The Programme
From the Terraces
A slow-read journal from the clubhouse, the stands and the still room — 46 dispatches and counting.
Latest dispatch · 13 June 2023
Charge Your Glasses - Football in 1952
The recent passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth caused the postponement of a weekend of football fixtures. Strangely, this did not happen in 1952, when her father King George died. Seven decades ago, who were the champions of football in Britain and which te
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13 June 2023
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13 June 2023
Charge Your Glasses - Scotland
Over 150 years, football has been a national pastime in Scotland, however well or miserably the national team are doing. We recommend dark berry vodka, packaged in a branded bottle, to toast the popularity of the game and, perhaps, the qualification for the 20
19 September 2022
Big Games – week commencing September 19
Men’s football continues its berserk season with a series of disguised World Cup warm-up games this week and next: Wales are in Belgium and at home to Poland, while England travel to Italy then host (of all nations!) Germany in what is sure to be a tribute to
14 September 2022
Charge Your Glasses – Brentford v Arsenal
The Brentford Community Stadium opened in 2021 just in time to see Premier League football for the first time. The Bees had been promoted during the pandemic-shortened 2020/21 season, with manager Thomas Frank galvanising the team and Ivan Toney whacking in th
13 September 2022
Big Games - week commencing September 12
Fully 16 months after winning the biggest European competition, Thomas Tuchel has been dismissed as Chelsea manager. He follows Antonio Conte and Jose Mourinho (twice!) out of the revolving doors of the manager’s office. The first league game for Graham Potter
7 September 2022
Charge Your Glasses - Leeds United v Nottingham Forest
There has been a lot of chatter about the 30-year anniversary of the breakaway Premier League. In Summer 1992, 22 clubs split from the Football League and took their ball with them, forming a division where there was more TV money and razzamatazz and you also
5 September 2022
Big Games – week commencing September 5
As European competitions begin in this busy 2022/23 season, it will be incredibly important for those picking the side to manage a squad and to give enough rest to the superstars. This will alleviate stress for international managers (and, by extension, FIFA)
1 September 2022
Charge Your Glasses – Middlesbrough v Sunderland
The city on the Tees and the city on the Wear, so often in the shadow of the industrial heartland of the river Tyne, both boast fine football clubs and enormous local support. In one of those twists football throws up, the second game in the dugout for new Sun
30 August 2022
Big Games – week commencing August 29
This season, those sides in continental competition must cram their group fixtures into nine weeks. Thus until early November, excepting the international break in September, it will be usual for many clubs to have a midweek-weekend schedule. In this case, the
24 August 2022
Charge Your Glasses – Nottingham Forest v Tottenham
In 1992, Tottenham Hotspur poached Teddy Sheringham from Nottingham Forest in the middle of the 1992/93 season. He would form part of the exciting Famous Five along with Jurgen Klinsmann, Ilie Dumitrescu, Nick Barmby and Darren Anderton. Meanwhile, Forest were
22 August 2022
Big Games – Week Commencing August 22
There’s a new book out this month called Red on Red, which looks at the ‘fiercest rivalry in world football’ between Manchester United and Liverpool. Much of the build-up to this Monday night’s fixture (Monday 22) has focussed on the way United have collapsed
16 August 2022
Charge Your Glasses – Stoke City v Sunderland
They both play in red and white stripes and play pivotal roles in their communities. Their biggest successes came before the modern era but they met in the Premier League for a decade between 2008 and 2017. This weekend, Stoke and Sunderland come up against ea
15 August 2022
Big Games – week commencing August 15
The fixture computer has thrown up some Bohemian Brands derbies, which take place between teams who have branded drinks available as gifts. Two of them are North of the border, as Edinburgh clubs play Glasgow clubs. Saturday lunchtime’s match is another Fringe
10 August 2022
Charge Your Glasses: Brighton v Newcastle
Since big money has come into elite football, clubs place importance on figures which were not even dreamed about in the olden days. It used to be that the core staff to support the players were the trainer, coach or physio. They were almost as important in th
9 August 2022
Big Games – week commencing August 8
It’s easy to look at the week’s fixtures and spotlight the one on Sunday at 4.30pm. It’s a Premier League staple which has been held since the biggest 22 sides split from the English Football League back in 1992. Two of the ever-present six clubs – the others
4 August 2022
Charge Your Glasses – Hearts v Hibs
Seventy-five years ago in 1947, the Edinburgh International Festival launched as a way to bring culture and the arts back to a ravaged Europe. The city was picked for the quantity of concert halls and outdoor venues for classical music, ballet and drama. The F
1 August 2022
Big Games – week commencing August 1
The 2022/23 season will be interrupted by the World Cup.
