Dave Worton
@daveworton.bsky.social
Co-runs UK punk label @cracklerecords.bsky.social. Harrogate Town fan, columnist and author of ‘For The Love Not The Glory’. Founder of Wolves zine ‘A Load Of Bull’ in a past life. Commoner in the present one. Punk, anarcho, indie pop and football. #MDANT.
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Dave Worton
@daveworton.bsky.social
· Nov 15
My book detailing Harrogate Town’s rise to the Football League is available from ledastraypress.bigcartel.com, Ebay and harrogatetownafcstore.co.uk/accessories-...
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Flame In Hand posters in chronological order #8: Fugazi, Karma Sutra, Joyce McKinney Experience - Leeds Duchess, Wednesday 30th November 1988.
August 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Flame In Hand posters in chronological order #8: Fugazi, Karma Sutra, Joyce McKinney Experience - Leeds Duchess, Wednesday 30th November 1988.
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Flame In Hand posters in chronological order #7: Christ On Parade, Thatcher On Acid, Shrapnel - Leeds Duchess, Monday 24th October 1988.
August 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Flame In Hand posters in chronological order #7: Christ On Parade, Thatcher On Acid, Shrapnel - Leeds Duchess, Monday 24th October 1988.
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Flame In Hand posters in chronological order #6: The Ex, Dog Faced Hermans, Jackdaw With Crowbar - Leeds Duchess, Tuesday 27th September 1988.
July 20, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Flame In Hand posters in chronological order #6: The Ex, Dog Faced Hermans, Jackdaw With Crowbar - Leeds Duchess, Tuesday 27th September 1988.
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Flame In Hand posters in chronological order #5: Scream, God, Visions Of Change - Leeds Duchess, Thursday 8th September 1988.
July 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Flame In Hand posters in chronological order #5: Scream, God, Visions Of Change - Leeds Duchess, Thursday 8th September 1988.
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Flame In Hand posters in chronological order #3: Thatcher On Acid, Joyce McKinney Experience, Active Minds - Leeds Duchess, Tuesday 19th July 1988. Thatcher On Acid had to cancel, so Crow People stepped in. We know we had #3 yesterday, but that should have been #4. Three days & we fucked up already.
July 16, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Flame In Hand posters in chronological order #3: Thatcher On Acid, Joyce McKinney Experience, Active Minds - Leeds Duchess, Tuesday 19th July 1988. Thatcher On Acid had to cancel, so Crow People stepped in. We know we had #3 yesterday, but that should have been #4. Three days & we fucked up already.
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Flame In Hand posters in chronological order #3: Bad Beach, Dan and Hotalacio - Leeds Duchess, Monday 29th August 1988.
July 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Flame In Hand posters in chronological order #3: Bad Beach, Dan and Hotalacio - Leeds Duchess, Monday 29th August 1988.
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Flame In Hand posters in chronological order #2: Generic, Gold Frankincense and Disk Drive, Shrapnel - Leeds Duchess, Tuesday 12th July 1988.
July 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Flame In Hand posters in chronological order #2: Generic, Gold Frankincense and Disk Drive, Shrapnel - Leeds Duchess, Tuesday 12th July 1988.
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A while ago, we started posting Flame In Hand posters in a fairly haphazard fashion. This is now an attempt to post all the ones we have in chronological order, one a day, starting with #1 - Ring, Crow People, The Next World - Leeds Duchess, Tuesday May 3rd, 1988.
July 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
A while ago, we started posting Flame In Hand posters in a fairly haphazard fashion. This is now an attempt to post all the ones we have in chronological order, one a day, starting with #1 - Ring, Crow People, The Next World - Leeds Duchess, Tuesday May 3rd, 1988.
CROW PEOPLE - Wasteland (Crackle 027).
2xLP with 8 page A5 booklet, A5 folded insert & download code - £20.
CD with 16 page booklet & download code - £10.
Available from www.cracklerecords.co.uk
There’s a link to Bandcamp also, but please buy it from our website if you can. A labour of love.
2xLP with 8 page A5 booklet, A5 folded insert & download code - £20.
CD with 16 page booklet & download code - £10.
Available from www.cracklerecords.co.uk
There’s a link to Bandcamp also, but please buy it from our website if you can. A labour of love.
July 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
CROW PEOPLE - Wasteland (Crackle 027).
2xLP with 8 page A5 booklet, A5 folded insert & download code - £20.
CD with 16 page booklet & download code - £10.
Available from www.cracklerecords.co.uk
There’s a link to Bandcamp also, but please buy it from our website if you can. A labour of love.
