not listen that until you have listened to 'Skying' and 'Primary Colours' which is their second album, and also great as 'Strange House' in all honesty is not up to scratch with the other two. But we'll let you decide.

Anyway, back to the post.

It's a breath of fresh air listening to an album as good as 'Skying' and knowing it's from 2011, as it feels like a classic with its infectious guitar riffs and insanely catchy lyrics and choruses. It also gives us hope that the new music scene is not going to be full of One Direction, Justin Bieber manufactured garbage and that there is still some decent bands out there, a diamond in the very teenage girl aimed dribble rough if you will.

If you haven't listened to 'Skying'  yet then we suggest that you do.  According to wikipedia, it is defined as post-punk revival, non-psychedelia and shoe gazing... music. We're not sure of the last one either. But what we do know is the album is brilliant, it has some absolute crackers that you can let loose to, or whatever you do when listening to music.

Definite tracks to listen to are 'I Can See Through You', 'Still Life' and 'Monica Gems' for those of you who aren't patient enough to sit through a whole album, it these songs that are being categorised as and I hate the phrase 'festival anthems' but they are definitely ones for the summer playlist.

For those of you that are able to sit through a whole album, we are immediately reminded of the psychedelia it mentions, clearly taking influence from bands like Primal Scream. However the other songs which aren't as upbeat like 'Changing The Rain' and 'Oceans Burning' offer a very mellowed, chilled vibe.

Its the tracks like this that offer an insight into how good the latest offering by The Horrors is. The songs are different in direction and not all playing on the same structure like other bands like 'The Vaccines' or 'Two Door Cinema Club', not to say there's nothing wrong with doing that. 

We're not the only ones who agree this album is great, as it recently won album of the year at the 2012 NME Awards, so if you haven't listened to Faris Badwan and co yet, we recommend that you do immediately.

Wednesday 16 May 2012

King Kenny's been overthrown.


So Kenny Dalglish has been sacked. The question is are we surprised? We all know football's a ruthless business take today for example, (May 16th) as soon as the 23 man squad for England was announced, the top trend on social networking site twitter was 'Hodgson Out' it's hardly fair to go to that extreme, especially when Roy hasn't even had his first match in charge yet. (God 'The Sun' are going to have a field day with 'John Ruddy' being selected, they've already mocked his speech impediment ). But that's football we love it, we hate it, it's never left alone, fans always want more and rightly so.

Anyway back to the king and I'm not talking about the blue suede shoes one, it appears my good article's are pun-ning away from me. See a terrible joke in a serious football blog , bet you weren't expecting that. Anyway King Kenny. It was the second coming of the king in January 2011 and while everyone was excited about his return, critics had their doubts (what a shock, I know) but unfortunately the cynics were right this time, annoyingly I know. However to all those diehard Dalglish fans reading this, which I doubt there will be, it hasn't worked this time. Simple. Once again, and I hate to be the bearer of bad news but all the neutrals can see as well as I, but I think FSG have bravely got it right.

There's several reasons why as well, poor buys, a poor placed finish and an overall poor performance this season. Two words sum up Dalglish's second experience in the Anfield hot seat and they are Andy Carroll. £35 million, it's a astonishing amount of money even in the football world, unless you're Man City. In all fairness to him, he's on a run of form now and has been named in the England squad so well done to him but for the hefty price tag, 6 goals in 42 starts is simply not enough. 

Also spending £20 million a piece on Jordan Henderson and Stewart Downing, Henderson might improve in the future but Downing? Really? This is a personal opinion obviously, but I think for £20 million Liverpool could have and should have signed a much better winger.

Now, in all fairness to Kenny I am fan and what he has done for Liverpool is remarkable also winning the 'Carling Cup' and reaching the 'FA Cup Final' is better than what my team achieved this season,  but they narrowly beat Cardiff on penalties. That is simply not good enough for a club with so much rich history. The statistics don't lie, worst finish since 1994 and with Liverpool finishing 8th, yes 8th winning as many games as they have lost, looking back on it based on statistics it seemed likely. 

Now obviously, what's gone on this season hasn't helped with the Luis Suarez racial incident and the increasing pressure on players like Carroll, Downing and Henderson to deliver and haven't, won't have helped King Kenny's cause. I might add they seemed to be one of the most unlucky teams this season with the amount of times they've missed open goals and hit the woodwork, but the bitter truth is the king has been made to look like a pauper, and so the king's reign has come to the end. (oh another pun).

So the question is, who will replace him? Surely not Rafa Benitez? That would be terrible as he left the place in such a mess last time, although not all his fault and personally I don't think Roberto Martinez is able to take on such a difficult task like Liverpool just yet. But they're the joint favourites. Who knows, we'll have to find out. But what I do know is, whoever it is, they will have a mammoth task on their hands.

First post.

Hello, this is our first post on our blog called 'FA Cup Vinyl'. As you can tell from the title it highlights the two things that not only we love but what this blog will feature, which is football and music. We're very passionate about both, and we hope you are too. It may take a while for us to fully grasp this and post decent articles and posts, but most of all we hope you enjoy it.


Thanks, FA Cup Vinyl.