25 May 2022
Charge Your Glasses – Arsenal 89
Charge Your Glasses – Arsenal 89 In 1992, football in England changed. There were three reasons for it: The Taylor Report, which recommended safer, all-seater stadia and ultimately persuaded a newly merged satellite TV company to risk its future on flogging
23 May 2022
Big Games – Season Review 2021/22
In the next week, four big matches take place: a repeat of the 2018 Champions League final involving Liverpool and Real Madrid; Roma v Feyenoord in the first Conference League final; and two domestic play-offs to decide who goes up to the Premier League (Hudde
17 May 2022
Charge Your Glasses – Arsenal v Everton 1998
Highbury. May 3 1998. Tony Adams, Arsenal captain, is through on the Everton goal. His team are already 3-0 up and have wrapped up the Premier League on the final day of the season. Adams played at the back next to Martin Keown, with the pair between Lee Dixon
16 May 2022
Big Games – week commencing May 16 2022
It’s the time of year known to all football fans as ‘the end of the domestic season’. Ordinarily these fans would expect a World Cup to follow but, given that in Doha temperatures are set to top 100 degrees Fahrenheit this week, it is not prudent to hold a foo
10 May 2022
Charge Your Glasses – Leeds United v Chelsea
In 1970, Leeds United and Chelsea cancelled each other out at Wembley Stadium. A 2-2 draw in the FA Cup final after 120 minutes of football led to the first replay since before the Great War. After another 120 minutes, Chelsea took the trophy after a David Web
9 May 2022
Big Games – week commencing May 9
The English Football League season has entered the play-off stage. Sunderland fans have already seen their team’s 47th game of their League One season, coming up against Sheffield Wednesday last Friday and taking a 1-0 lead into the second leg tonight (Monday)
4 May 2022
Charge Your Glasses – UEFA Champions League semi-final
A departure for this week’s Charge Your Glasses piece as the focus is not on a club or a meeting between two old foes, but on a fixture in every football season: the UEFA Champions League semi-final. Well, almost every season. In 1991/92, the European Cup chan
3 May 2022
Big Games – week commencing May 2
This week sees the second leg of the semi-finals of European competition, which is also the subject of Wednesday’s piece on this site. Looking at the history of the game which decides the finalists, there have been plenty of exciting and invigorating matches a
27 April 2022
Charge Your Glasses: Sunderland
They are called the Mackems because ‘we mack ‘em and you tack ‘em’ was a famous phrase when Sunderland was a shipbuilding city. Today, the football team can be found in the third tier of English football and on Netflix too. Production company Fulwell 73 have m
25 April 2022
Big Games – week commencing April 25
It’s another European week, with the first leg of the semi-finals of the three main continental tournaments. Incredibly, though unsurprisingly, British clubs are represented in all three of them: Manchester City meet the great 13-time winners Real Madrid and L
19 April 2022
Charge Your Glasses: Arsenal v Man Utd
Since the Premier League formed, there have been several evergreen fixtures: the North London derby between Spurs and Arsenal; the London derby between Chelsea and Spurs; the Merseyside derby between Liverpool and Everton; the North-West derby contested by a t
18 April 2022
Big Games – week commencing April 18
Without the victory over Manchester United this month, Everton really would be in despair. Fortunately they go into their renowned local derby with the city’s red-shirted side with those three valuable points. The match is at Fortress Anfield, so it looks like
13 April 2022
Charge Your Glasses: Spurs v Brighton
In 1997, Tottenham Hotspur were owned by Alan Sugar and were a solid if functional Premier League side. Goals came from Chris Armstrong, Les Ferdinand and Jürgen Klinsmann, while David Ginola and Darren Anderton were on the wings, dancing through defences with
10 April 2022
Big Games – week commencing April 11 2022
This week sees the Scottish Premiership split into two halves. For fans of English football: imagine if after 38 games of the Premier League season there was a sort of play-off between the top six and the bottom six and after five more games we would find out
6 April 2022
Charge Your Glasses: Forest v Birmingham
Away from London and the north-west, it can be argued that the Midlands is the other great hotbed of English football. As part of his series of books on English football’s ‘Turf Wars’, author Steve Tongue has had to split the area into East and West Midlands.
