I've never thought we would go down at any stage. I only half-jokingly said at New Year when we reached 14 points, that '10 wins and we'll stay up'. People laughed, but we've had two before the end of January. There's always an assumption when a team is doing well or badly that it will continue beca...

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Thanks Alan

Very interesting. Still loathe Potter mind, and neither he nor Loppy should have been appointed. What I take from that though, is something I have been banging on about for decades, and that is West Ham as a club has never known what they are; a small big club or the biggest small club. We always pa...

Yeah, well done Billy. You've made a tribute thread to a bloke I met and you didn't entirely about yourself. Ahhh, if it reads like that, I'm genuinely sorry. I cunted off Richard Keys the other day for doing exactly that to Gabby Logan when he was talking about the passing of Terry Yorath. I've wr...

Nice work, Blagg. I feel the same as others have posted, I have not met Ted Fenton, Bill Sydney Oz, Eddie B or Pig D, but there is a gap they leave in this forum that cannot be replaced. Any news on coffee? (I used to chat via WHOmail) Thanks 67, appreciated. Re: Coffee, He always contacts me on th...

Did we get Cushley because we couldn't get Maurice Setters? Yes Far, Bobby Moore talks about the purchase in his biography. Fascinating story about Greenwood's man-management skills. Mooro was furious about it. He wanted Setters, but Greenwood had already decided for Cushley. After seeing Cushley d...

This is such a bizarre post that only the 21st Century could throw it up. Today, I learned the devastatingly sad news about someone I never met, but someone who changed my life significantly. Not a pop star or an actor whom I admired or remembered from years ago, but a normal soul who affected me in...

Oh, dear God. This is such a shock. I am heartbroken by this news. Alex gave me my first break on what was then the Ironworks back in 1998. I found the WHO predecessor as I worked in IT, and was very early on the web and actually worked on Prestel (the forerunner of the WWW). I saw Alex was looking ...

Billy You're not even funny some other joker said similar a few posts before. You can fuck off.   Not sure why I need to fuck off. I've been here since 1998 so how about you go somewhere else? I wasn't being funny. Nuno has been left with what that useless lump Potter left him. He'll get us out of ...

I like the bloke. Back him now!

It's wonderful. Sat down many years ago to find out what the fuss was about, expecting to say 'Well, I don't see it' and just fell in love with it. 

Don't forget the whole Calendar is here (With extra things not posted on WHO)
https://blaggadventcalendarchristmasson ... gspot.com/

And the Spotify link is here

Many thanks to everyone who has contacted me this year, either here, WHOmail, personals or carrier pigeon. I can't tell you how nice it is, not only to hear from people who follow the Calendar annually who I can catch up with in one way or another, but also to hear what people have liked, disliked o...

The sad loss of the genius of Brian Wilson this year, was partly overshadowed by the joy at having him with us for so long. If you'd suggested in the late 60s or 70s that the former Beach Boy would still be touring and composing halfway through the second decade of the 21st Century, you'd have been ...

'And the star you fell in love with / Comes out on Christmas Eve' The message is oh so sweet, yet oh so short. So short, in fact that, under two minutes, it's worth repeating, so here's Carmarthen's Zygotic Mynci with their original recording and an equally lovely cover from Glasgow's own Teenage F...

If you know...

'Oh man I miss you / Just wanna kiss you' say Amsterdam's The Silhouettes on this jangly pop delight.

The Godmother of Rock 'n' Roll, whose unique blend of spiritual, blues, and gospel, all played on a heavily distorted electric guitar, inspired the first generation of pop musicians, including Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, and, of course, Elvis. There's a good argument that says, wha...

It's the last shopping Saturday before Christmas, so time for a Blagg GOFGOF (Get one free, Get one free) of sorts. This Calendar window comes courtesy of WesHam - not a typo, his name really is Wesley Ham - but better known to most of us as @CouchPotato, who suggested this excellent track from Tayl...

Far Cough UKunt" wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025, 11:59 Billy, sounds very Earth Wind and Fire ish?

Last Friday party night of the season, and if this doesn't get you up on that dancefloor, doing your funky stuff then you should probably make an appointment to see your doctor (Good luck with that, mind).   Can anyone help me with that horn riff? It's from something else, isn't it? https://www.yout...

OK_Guy » 18 Dec 2025 01:01

Mate, I think you need to sit down for a few hours with a festive beer, a mince pie and a decent film. Stay off WHO for a while, too, perhaps? (Well, until the Calendar has finished anyway). Merry Christmas. 

Nothing warms the cockles of the hearts of the Blagg Acre elves more than when one of the Calendarists (as I like to think of them) gets in touch to suggest a song.  The usual expectation here is that people don't (understandably!) bother to check the 475-odd tracks that have been on previously, and...

There was a time when each year's Calendar had to have a version of 'White Christmas' and a seasonal novelty record, but somewhere over time that has been forgotten. I think it's time to change that.  So, I'm going to say 'jing-a-de-jing' and you're going to say...? Sending you off to the Calendar f...

Lenny Kaye is largely known for his work with the Patti Smith Group, but here in this slow Country-tinged tale of woe, Kaye is a store Santa by day, dispensing gifts and good cheer to children ( 'Good or bad it's not for me to say / I believe all of God's children should have their own way' ) but go...