Sir Elton John's love and wealth of football knowledge revealed x That Peter Crouch Podcast

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Over the years we have had some big names on the podcast, but it is safe to say that Sir Elton John could be up there with the biggest and best one yet (move over Prince William)
Crouchy, Chris and Starkie leave the pub this week and take a trip down to Chris’ stomping ground - Watford. Here they met up with global icon and former majority shareholder of Watford F.C to get an insight on one man’s love of football and his old pal Graham Taylor.
In his new book, ‘Watford Forever’ Sir Elton details Watford’s meteoric rise up the football pyramid to some of their most memorable moments and missed opportunities - and he is as every bit as entertaining as you would expect him to be.
So sit back, dig out your best pair of shades and enjoy this week’s That Peter Crouch Podcast.
00:00 Elton John's Podcast Introduction
02:27 Vicarage Road Experience
04:59 Pre-match nerves
06:40 Festive Football 11s and Listeners' Messages
09:54 Managerial Habits and Football Nostalgia
15:27 Sir Elton John
20:11 Community in Football
21:32 Club Ownership
23:21 Relationship with Graham Taylor
24:57 Favourite Players
26:21 Scouting & Development
27:31 FA Cup Memories
29:20 Watford Forever
30:56 Cherished Career Moments
32:19 Football & Financial Changes
39:40 Beyond Music
47:34 Chairman's Influence on Game Days
52:21 Anecdotes of Football Club Owners
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@agskytter8977 5 ай бұрын

I was at an Elton John concert in Norway when Watford was promoted to top level. Elton got the message during the concert and it transformed in to a 3 hour party 🙂

@xkukkzugerx 4 ай бұрын

Must've been a magical concert! Where in Norway was it?

@agskytter8977 4 ай бұрын

@@xkukkzugerx Drammenshallen. Drammen, 40km south of Oslo.

@Cian-ph1cv 4 ай бұрын

Today I was telling my wife how Elton John grew up near me and then this comes on. Grew up in south oxhey and went school near hatch end, everyone knew about Elton growing up in Pinner. Peter Andre to

@cliffey7969 5 ай бұрын

How Roque Santa Cruz has missed out on the Christmas XI I do not know. He's been waiting his whole career for the call up and he's out. Disgusting...

@MW-ml5eq 4 ай бұрын

Awesome interview. I was at an Elton John concert in 2022 at Vicorage Road. Front row. The energy was phenomenal. You could feel his love for Watford

@OnTheHeadFootballLive 5 ай бұрын

what a guest, love the passion he has for football, national hero ❤

@WTG20233 5 ай бұрын

And a legend

@dannoscfc 5 ай бұрын

He’s definitely not a national hero

@henrysmith883 5 ай бұрын

@@dannoscfcYes he is. Whats your problem. Working class kid who became one of the greatest artists of his generation. Massive star. Has given hundreds of millions to HIV/AIDS through his foundation.

@JKribbit 4 ай бұрын

Global hero. Got to watch him live 4 years ago in Thailand. Rocked the concert for 3.5 hrs non-stop. Legend

@BobVance529 5 ай бұрын

Looking at him, you wouldn’t think he’d be a multi million record selling pop star! Legend. Came across very humble on this.

@robertlangley1664 Ай бұрын

Thanks Elton for all the great memories,wish you were still our chairman

@SuntoryKick 5 ай бұрын

Crazy guest to have. There's pretty much no bigger star you could get. EJ is absolute legend.

@paulself8698 2 ай бұрын

A true football fan, good on him.

@fillrobs7726 5 ай бұрын

I used to play for Barclays Bank 9's (progressed to 6's as the club shrank) at Eailng next to the North Korean embasy - often the ball went over the fence into the garden - the side gate was usually unlocked and we just went in and got it!

@eightiesmusic1984 5 ай бұрын

Brave. The barbers round the corner offering Kim haircuts received a visit from the embassy who were not pleased.

@olimauricestromberg93 5 ай бұрын

Great story 😂

@mickbooth5890 5 ай бұрын

Proper football fan. Some other club owners should watch this interview and see what owning a club is really about. Nice mention of chesterfield too.up the spireites 🔵⚪

@Toracube 5 ай бұрын

Awesome interview. Elton is not just an owner, but a true fan.

@richardsands 5 ай бұрын

I'm another Pinner boy, lifelong Watford fan. Great to hear Sir Elton's still enjoying football, and suffering along with the rest of us recently... True legend of music and the game.

