Comments on: Forest-inspired music: part three

By: nffc

nffc — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:28:11 +0000

Brilliant So it was all one song

I found a live version here:

Just here

A Peel sessions version:

Just here

And another live version:

Just here

Rather cleverly, if you hover your mouse over the links, you should be able to play them without leaving this page!

By: Barrow Red

Barrow Red — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:13:38 +0000

Give Him A Ball (And A Yard Of Grass) was indeed a Nigel Clough inspired track by Sultans Of Ping FC and is track 7 on their album “Casual Sex In The Cineplex” (which contained Sultans Of Ping’s biggest hit “Where’s Me Jumper?”.

A live version is avaialable on You Tube on the following link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNQMo-Wq1_U

Lyrics:
Give him a ball & a yard of grass
He’ll give you a move with perfect pass
Give him a ball & a yard of space
He’ll give you a move with godly grace

He ‘s a nice young man with a lovely smile

A man can’t have no greater love
Than give 9O minutes to his friends

If God meant game to be played up there
He would’ve put goal posts in the air
If God meant game to be played up there
He would’ve put goal posts in the air

If God meant game to be played up high
He would’ve built pitches in the sky
If God meant game to be played up high
He would’ve built pitches in the sky (Die!)

We may just recognise some of these words!! God bless you Cloughie.

By: nffc

nffc — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:08:36 +0000

Yes! I seem to recall it was issued as a flexi-disc on the front of the Tricky Tree fanzine… could be wrong.

I’m struggling to remember whether there were two songs (give him a ball & a yard of grass – as I always thought Cloughie was talking about Robbo with that quote, and then a second about “a nice young man with a lovely smile”).

I forget – I shall investigate though. I’m 99% sure, sadly, that neither track if two exist are present on my cheesy Forest compilation though. Although if I can find them I will certainly share them!

By: URED

URED — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:54:54 +0000

On this subject does anyone remember a track recorded by the Sultans of Ping FC called Give him a ball and a yard of grass (or something like that) which was a tribute to Nigel Clough when he was with Forest. It would be late 80′s I guess

By: Gareth

Gareth — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:08:35 +0000

“Tis for sure good news though, particularly since the same result also kept Leicester nicely close to the relegation zone… but hardly worthy of more words than that, is it?”

Lol, now that you mention it, no it isn’t. Oh well, stick with the comedy cheese

By: nffc

nffc — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:04:50 +0000

Feh, write about the sheep botherers or a piece of musical wonder about our hero?

Tis for sure good news though, particularly since the same result also kept Leicester nicely close to the relegation zone… but hardly worthy of more words than that, is it?

By: Gareth

Gareth — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:02:50 +0000

‘ode up a minute! Derby dropped into the playoff places tonight! That should be your headline for today – we could still be beating the sheep shaggers next season yet!