Smith, of course you won’t be able to ask him what actually was going on, but there is a version where he talks about the dead Jimmy Bloomfield as being revived to host this jousting encounter in Blackpool, now I looked up at the date of that live recording and my Dad died in ’83… at that time Jimmy Armfield was alive and kicking, so at that moment he must have known who he was referring to, but I think perhaps when it was written initially he might have got confused between Jimmy Bloomfield and Jimmy Armfield with Blackpool playing at Bloomfield Road, that’s perfectly possible. So was that confusion ever cleared up ?ĭAVID: I think I cleared it up because there’s a few versions… Mark E. The lyric we are referring to says that “Jimmy Bloomfield of Blackpool…” when your Father never played for them, but of course there was Jimmy Armfield who did famously play for Blackpool – who play at Bloomfield Road. MARK: Well your Dad was mentioned in a Fall song ‘ Enigrammatic Dream‘ – or at least it’s thought he was because there’s some possible confusion on the part of frontman Mark E. When my Dad got transferred in the latter part of his career he played for Plymouth, we would move down there and we’d all have new school’s, so moving from one school to another became a norm really. It was always the subject that we spoke about at home and it was my Dad’s job and it was just part and parcel of my brother’s life and mine. I suppose I was a bit too young to see my Dad play, except for a bit later on in his career but I’d already played we always played football at school, we always talked about it. Did this background influence you and sort of, push you on to becoming involved as the press officer at the F.A ?ĭAVID: I suppose the short answer is yes… when I was born there’s a photograph of me I think at 2 years old – 2 days old in the London Evening Standard, I’m in the arms of my Mother and it said ‘Arsenal’s inside forward has a son’ I mean hardly any reference to my Mother and that was on the back pages the sports pages of the Standard so I’ve been it’s a natural habitat for me from day 1. MARK: Not too bad under the testing circumstances we all find ourselves in… So David you’ve got a strong football background, your Dad was a former player with Arsenal and then went on to become the manager at Leyton Orient. In case you weren’t already aware, David was the F.A’s press officer at the time of Italia ’90 and as well as having to deal with the demands of the bloodthirsty English media on the sometimes tetchy Bobby Robson and his players during the World Cup – he was also responsible for putting the wheels in motion on World In Motion: New Order’s iconic World Cup song. MARK: On behalf of myself (Vincera90) and Webbie ( Football and Music) I’d like to welcome David Bloomfield to the podcast. The result of that lightning bolt of inspiration of course, was World In Motion. Webbie kindly asked me if I’d like to chat with the man whose idea it was to marry England’s 1990 World Cup campaign with the music of one of the most respected indie bands of the era. This episode is actually the brainchild of Webbie – the chief of the brilliant Football and Music website who was a guest on Vincerà back in episode 9. Well here we are, or a least here I am with the first of what may or not be occasional bonus follow-up episodes where we’ll expand further on Italia ’90 stories or look to tie up a few loose ends we didn’t get round to in the original series. After our final epic installment which concluded the series you probably didn’t expect to hear from us again. Hello again Mark Godfrey here, your host of Vincerà! – the story of Italia ’90 podcast. »īelow is a transcript of the episode with the addition of music and video clips and links to other things mentioned by David in the interview. I asked Mark from the pod if he wanted to have a chat with David about that eureka moment with the England World Cup 1990 song, as well as obviously about Italia ’90 and his years at the F.A. Well they did actually, but that’s beside the point… If it wasn’t for him we might’ve had Black Lace or James Corden release an England song. The name might not be familiar to you, but if it wasn’t for Mr David Bloomfield, the former Press Officer at the Football Association we wouldn’t have had New Order, Keith Allen or that magical John Barnes rap.ĭavid, and there’s no exaggeration here, might have single-handedly saved the football and music genre and gave it some respectability. This is a collaboration with our friends at Vincerà! The story of Italia ‘90 and features the gentlemen pictured above. For the very first time on the Football and Music website there is an actual proper podcast.
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