@felicitybolt7607 5 ай бұрын

Elton John has bought a treadmill for his pet rabbit... It's a little fit bunny.

@NautiusMaximus 5 ай бұрын

Dreadful

@felicitybolt7607 5 ай бұрын

@@NautiusMaximus gotta have your critics

@FACELOWNER 5 ай бұрын

Well it is panto season...... WHERE'S ELTON.!!!! "He's behind you..!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣

@RandomnessTube. 4 ай бұрын

It's a boyhood dream for any man to buy their local club that they watched as a kid Elton is living that dream if you like his music or not you have to respect that.

@joshdonnelly2141 5 ай бұрын

The word legend just doesn’t cut it.

@markdavis8430 5 ай бұрын

Elton knows his football 👌 A pure living legend EJ

@66meikou 5 ай бұрын

My Dad was an Elton John fan and he got me into his music back in the 70's. Dad was also a Watford fan. He told me of the time he wen to Watford with my Grandad and there was a Pat Jennings playing in goal for Watford. My dad said to My Grandad, he won't be here long. I have many fond memories of my Dad and I going to watch Watford. I'd always gee him up to go when they were playing Ipswich as that's my team. More often than not, we got stuffed. We walk back to a pub near the train station, have a couple of pints and go home. Elton John put Watford on the radar and appointing Graham Taylor was a stroke of genius.

@felicitybolt7607 5 ай бұрын

14:57-20:18 stick the kettle on lads it’s brew dog time

@tonylaine2108 5 ай бұрын

The Peter Crouch advert podcast.

@felicitybolt7607 5 ай бұрын

@@tonylaine2108 init, getting like QVC

@amac2675 5 ай бұрын

In the 90’s Elton was recording something at Teddington Studios, down the road from where we lived. My friend’s Dad was a technician/engineer at the studios and he made a frantic call home to say, ‘Elton John might be coming over to watch the Watford game on Sky.’ as there was nowhere else to watch it. In the end he found somewhere else to watch it, but my god, for that half an hour we were buzzing! (Good thing too, as my mate’s house was a bit of a hovel (despite having Sky). 😅)

@orbiterlover 5 ай бұрын

There’s a heartwarming story in Elton’s autobiography from early Watford owner days and at height of his fame. On one away game, he drank all the expensive liquor from the other Chairman’s office. People weren’t happy, and Elton got told off like a naughty schoolboy by Graham Taylor. Essentially, he was able to be a diva and do what he wanted everywhere else, but at Watford he was kept grounded and in check.

@jaynebradley5743 5 ай бұрын

My dentist plays the KZfaq pod in his waiting room. It really does have a calming effect! Concentrating on the content takes your mind off the sound of the drill 😂😂

@samprizeman4509 5 ай бұрын

I’ve always been worried about going to the dentist’s, until one new dentist was always playing UB40 (a band i love) on a stereo in the corner. Instantly put me at ease, I know it’s different, but also a similar effect

@mikemattocks9044 5 ай бұрын

It’s clear to see Elton’s passion, knowledge and insight is genuine.

@simongilliat2205 4 ай бұрын

Lovely chat. I had the pleasure of knowing Elton back in the 80s. Genuinely nice guy

@JamesMc2051 5 ай бұрын

Elton is a legend. He did football ownership the romantic way too. Take a club down the divisions and make them into a top side.

@nigelhaines7900 5 ай бұрын

Nice to hear someone make sense talking about football gd old Elton

@I3lakBlade 5 ай бұрын

What a guest, looking forward to this episode chaps!

@MrTerryb1956 5 ай бұрын

The best one so far Elton is a bloody legend in every word

@poolhall9632 4 ай бұрын

In the early 90s, we used to ride our bikes over to Watford to go to the wave pool... best memories. I recall the newsagents at the end of the lane had a giant inflatable banana hanging from the ceiling that said Watford on it.

@dash7148 5 ай бұрын

Brilliant, honestly, listening to Elton, I realise that, in many ways, he is just like us…..but with extraordinary talent

@michaelfawole9974 5 ай бұрын

Wow, the man's all round knowledge about football is amazing!

@SachaNoordin 5 ай бұрын

Top top man is Sir Elton

@joekennedy4559 5 ай бұрын

So happy there’s finally a Watford focused episode. COYH 🐝🐝

@Knightley79 5 ай бұрын

Great episode! Absolutely flew by!

