Showing posts with label Pink Floyd Football Club. Show all posts
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Sunday, December 20, 2020

Pink Floyd Football Club

Pink Floyd Football Club
January 1972

An interesting article (in Italian) about the Pink Floyd Football Club (PFFC), also known as the 'First Eleven', made up of the band, colleagues, and wives (who formed the cheerleading section). During the early 1970s football was a major passion of the band, and they routinely played matches against other amateur clubs, including a team of 'Marxists' from northern London whom the PFFC defeated, 4 - 0. 

According to Nick Mason's book Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd, the below photo was taken in January 1972 on the occasion of a match against a band called the 'Family'.
Back row, left to right: Nick Mason, Roger Waters, Peter Watts (roadie and father of actress Naomi Watts), 'Liverpool Bobby' (roadie) Andrew Max (lighting technician), David Gilmour, Storm Thorgerson (album cover artist, co-founder of the Hipgnosis studio), Rick Wright. Front row, left to right: Warwick McCredie (tour manager), Puddie Watts (mother of actress Naomi Watts), Jenny McCredie, Ginger Gilmour, Gai Powell (wife of Hipgnosis co-founder Aubrey Powell), Chris Adamson (road manager), Judy Waters, Tony Howard (agent)