CYCM Preview: Stafford Rangers

It’s the final home game of the season this Saturday, which also means it’s the final Course You Can Malcolm. We’ve had some great bands play for us so far and we’re finishing at a canter with Senses, from Coventry. There's an interview upcoming with Senses at https://www.instagram.com/malcolmses/, but in the meantime you ought to know that they’ve just issued ‘We’re Not Wanted’ as the final single from their upcoming debut LP, Little Pictures Without Sound on Manchester’s own, and great friends to CYCM and FC United, 42s records. It’ll be available on Vinyl, CD and the downloads from 21 April. Have a listen at https://open.spotify.com/artist/1pDDLCn4Qzx7jZOWaExczI.

The beers this week were chosen by a series of votes across social media, so if you don’t like Cloudwater, Marble and Two Hoots blame democracy. Actually, don’t. That would be like drinking the drips tray. Either way, the bar staff under the SMRE have done a great job this season providing an ever-changing rota of beers alongside the Holts’s as well as some diamond service.

The pies and mushy peas will be back as will the mystery muffins. Or the muffin maker may just go beserk and make brownies or flapjack instead. We sold out of everything by two last Saturday so be early if you need your fix. We hear there may also be a box of Fry’s hotdogs for the early vegan worms as they went down so well last time. We've already passd over more than £1500 to the club in takings this season - many thanks to all who have donated to the tater ash fund, and/or bought the food.

So, for the last time this season, and against Stafford Rangers, the drill is:

Midday coach for the early birds and volunteers who get here in time to hear Senses soundcheck (last week Redeemers ran through every song they have AND a cover of Stairway to Heaven* before their actual set)

Doors open metaphorically at One and the One o’clock shuttle leaves town bringing its usual ragtag band of beer fans, merry pranksters and musical hipsters for arrival at around One Thirty.

Baz will launch us with his usual hate-filled ‘woke’ rant in order to wake up any travel-weary Stafford fans at Two. But there’s no way that he’s topping last week’s silence the crowd mic drop moment.

Two fifteen and it’s Senses time, with the band treating us to a half hour set. OR LONGER if you demand encores.

Three PM and it’s It’s the Hope That Kills You O’Clock as we all head out to celebrate an end of the season so good it’s created a no-snarky-jokes zone across the whole of Moston.

*Actually, it was I Wanna Be Adored.