No hidden meanings here. A song about the delights of going to football (soccer) games. Written in the seventies it reflects the matchday experience of the time: Most games were played on a Saturday afternoon and there are references to hooliganism which was rife back then. Some things don't change - overpaid players, dodgy chairmen and, of course, insulting the referee. Despite all that is wrong, however, it is the only way to spend your Saturday. The song is suitably upbeat and jolly and probably doesn't quite work IMHO but full marks to the boys for effort!
Not surprisingly the song never made the album Wind and Wuthering but was released as an EP along with Pigeons and Inside and Out.
For those that don't know 'Match of the Day' is the name of the BBC's long running football highlights show.
No hidden meanings here. A song about the delights of going to football (soccer) games. Written in the seventies it reflects the matchday experience of the time: Most games were played on a Saturday afternoon and there are references to hooliganism which was rife back then. Some things don't change - overpaid players, dodgy chairmen and, of course, insulting the referee. Despite all that is wrong, however, it is the only way to spend your Saturday. The song is suitably upbeat and jolly and probably doesn't quite work IMHO but full marks to the boys for effort!
Not surprisingly the song never made the album Wind and Wuthering but was released as an EP along with Pigeons and Inside and Out.
For those that don't know 'Match of the Day' is the name of the BBC's long running football highlights show.