Keywords

stadium announcers, sports podcast, football culture, community impact, matchday experiences, unique announcements, music in sports, Rochdale FC, football stories, sports broadcasting


Summary

This time Richard Hurst of West Brom and Alan Keegan of Man Utd welcome fellow stadium announcer David Dockerty from Rochdale FC to discuss his journey to getting the gig.

We talked about being part of fairytales, celebrating record goalscorers, what announcers should do for penalty shootouts and having a 'losing song'.

David's love for Rochdale goes far and wide, to the point where he turned down a dream opportunity to stay at Spotland.

Thanks as always to shoot music for some new tunes that matchday DJs can use in their next playlist too!

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Stadium Announcing and Guest Introduction
05:55 Dave Hunt's Memorable Announcement Experience
11:54 David Dockerty's Journey as a Stadium Announcer
17:57 Challenges and Triumphs in Announcing
23:40 Community Impact and Club Ownership
29:35 Memorable Moments and Future Aspirations
32:18 Penalty Shootouts and Commentary Challenges
34:40 Music and Atmosphere in Football
36:40 Community and Club Identity
38:34 Personal Connections in Football
41:41 Matchday Experience and Food Culture
45:37 The Joy of Scoring and Fan Engagement
50:32 Passion for the Game and Future Aspirations

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In this episode, Richard Hurst and Alan Keegan welcome Darren Harper, the stadium announcer for Bradford City.

Darren shares his journey into stadium announcing, the memorable and not-son memorable experiences he's had and the club and football legends he's been up close and personal with due to his role.

We loved his story about nearly getting the sack on a crazy final day game and Alan Keegan shares the moment that something unthinkable went out over the Old Trafford tannoy.

Plus there's 3 new songs from the team at ShootMusic.com who supply stadium DJs with new music and rank the best in the Stadium Chart.

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Introducing Kerrie Cosh - a relative newcomer to the stadium announcing profession but no stranger to Leicester City.

Kerrie has worked at The Foxes for nearly a decade and has one man to thank for where she is today, the late, great Brad Varnam who sadley passed away earlier this year.

Kerrie attributes a lot of what she's achieved to Brad and talks about how he helped her in her early days as an announcer.

Rich Hurst of West Brom and Alan Keegan of Man Utd have the questions and ShootMusic have the tunes, ready for your next matchday playlist.

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What was it like being the stadium announcer for Scotland when they dramatically qualified for the World Cup in 2026?

Hosts Rich Hurst and Alan Keegan talk to Hampden Park's Graeme Easton and ask him if it was his best ever night on the mic!

We find out about the announcements he made and how he adapted them for the big occasion, plus the music they had lined up for the night, whatever happened!

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This episode we're joined by Blackpool stadium announcer of over 20 years, Tony Parr.

He's been there for the good times and the bad and has some great tales to tell about tannoys, tunnel spats and even his own Delia Smith moment!

Regular hosts Rich Hurst from West Brom and Alan Keegan from Man Utd have the questions and you can hear Tony recall some of the Tangerines' best moments that he was lucky enough to be on the mic for.

As always, the team at ShootMusic have some tunes for your next matchday playlist too!

Remember to email us, it's hello@wewelcomeyourteams.com

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It's the shouty Hull City announcer...kind of.

Since the clip was shared at the start of the season, we've wanted to find out what's behind the shouting at Hull City...and Tiger's announcer Steve Jordan has the answer...plus some great tales of the times being a stadium announcer really is the best job in football.

He's also the first announcer we've chatted to who's also been in Nuts magazine - never thought we'd be saying that!

Join Rich Hurst of West Brom and Alan Keegan of Man Utd for a chat with Steve about how he got the job and also, how he found himself in Russia at the World Cup!

To email us with things you've heard your announcer doing on a matchday, it's hello@wewelcomeyourteams.com

As always, thanks to ShootMusic's matchday DJ service for some fresh tunes that could go on your next matchday playlist!

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In this episode, Rich from West Brom and Alan from Man Utd meet Adrian Ward and Chris Price from Preston North End, where they share duties across the season.

We find out why Elvis and Wallace & Gromit are part of their matchday playlist, plus they recount the best moments they were on the mic for, and the ones they'd rather forget.

There's some new musical recommendations for matchday playlists from the team at Shoot Music too!

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At the start of the new 25/26 season, Rich Hurst of West Brom and Alan Keegan of Manchester United have a quick check in about what's been going on and what's coming up.

Along with nods to a couple of other announcers who've already been in the news since the season began plus a tribute to Leicester City's Brad Varnam.

You can always get in touch with the podcast about why your announcer should be on the podcast - hello@wewelcomeyourteams.com

Thanks again to Shoot Music who are supporting the pod with new music - available for free to matchday DJs everywhere.

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