I welcomed a posse of unofficial Forfar Athletic nuts this week (with the emphasis on nuts) who’d travelled up to share some tracks ahead of their club’s fixture at East Fife the following day. I can only assume there’s something about a forthcoming trip to Methil that has people spoiling for a fight since my roguish Forfarian guests put me through my paces and no mistake, cheek and pelters dished out in equal measure.
But let’s start with an official dressing down of my fellow presenter Lewis Main who strung me up like a kipper by sabotaging the controls before handing over at 9pm. The spineless gimp set me up with a toe curling intro, a diabolical Rick Astley and Kylie Minogue mashup. You’ll get yours Main, mark my words. Enough though of internal caperings , let us turn to Forfar’s golden girls, Lesa and Aisling.
They’d decided to select tracks with a Forfar Athletic connection so began with the theme music to cult film ‘Local Hero’ since this is the music the players run out to. It was pleasant enough but took a few minutes to get going, a description of our daily lives is it not? Next came ‘The Only Way Is Up’ upon which I delivered a mercy killing after three minutes since I could take no more, but the remaining four tracks were spot on; Oasis, Springsteen, Carly Simon and Petty.
Each track related in some fashion to Forfar Athletic FC and none more so than Carly Simon’s ‘You’re So Vain’, a nod towards the, shall we say, self conscious individuals within the club. Aisling explained there were a number of contenders for the club’s ,biggest poser’ accolade,not all of them players, a certain director earning a mention while he was out of the studio taking a leak, but Forfar’s Strutting Peacock-in-Chief turned out to be player Michael Travis. Congratulations Mikey, I’ve taken a peek at your profile and can confirm you’re fully deserving of the award, I’m sure you’ll be putting our star prize, a vat of hair gel and gold plated nasal hair trimmer, to good use.
Turning to my guests, I must say what a delight they were. Chaperoned by club directors Alastair Donald and Louise Taylor, who were equally as cheeky (Donald) and pleasant (Taylor), these beautiful ladies were a good laugh as we crashed through topics that embraced Forfar, personalised number plates, grumbling supporters, children, books, this, that and indeed the other. Great fun, good people, super football club. The kind gift of a mini Baxter The Bridie was much appreciated by my lad Ernie thanks ladies, he’s a bona fide Loon now for sure.
Lesa & Aisling’s selections
- Local Hero - Mark Knopfler
- The Only Way Is Up - Yazz
- Learning To Fly - Tom Petty
- You’re So Vain - Carly Simon
- Don’t Look Back In Anger - Oasis
- Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen
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