
Steven Scragg
@scraggy_74
@thesefootytimes Senior Writer, author of A Tournament Frozen In Time and Where the Cool Kids Hung Out. @guardian_sport, @TheAthleticUK and @thisisanfield.
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⚽️ This game (and tournament) were expertly covered in Steven Scragg’s Heat of the Midday Sun… more info on the link below 👇 🔗 pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/heat-midd…

What was the Gary Thacker of the 1980s like? Chelsea are volatile and unpredictable, the Open University have themselves a committed student, transport has a conscientious servant, and Blue Peter still can't get a break. Susan Stranks though... Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating is the place to be.

…rboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/supplementar… A genuine grown up is recruited at Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating, as Steven Scragg flicks on the desk lamp and angles its light into the eyes of Gary Thacker, before a searching interrogation takes place. Tune in...


Part Job interview, part sweat-inducing grilling, and a little bit of a Hold Your Plums style football quiz. Join us on this Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating odyssey of ours, as Gary Thacker finds that his name is on the list and he's very much coming in.

📅 #OnThisDay in 1988, the Netherlands lifted their only major trophy to date, defeating the Soviet Union 2-0 at the Euro 88 final. 📙 Once again we’d like to shoutout Steven Scragg’s “Euro 88” which he claims is the “Football Purists’ European Championship.”


On Paolo Maldini’s birthday, let Steven Scragg remind you of the importance of the Milan dynasty that began with his father Cesare. thesefootballtimes.co/2020/01/08/how…

Friday afternoon and you're watching that clock with a defined lack of intent in doing any more work. Celebrate by listening about stylish route one football as imaged by Glenn Hoddle for Spurs against Forest. Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating brings you another helping of 1979/80 Revisited. #THFC #NFFC

…rboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/197980-para-… After 11 long weeks, the ITV technicians' strike is over, and Brian Moore is off to White Hart Lane to cover Tottenham Hotspur Vs. Nottingham Forest, just in time to see a piece of Hoddle genius. The Magic Of The Cup and Steven Scragg are your guides. #THFC #NFFC



Me and The Magic Of The Cup had the pleasure of spending an hour talking to Elton Welsby, on Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating, about his remarkable career, fronting Granada and ITV's football coverage. It will be landing wherever you get your podcasts very soon.

…rboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/supplementar… Imagine a world where Elton John is only the second most seen Elton on UK television... Elton Welsby sat with The Magic Of The Cup and Steven Scragg to talk about his incredible career fronting football for ITV, and his wonderful book, Game For a Laugh.


It's Tuesday morning and you're only pretending to work. You need some listening material and I've got just the thing. Myself and The Magic Of The Cup talked to one of the icons of 1980s football presentation, the wonderful Elton Welsby for the latest module of Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating. Tune in.


…rboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/197980-para-… 1979/80 Revisited sub-section 1.06 paragraph three takes us somewhere, somewhere, in a field in Hampshire, alright (We know, we know, wrong decade). The Magic Of The Cup and Steven Scragg are off to The Dell for Southampton Vs. Leeds United. #SaintsFC #LUFC #Romark


The Magic Of The Cup and Steven Scragg also take a look at Liverpool's trip to Maine Road, to put Malcolm Allison's expensively assembled Manchester City through their paces. Prepare for defending like you've never seen the likes of...

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sup… A lazy Sunday morning, and you could do with some listening material. Join The Magic Of The Cup and Steven Scragg as they talk to the wonderful Elton Welsby, about a career on TV that encompassed some of football's very biggest moments.

Decades 70s: our series returns to the 70s by examining the FA Cup finals. First up, Leeds vs Chelsea in 1970, one of the all-time epics, with The Magic Of The Cup and Steven Scragg. Apple bit.ly/3oyPu89 Spotify bit.ly/3BVb3Tm Online bit.ly/44OAntE
