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Some acts are answers to questions you hadn’t thought to ask. Take Spank Hair, for example: the answer to the question, “what if Napoleon Dynamite’s brother Kip listened to a lot of American Football records and formed a band?”

Their Bandcamp strapline, “Just another twinkly emo band”, is on point. Sure enough, the trio have a song that narrates romantic tribulations through references to Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3, and frontman Luke Allmond admits to being a little taken aback when the Cardiff crowd meet his mention of their hometown, Oxford, with some jocular booing. But there’s just enough crunch and bite to stay the right side of dweeby tweemo, and putting the boot into Jeff Bezos is always going to earn approval.

Headliners Toodles & The Hectic Pity are in many respects more of the same: the sort of punk band whose merch desk features badges, zines and bumper stickers as well as vinyl, whose guitarist (Callum McAllister) pauses between songs to push his glasses back up the bridge of his nose, and who are far too well-mannered to generate anything approximating a pit.

McAllister’s electric acoustic lends the Bristolian threesome an added dimension, though, as evidenced on Every Night Is A Beautiful Night, a slip of a song about a cat, and yelpy jiggers like Ducks are always going to go down well in the city that took Los Campesinos! to its heart. “This feels like a hometown show,” McAllister beams, with some justification.

The upbeat mood is apt. This might be promoters DIY Cardiff’s last ever show, but it’s a celebration, not a wake. McAllister thanks them for putting Toodles on “in the early days, when we were shit” – a jokey comment that nevertheless speaks volumes. The likes of DIY Cardiff are among the unsung heroes of local music scenes, putting on shows (often at significant personal effort and indeed personal expense) and giving fledgling bands the opportunity to discover, develop and hone their sound as well as find a fanbase. It’s a vital role, and one that deserves greater recognition and respect.

Toodles & The Hectic Pity + Spank Hair, Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Sat 16 May

words and photos BEN WOOLHEAD

The series also delves into the racist abuse faced by players when they miss these penalties, like Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka after the team’s exit from the Euros 2020.

And the name of the BBC drama is reference to the opening line of a heartfelt letter penned by Southgate in which the former manager explains what matters is more than the result of a game: “It’s about how we conduct ourselves on and off the pitch, how we bring people together, how we inspire and unite”.

Graham says he found the letter and “the aspiration to be decent and to be good” very moving.

Jodie Whittaker, known for Doctor Who and Toxic Town, feels the story is particularly important in the lead up to the next World Cup in July because “no matter the outcome, those young men and that entire coaching staff deserve the utmost respect”.

Actor Joseph Fiennes, known for Young Sherlock and Shakespeare in Love, who plays Southgate, adds: “Hopefully this gives us an insight into what it’s like to take a penalty, to lose a penalty, the ramifications of that.”

He adds: “I don’t want the team to lose, but I think as a nation, as players, as fans, sometimes we have to learn to lose and get better at it because that’s an inevitability of the game. And I hope that people can do that with respect.”

Under the terms of the order, which was made after police presented evidence of behaviour associated with stalking, Foley cannot attempt to contact him or attend venues where he is playing, and she must not create or distribute social media posts about the singer.