4 April 2022
Big Games – week commencing April 4 2022
It’s a big week for the Arsenal, who have two winnable games as they chase down Chelsea in the quest for third place. They were helped massively by Brentford who beat their foes 4-1 on Saturday. Arsenal's Resurgence in the Premier League Arsenal have resurrect
29 March 2022
Charge Your Glasses – Rangers v Celtic
Ask anyone in the world what the definitive fixture in Scottish football is and, with apologies to Hearts v Hibs, it’s the Glasgow derby. The latest edition happens this Sunday at noon, where Ibrox will once more host Celtic. The Hoops will return the favour o
28 March 2022
Big Games – week commencing March 28 2022
Squeeze-yer-bum time, or squeaky-bum time? Apparently the journalists who were at the press conference when these words were said took a vote and the latter took it five to four. Thus does Alex Ferguson’s term for the close season get wheeled out every springt
3 December 2021
Meet our New Arrivals!
We are always working hard to develop new products, and we are very excited to announce that we have just launched a whole host of new vodka and gin products!
26 November 2021
What to buy for someone who is leaving?
Deciding on the perfect present is often a challenge, especially if you are tasked with buying a leaving present. Keep reading to find the perfect leaving present
26 November 2021
The Ultimate Gift for Football Fans
If you have a football mad friend, relative or partner then the team at Bohemian Brands have got the ultimate gift for football fans for any occasion!
26 November 2021
What to buy the man who has everything?
We’ve got a great range of spirits for the man who has everything and to make your life even easier, add a wooden gift box, and we will pack it for you!
26 November 2021
The Ultimate Gin and Tonic
Gin & Tonic is an absolute classic and a firm favourite for many. This blog will talk about all things gin, tonic and garnishes, so you can create The Ultimate Gin and Tonic
16 October 2021
3 Boozy Halloween Cocktail Recipes
Halloween is fast approaching, and who says it's just for the kids! We’ve got 3 fantastic boozy cocktails for you and your friends to enjoy!
15 October 2021
Celebrate your team with our football vodka
We know how important your team is to you, which is why we have created two eye-catching bottle designs. Both our classic pewter and crystal edition bottle designs make perfect vodka gifts
15 October 2021
Upgrade your home bar with our range of spirits
We all had a lot of extra time to spend at home during lockdown, and for many, that meant a chance to build a bar or pub in their back gardens. How would you like to upgrade your home bar with our range of Vodka Gifts?
21 December 2019
Why We Crafted The Arsenal 89 Limited Anniversary Edition Whisky
When Arsenal FC scored their legendary last-minute goal against Liverpool on 26th May 1989 in Anfield, it was cause for jubilation. And 30 years later, we wanted to celebrate this landmark achievement in style.
13 November 2019
The Ultimate Leeds United Gift Set Is Now In Stock
Leeds United FC and Bohemian Brands are proud to announce the Official Leeds United FC Premium Gin & Vodka Collection.