@kri5tian406 5 ай бұрын

You guys are absolutely brilliant. honestly. That part of the pod with the smoking and what not. Phenomenal. Love it lads! Such great chemistry.

@andyhello23 16 күн бұрын

John barnes played for sudbury Stuart pearce played for stonebridge Paul merson grew up in harlesden Luther blisset went to my high school Cyril regis went to my brothers school North west london had alot of good players who grew up there. Alot of them would of been drawn to elton johns watford in those years. Amazing what times elton john had at watford during the 1980s, a good team they had back then. Another one of my brothers went to the school where grange hill was first filmed

@OJSCollectables 5 ай бұрын

What an episode 👏

@honestmcgyver 4 ай бұрын

Whilst not a music fan of EJ, I listened to the audiobook of his autobiography. The stories and details re Watford period are great as are some of the 70s and 80s rock n roll stuff. Some great stories and definitely on the old list of a bloke you’d want to have a pint with

@QueerChica 5 ай бұрын

Lived in south China for a few years. There's no smoking ban there, and it took some getting used to x

@nohmanahmed4463 5 ай бұрын

No way What the Ledgend on yutube wow my cold cold heart LOVE EJ❤

@user-qu3ke9od6c 5 ай бұрын

Shame it was only 17 mins with Elton!

@postmads1974 5 ай бұрын

Love Elton to bits, but had to giggle a little when he said you can't buy that for money, when he did just that!

@phoeniiiix 5 ай бұрын

I won't lie. Ive been sent by John Nelis. Had no idea Crouch hosted a podcast!

@raystephens1142 5 ай бұрын

Capital C FFS!

@phoeniiiix 5 ай бұрын

@@raystephens1142 chill bro.

@raystephens1142 5 ай бұрын

I’d had a few but was defo joking…

@MartinParnham 5 ай бұрын

Pedants corner with that "Horse whisperer" story: They mention it wasn't a good season and Bilic was sacked soon after but also says it was at Upton Park. It could be genuine confusion but we'd moved to the Stratford bowl by then (Bilic's second season) and his first season was the last one at UP, which was actually a pretty good season, except the last month or so.

@james2156 4 ай бұрын

The way he talks about interviewing graham taylor is mad, like Mr. Taylor was interviewing him, I am sure Taylor didn't feel that way!

@curtisjones5602 5 ай бұрын

Need a episode on top funniest moments and show clips,would be hilarious!

@The__sultan 5 ай бұрын

Long haul truck driver /owner operator in North America. Easy miles with u lot on.

@CasperLD 5 ай бұрын

Great podcast 👏 👌

@johndoran3239 5 ай бұрын

Mighty

@victoriabitter11 5 ай бұрын

I live in Pinner great place to live

@benjackson1509 5 ай бұрын

On the smoking off topic, topic.....I worked in the Hospitality industry when the smoking ban came in so saw both sides of it. It's actually crazy thinking it was allowed back then when you look back now but I remember turning the lights on after a wedding function etc. and the top half of the room would just be thick with smoke. Used to come home absolutely stinking of smoke too and as a non smoker always wondered how many cigarettes I passively smoked!

@eightiesmusic1984 5 ай бұрын

200 minimum. I moved seats several times in France this summer outside on terraces due to smoke being blown in my direction. I know it is allowed outside but I still think it is so anti social. Thank goodness have never smoked. It is still much more prevalent in France than the UK. As for obesity, that was an eye opener. France has lost the plot with the fast food. No more the thin nation of the past.

@LOW3beats 5 ай бұрын

Ryan giggs in blankets lol :D

@terry5123 5 ай бұрын

Great content why don’t you get Robert plant on to talk all wolves in the 70s I went to see a testimonial gig at the civic hall Wolverhampton it was for David wood field who had been a great servant at wolves then he moved to Watford it was rumoured that Elton John would make an appearance which he did he came on the stage to thank the people in attendance and to our delight a piano was wheeled on Elton said he would sing his hits with the piano being the only musical instrument on stage I’ve never forgotten this he was magnificent

@MIKE-TYTHON 5 ай бұрын

Mad how they got him

@triplethraet 5 ай бұрын

epiiic

@Isaac-nb9ev 5 ай бұрын

Please get Tony pulis on the pod lads

@kevindavies2066 5 ай бұрын

Brilliant, however the Harry Redknapp/Robert Prozineski story is very similar to the Brian Clough/John Robertson one from many years previously.