2xLP with 8 page A5 booklet, A5 folded insert & download code - £20.
CD with 16 page booklet & download code - £10.
Available from www.cracklerecords.co.uk
There’s a link to Bandcamp also, but please buy it from our website if you can. A labour of love.
Couldn’t be prouder of this one. Crow People are/were incredible. You can buy it from www.cracklerecords.co.uk and listen to a track whilst you’re there.
June 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Couldn’t be prouder of this one. Crow People are/were incredible. You can buy it from www.cracklerecords.co.uk and listen to a track whilst you’re there.
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We went to Blackburn for a football match, had no idea how to get to the ground from the station, so followed two people in Blackburn scarves who ‘looked like they knew where they were going’. They took us right around the town and into the McDonalds at the point where we’d started from.
June 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
We went to Blackburn for a football match, had no idea how to get to the ground from the station, so followed two people in Blackburn scarves who ‘looked like they knew where they were going’. They took us right around the town and into the McDonalds at the point where we’d started from.
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We can play football with a nation engaged in genocide. But we can't play football against trans people who have done nothing wrong. The Football Association is a disgrace.
1/ Today on the 1st day of pride month and the day before Emily’s birthday the FA ban on trans women in football starts.
This ban has broken my daughter in a way I didn’t think she could break. The pain and sorrow she felt at the end of her last game was soul destroying to witness.
This ban has broken my daughter in a way I didn’t think she could break. The pain and sorrow she felt at the end of her last game was soul destroying to witness.
June 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
We can play football with a nation engaged in genocide. But we can't play football against trans people who have done nothing wrong. The Football Association is a disgrace.
Crow People - Wasteland: Recordings 1985-1994 2xLP cover complete. Off to the pressing plant on Monday. 16 studio tracks, 12 unreleased.
March 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Crow People - Wasteland: Recordings 1985-1994 2xLP cover complete. Off to the pressing plant on Monday. 16 studio tracks, 12 unreleased.
This is what we’re working on currently on Crackle Records.
Been sent this original poster to use in the retrospectic Crow People LP/CD we’re planning. Currently working on old unreleased studio recordings. Crow People were a marvellous band hailing from Doncaster in the late 80s that never got the recognition their music deserved. More news as we have it.
February 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This is what we’re working on currently on Crackle Records.
Leeds’ Nervous Twitch playing one of their three chords on stage in York last night. Much better than a dull AOR-inspired Darling Buds.
February 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Leeds’ Nervous Twitch playing one of their three chords on stage in York last night. Much better than a dull AOR-inspired Darling Buds.
I know we loved Chopper and they were our first release, but sticking two fingers up to Crass nearly blew it for them …
Chopper in Ossett on the day of the recording of their first 7 inch in 1994.
February 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I know we loved Chopper and they were our first release, but sticking two fingers up to Crass nearly blew it for them …
Never let it be said that Crackle Records weren’t consummate professionals in everything we did …
One of our only photos of young London band Ripping Teeth.
February 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Never let it be said that Crackle Records weren’t consummate professionals in everything we did …
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No. 31: The Ex, Dog Faced Hermans, Jackdaw With Crowbar - Leeds Duchess, Tuesday 27th September 1988.
December 22, 2024 at 4:06 PM
No. 31: The Ex, Dog Faced Hermans, Jackdaw With Crowbar - Leeds Duchess, Tuesday 27th September 1988.
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No. 30: Servotron, Beachbuggy, Steward - Leeds Duchess, Friday May 1st 1998.
December 22, 2024 at 4:05 PM
No. 30: Servotron, Beachbuggy, Steward - Leeds Duchess, Friday May 1st 1998.
Catching up on these posts (been away a while)…
No. 29: Vandals, Assorted Jelly Beans, Scarper! - Leeds Duchess, Monday 5th April 1999.
February 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Catching up on these posts (been away a while)…
We’re in there somewhere❤️
January 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
We’re in there somewhere❤️
I'm none the wiser.
January 13, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I'm none the wiser.
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It’s five years since Robbie Keane’s little lad decided to bin off mascot duty… and grab the glory instead.
The celebration lasts a full 17 seconds. Sensational stuff.
The celebration lasts a full 17 seconds. Sensational stuff.
January 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
It’s five years since Robbie Keane’s little lad decided to bin off mascot duty… and grab the glory instead.
The celebration lasts a full 17 seconds. Sensational stuff.
The celebration lasts a full 17 seconds. Sensational stuff.
16cm and counting here...
January 5, 2025 at 11:45 AM
16cm and counting here...