Neil Gits To See The Suburbs

I got my Big Road Trip in early this week to avoid all the carnage on the roads expected over the Bank Holiday Weekend and made an ambitious trek up north to watch “The World’s Oldest Football Club” in action, Sheffield FC, who actually play in a village called Dronfield in Derbyshire, just across the Yorkshire border from the city itself. I plan my footy adventures meticulously as I usually only visit each club once in my life (651 so far !!) and want to make sure each mission goes as smoothly as possible.

This one though did not got without a hiccup or two. I was an estimated ten minutes from the ground when I was suddenly confronted on a roundabout on the A61 with the dreaded “Road Closed” sign in place and an ominous yellow and black “Diverted Traffic” sign alongside pointing in completely the opposite direction ! I uttered a couple of naughty words, took a deep breath and decided the best plan of action was to play ball and follow the diversion as indicated – and a ridiculous 50 minutes later I finally pitched up in the club car park !!

Luckily, I had allowed a serious amount of extra time for my long journey ‘just in case’ so I was still able to do a full “photo-shoot” pre-match and had the unexpected bonus of visiting numerous fascinating areas on the outskirts of Sheffield that I had never seen before on past drives across the city, as well as getting an extra soul CD played in the car !! Every cloud, etc ….

Last week’s show can still be heard via “Listen Again” here on the website – just search for ‘Cool Soul’ – and having kept my Bank Holiday Monday free of commitments, I will be on air LIVE for you between 7 & 9pm as usual this week. I hope you can be there to keep me company on the other end of your speakers and maybe have a crack at “The Soul Connection” in hour two ! These are the tracks I played last time out :

The Tunes – Monday 22nd August

Donald Byrd – Love Has Come Around

Detroit Spinners & Dionne Warwick – Then Came You

Mikelyn Roderick – Slippin’

Sharon Redd – Taking A Chance On Love

Penny Ford ft Sharon Redd – Under Pressure

Candy Bowman – Since I Found You

Mica Paris – So Good

Raja Nee – Take My Breath

Patrice Rushen – Music Of The Earth

Mary Jane Girls – All Night Long

Rose Royce – It Makes You Feel Like Dancing (Full LP Version)

Sugar Minott – Show Me That You Love Me Girl

Tommy Hunt – Crackin’ Up

Mark Morrison – Return Of The Mack

James Brown – Hot Pants

Marvin Gaye – Wherever I Lay My Hat

Tuxedo – Watch The Dance

Whispers – Say Yes

The Parkmans – I’m Good

Candace Woodson – Better Together

Break Machine – Street Dance

Shaun Escoffery – Nature’s Call (Micky More & Any More Tee Mix)

Randy Hall – Langley Avenue

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The Old Gits Soul Show is on Gateway 97.8FM in Basildon & East Thurrock and also around the world via www.gateway978.com , as well as on your smart speaker or your phone, from 7pm–9pm every Monday, repeated on Saturday evening from 5pm–7pm … plus you can hear it again anytime you like via the “Listen Again” button on the Gateway website – search “Cool Soul” !