I don’t think we ever told the story of Peter And The Cake did we @missoneminute? When we checked into our first hotel in Margate (the one a couple of doors down from the Albion Rooms), one or both of us was wearing a libs t-shirt, so the girl at reception noticed and told us that “he” (Peter is just “he” to everyone in Margate haha) goes to the hotel “when he’s hungry” and “steals all the cake”. We were a little concerned lol but she did clarify that he pays for the cake at least, haha, but she said something like he “scoops it up” which gave us a delightful mental image of him shovelling it all into a bag and disappearing with his haul, lol.

If you go into any establishment in Margate wearing libs attire, the staff are more than happy to regale you with plenty of anecdotes about Peter’s escapades around town! He’s a regular in the second hand shops, of course – as @missoneminute said in her post before, he’s bought up a bunch of mannequins, typewriters, and also record players that he keeps breaking and going back to buy more, lol. He’s clearly giving the local economy a real boost! I thought maybe people in the town would be annoyed by fans wandering around poking their noses in, but everyone is super friendly and welcoming and chatty, it’s such a lovely place. Carl’s chosen well!

CLUB NEWS | The Libertines To Attend FA Cup Tie

Margate FC are delighted to announce a number of special guests will be attending our Emirates FA Cup tie at Hartsdown Park this Saturday 8 September.

Ahead of their Sharabang gig at the Wheels and Fins Festival on Sunday, The Libertines will be catching The Gate in action, as they take on Horndean FC with kick-off scheduled at 3pm.

We are also delighted to reveal, the club will welcome the popular online football-based publication, Soccerbible to this weekend’s game. Soccerbible will be interviewing the band and finding out more about Margate FC during their visit.

CLUB NEWS | The Libertines To Attend FA Cup Tie

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Very short interview clip with Peter and Carl from Steve Lamacq’s 25 at 25 retrospective of his career so far at the BBC. Also has intro from Steve about the band then.

Peter: This is Carl, he plays guitar and sings.
Carl: This is Peter, he plays guitar. We’re all from-
Peter: Pandemonia… We’ve lied about it so often, it’s difficult to remember exactly how we did meet. But we can’t lie to the BBC, can we? …It seems like every man and his dog in Poplar has been in the Libertines, we’ve had a fair few members come and go, different residencies, different clubs in London, putting on different nights. Other bands.
Carl: Under many different names.
Peter: It’s been a pretty sordid affair really.