Jul 7, 2026 · 30 min · 10 segments
Anthony Parker's first ever football match was a Matt Busby testimonial. George Best was on the pitch. They moved the goalposts to the 18-yard line so he could play. He had bags and bags of skill…
Jim JohnsonHost
Anthony ParkerGuest
so Colin Moynihan was the tiny little um I say tiny nothing there's nothing wrong with being tiny but I remember spitting image used to make him out that he was really small anyway he was the then sports minister now bearing in mind that 1989 is the time of Hillsborough, right? So Colin Moynihan and Mrs Thatcher, who was the then PM, for those of our Football for Breakfast viewers and listeners who don't remember Mrs Thatcher, must be completely out of touch, he says, with English football.
Instead of trying to help English clubs get back into Europe, because remember, at the time, they were out of Europe, And they seem to be doing their utmost to prevent them.
I can remember the membership scheme, the proposed membership scheme, when it was all around stopping hooliganism.
It's like, you know, and so like that kind of idea that It was designed to prevent anti-social behaviour.
All of a sudden, it's kind of done away with a lot of the rituals of football, which actually I think we'll talk about a little bit later with your object, when we talk about ritualistic football stuff.
But anyway, Anthony, thank you for joining us on Football for Breakfast in The Greasy Spoon.
so Colin Moynihan was the tiny little um I say tiny nothing there's nothing wrong with being tiny but I remember spitting image used to make him out that he was really small anyway he was the then sports minister now bearing in mind that 1989 is the time of Hillsborough, right? So Colin Moynihan and Mrs Thatcher, who was the then PM, for those of our Football for Breakfast viewers and listeners who don't remember Mrs Thatcher, must be completely out of touch, he says, with English football.
Instead of trying to help English clubs get back into Europe, because remember, at the time, they were out of Europe, And they seem to be doing their utmost to prevent them.
I can remember the membership scheme, the proposed membership scheme, when it was all around stopping hooliganism.
It's like, you know, and so like that kind of idea that It was designed to prevent anti-social behaviour.
All of a sudden, it's kind of done away with a lot of the rituals of football, which actually I think we'll talk about a little bit later with your object, when we talk about ritualistic football stuff.
But anyway, Anthony, thank you for joining us on Football for Breakfast in The Greasy Spoon.
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