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MATCH OF THE SEVENTIES
Greetings pop pickers and welcome to yet another run down of your favourite
hit parade. With all the movers and shakers in this week's chart accounted
for, let's not waste time anymore time with boring intros and get straight
down to it. Not 'arf.
In the early 1970s a pop phenomenon from the Emerald Isle hit the charts
with a vengeance, notching up a Worldwide Number One with 'All Kinds of
Everything'. Thirty years on and the Dreamteam has finally found its very
own Dana in the form of Liz O'Reilly. And this week, her players tried all
kinds of everything themselves to leave her and Shamrock United sitting
pretty on the shoulders of world domination - or 4th place to be exact -
after notching up the week's highest score of 57.
| Kenny Dalglish has been trying to forget the early 1970s... |
Close behind in the high scoring charts we have our very own rocker from the
Seventies, Ron Voce, who, let's face it, was strutting his stuff down the
local high school disco the first time around. Yep, this creature from the
murky world of Glam Rock has forged a team in the image of Slade with Bill
S. Preston North End. Bad haircuts, terrible dress sense and an inability to
spell have come together in the form of Rio Ferdinand, Warren Barton and
Paul Scholes to leave Ron "feeling the noize" in 7th place.
Still in first place are St. Reatham FC, led by the genial LSE employee Mark
Darnbrook. Although he is sitting pretty in first place, his lead has been
cut to two points and, having hit the dizzy heights of top spot so early,
St. Reatham may find it hard to follow up on their initial success and
sustain the course. Hence you can't help feeling that there is something
very Bay City Roller-ish about them and come next may, they could end up
like the Scottish pop stars - bankrupt and out of favour with the kids.
Which could leave the door open for Suzi Quatro, ahem, Karen Wise. The Queen
of Rock could well rocket up Devil Gate Drive and claim the title for
herself, leaving her Prog Rock loving boyfriend crying over his Focus LPs...
Having something of a mixed bag this week was the Wizzard of Drivel, Nick
Fletcher. Both his teams dropped down the table this week, despite notching
up modest scores. Freakin Last were leapfrogged by A Taste of the Raj (or
Little Jimmy Osmond as we like to call him) while 1897 - The Golden Shower
lost out to Supersonic FC. Has Nicola finally shaken off her miserable form
of recent weeks to challenge the leaders and reach the Wuthering Heights?
Only time will tell...
But where does that leave the rest of the league? Well, I suppose Ash's 70s
equivalent would be T-Rex - always near the top but never sure of what is
lying in wait just around the corner (a tree maybe?) - While the Sunday
Stroolers are the Boomtown Rats - young Irish upstarts forever demanding
your "fooking money" if the LSE grapevine is to be believed.
Further down, we have Spakatak Toxteth and Ms Clare Devaney - the Siouxsie
Sioux of the Dreamteam. Her banshee-like wail has sent shivers down the
spine of many a contestant, however, at the moment her bark is louder than
her bite, and unless Franny Jeffers starts scoring, she'll always sit
outside the Top Ten. Callum Campbell, on the other hand, is keeping quiet
after last year's runaway success, a bit like Mud used to do in their
heyday. But if his players find their Tiger Feet during December, he could
make a swift return to the top of the table. If this happens, its gonna be
lonely this Christmas for The Porcelain Horse...
The Luke Perry All-Stars could best be described as Sweet. This erstwhile
hell raiser is having something of a blockbuster of a season after last
year's indifferent campaign. Close behind in the glam stakes are Billy's
Boots. Sparks anyone?
And what of the rest of the rabble in the bottom half of the table? Just
like the Seventies, the second half was no where near as good as the first
half but it does half its moments. Rob Hick is obviously the Johnny Rotten -
swimming against the tide and always causing anarchy - which would probably
make Torpedo Bermondsey and Scruffy Dunc the Clash, forever arguing over who
actually has the better sound...
After that, it's all one hit wonders and forgettable outfits, who hoped to
make it big but will forever be remembered for offering up one good week and
little else. The Lone Rangers are therefore Racey while Athletico Salford
could best be described as Chicory Tip, if only because I never thought I'd
be writing about 'Son Of My Father' on this website.
But what of Cory Talent and Dave Nicholson? One of them has to be Alvin
Stardust, I'm afraid, and after much deliberation, the honour of being my
coo-ca-choo goes to Dave, if only because he bears a passing similarity. No
really. Cory is therefore Plastic Bertrand. Just because his team is crap
and Belgian. Probably.
And myself? Well, for Crazyhorse FC read Jilted John. After one good week,
much was expected in the follow up but nothing arrived. Instead, we're left
with the memory of a catchy tune that was slightly different but always good
to dance to at parties...
Here's the table.
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