"And Smith Must Score!"
The FA Cup podcast that celebrates the highs and lows of the greatest club competition on planet earth between 1980 & 2000. Hosted by Stig Ammonds, Michael Channon & Marvyn Dickinson, three forty something tragic Cup connoisseurs, "And Smith Must Score!" allows the lads to ponder over what to them at least was the last period of true Cup fever. They focus on the joy, the elation and yes, the heartaches that the Cup led to - that moment when for many, it seemed that the world had ended as they slumped to and then sobbed upon the famously strength sapping Wembley turf. Enduring image isn't it? Marvellous.
Episodes
19 episodes
THE ULTIMATE FA CUP FINAL XI & A LEGEND JOINS US FOR THE FINAL EVER EPISODE
Yes, it's the finale!We're retreating with tears in our eyes, scarves round our necks, cramp and bottles of milk, but this one is a cracker.If you've ever argued about the greatest ever Cup Final XI, you can use this as your tru...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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1:10:16
MATT JACKSON - THE UNDISPUTED KING OF THE CUP! - Everton 1995
Evertonian God & Goal Machine Matt Jackson joins us to talk about his semi-final goal against Tottenham that set the Toffees on their way to Wembley in 1995.It's got a bit of everything this one: Tales of Stig's drunken past, Marvyn...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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57:28
BILL ATHEY & THE BORO - Quarter Final Preview with an English hero
As Cup Fever takes hold on one of our presenters, we are honoured to welcome former England International and Ashes winner Bill Athey on to the show.Bill talks about his beloved Middlesbrough ahead of the weekends clash with Chelsea, ch...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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45:53
"POOR RATHBONE!" - BLACKBURN V UNITED - 5th Round, 1985
Headlines are easy to write but proper books that relate to us all certainly aren't.Mick 'Baz' Rathbone joins us to relive one of the most horrific personal and professional cock-ups that could happen in front of 6 million viewers on th...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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1:07:01
STEVE WILLIAMS - BONUS EXTRA - Saints, Arsenal, Puma Boots, Forging Autographs & why England won nothing without him
Steve Williams was one of the finest players of his generation and although we chatted to him about the 4th Round at Fratton Park in 1984, we got so much more out of him that we decided to put it out in its entirety.The list of topics c...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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39:40
POMPEY v SAINTS, 4th Round, 1984 - "It's last knockings now!"
Uninspired by the 4th Round of 2022, we found a 4th Round tie worth talking about.At 4.45pm on Saturday 28th January 1984, the Hampshire Police Force were weighing up the pros and cons of overtime the following Wednesday with the conseq...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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49:37
FA Cup 3rd Round Preview - Jimmy's New Job, Lodging at Ossie's, AFC Fylde's No.10 & Marv is back
This has got everything.We have excelled in this episode - truly excelled - whilst obsessing over Mickey Thomas's goal for Wrexham against Arsenal in 1992Jimmy Ball is back with us to talk about his new role at Stevenage, Michae...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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38:23
FA Cup 2nd Round Preview - THE CHANNON & BALL SHOW
Former Forest Green Rovers (Interim) Manager Jimmy Ball chats with the non league injury prone Michael Channon about his career in football and his hopes for the future as a manager.Luckily we're talking about Jimmy's career and not Mic...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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45:13
David Cross - 1980 - West Ham v Arsenal & The Birth of the Smithy Book Club!
What lies beneath?A fascinating chat with a lad who put himself about but was racked with self doubt. David Cross is a winner in more ways than one - a Cup winner, a proud father, a reader of literature and willing to expose his frailti...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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1:27:27
The Alan Shearer Chat - He hates The FA Cup!
Our interview with the Newcastle United legend took him back to a time he'd rather forget as he talks Cup defeat in 1998 & 1999, as well as discussing his knackered knees and the trauma of his disappearing barnet.There's even takeov...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:12:37
The Newcastle United Production Meeting - Hunting Alan Shearer
After a summer's hiatus, Stig, Mick & Marv are back!This is your opportunity to see what goes on behind the scenes when it comes to booking guests and launching yet another outstanding podcast. Newcastle's Cup runs of the late 1990'...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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14:11
"Bairdy's Gonna Get 'Ya!" - Ian Baird on Leeds and life in the 1980's
Stig, Mick & Marv meet a man with a story to tell in the shape of Leeds United's Cult Hero Ian Baird as they tackle the painful issue of the Hillsborough Semi in '87.This is simply magnificent if you love the Cup.How much ca...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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1:37:39
Peter Reid Part 2 - Loving & losing the Cup, Big Kev's sending off & Griff's family trauma
Stig, Mick & Marv complete their journey with Reidy in the company of their friend and Evertonian Stevie Griffin.It's all here - Reidy's triumph in '84, his heartbreak in '85 & '86, how he carried bricks around his manager...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:06:10
Peter Reid Part 1 - Everton in the mid 80's
Stig, Mick & Marv are over the moon to welcome a true footballing legend to relive his own experiences with the FA Cup in the shape of the brilliant Peter Reid.To say we had a laugh would be an understatement and it was all the bett...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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1:10:12
Steve Perryman and Matt Le Tissier - Tottenham in 1981 - "Still Ricky Villa!"
Stig, Mick & Marv head back to 1981 as Tottenham's Ricky Villa waltzes through the Manchester City defence to achieve FA Cup immortality.The Spurs skipper Steve Perryman joins us to relive not only lifting the Cup in '81 but his ret...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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1:12:26
Crystal Palace's Andy Thorn on 1990 - 'Glad All Over'
Stig, Mick & Marv seem rooted in 1990!Crystal Palace were a revelation in their Cup run, beating Champions Liverpool in a Villa Park thriller before taking Manchester United all the way to a Replay in the final.Eagles fan an...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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1:11:06
Joe Royle, Oldham, Manchester United at Maine Road in 1990 & a career spent hunting the Cup
Stig, Mick & Marv speak to an all time great in the form of Oldham Athletic's most revered manager and Everton legend Joe Royle.Latics fan Che Burnley is with us again to introduce his deified hero with the type of hype and fl...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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1:01:07
Oldham's Andy Holden on Manchester United at Maine Road in 1990 - 'Schoolboy Comics'
Stig, Mick & Marv meet up with Latic fanatic Che Burnley and Oldham's centre-half that day, Andy 'Taff' Holden.The first ever televised 'Super Sunday' saw Giant Killers Oldham scare the life out of Manchester United in this epic sem...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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57:54
"And Smith Must Score!" - Ladies toilets and a letter to your MP!
Stig, Mick & Marv enter therapy to explain their childhood obsessions with the FA Cup.Along with their tragic total recall of their Cup relationships, Marvyn takes us into rather murky waters as he describes his role in the invasion...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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32:17