@joshuakerr4247 5 ай бұрын

Petr Cech the halls...

@dankeeday39 5 ай бұрын

Missing out Harry 'Candy' Kane was criminal.

@pistonfan11 5 ай бұрын

Adam Fa-La-La-La-La La-La Lallana

@Italiamapping 5 ай бұрын

Hi Peter

@jonathanburn4388 5 ай бұрын

"Ryan Giggs is his brothers blankets"

@trevorgiddings3053 5 ай бұрын

Should have asked him about Luton’s rise from the conference to the Premiership.

@carlbrooks8005 5 ай бұрын

I am a Carl and I just subscribed - but where you talking to Karl? those with a K are a bit of a C**t

@marcomolinero5877 4 ай бұрын

"We've been on your back quite a bit" lol😂

@almbr 4 ай бұрын

Chris had his ears lowered?

@PastaRiiCe123 5 ай бұрын

Elton John episode that doesn't start until 30 minutes in on Spotify 🙄

@AstonTheVillaFan 5 ай бұрын

I’m really over the beer descriptions now 😅

@user-wm9gb5ri9d 5 ай бұрын

you know who sent me its jhon nellis

@user-pc9du2hv4k 5 ай бұрын

Big respect for Sir Elton, but im not sure him giving the team talk for the 84 cup final would have changed much. That Everton team was a great side who would the next season be champions. (From a liverpool fan).

@FlatDerrick 5 ай бұрын

Something about the way those West Ham stories are written says to me it's Gary Firmager aka OLAS boss - the former editor/owner of the Over Land and Sea fanzine.

@wetflannel6343 4 ай бұрын

Love crouch nd that bit having brewdog as a sponsor when they cant even pay thier staff a proper living wage is disgusting when the ceo is on millions

@jamesburke2094 5 ай бұрын

not sure he's quite on the money about young players in the xi there are so many it's impossible to put them all in key is to go out on loan against mature players, develops their game enormously

@mamo4678 4 күн бұрын

That's what he's saying. Get them playing time!

@willreidy5851 4 ай бұрын

Get back involved at the club, Elton. Come on, mate.

@cooperman78mc 5 ай бұрын

Should have had Angel Gabriel Jesus and Jesus Navidad

@SlytherinsConspiracies 4 ай бұрын

why would he de-sud that beer with the index finger???

@lukashbeeharry5127 5 ай бұрын

Elton John was great ! You guys are carrying Chris Stark though.

@jack8988 5 ай бұрын

Facts 💯

@ryanmay7654 5 ай бұрын

Nah he's a top host.

@eddytruelove327 5 ай бұрын

get statman dave back on for a 1 time special

@djsanti4446 5 ай бұрын

slagging off smoking but not alcohol. nice

@rmt1994 5 ай бұрын

Paul Ince Pies

@davidlasoff8261 5 ай бұрын

Get Wolves fan Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin on!!

@comeconcon569 2 ай бұрын

And all this science, I don't understand, it's just my job five days a week, a rocket, maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan, rocket man.

@tommoomeara6130 5 ай бұрын

Kit man

@jamiewm 5 ай бұрын

Really nice of Crouchy to invite his Nan along for a chat 🥴

@JRLeemo 5 ай бұрын

Should be Santa Clausola

@mattinterweb 4 ай бұрын

Sort ya sound out lads.

@QueerChica 5 ай бұрын

Good to see a queer icon on the show ❤️🏳️‍🌈 looking forward to this x

@patrickmcauley151 4 ай бұрын

Big nappy boy John

@Creees 5 ай бұрын

Where is Elton John ?

@claudepelletier4745 5 ай бұрын

20:25

@marcomolinero5877 4 ай бұрын

I bet he liked the 80s most with those short shorts

@painbow6528 4 ай бұрын

But does he take David Furnish up the Arsenal?

@GTiR23 4 ай бұрын

Top bants mate.

@painbow6528 4 ай бұрын

@@GTiR23 Cheers mate.

@WTG20233 5 ай бұрын

Now Elton has retired from touring it’s actually great to see him do the things he loves

@faizanytmf5 5 ай бұрын

@johnnellis

@Cristiano-Is-Number1 5 ай бұрын

@johnnellis