It Was This or Football was the intended debut album by British ska

Ska

Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...

 and indie band Kid British

Kid British

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. The album was originally scheduled to be released via Mercury Records

Mercury Records

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 in two halves, like a football match - this idea was inspired by the title of the album - and the first half was released as an EP

Extended play

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 on 20 July 2009.

However the second half of the album has since been cancelled. The band confirmed on their Facebook

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 page that they have been recording new tracks for the album and a new full version of It Was This Or Football would be released in Summer 2010. It has since been announced that the band's next album will instead be called To Get Nowhere, Follow the Crowd, and is due for release in October 2010.

In building up promotion for the release of the album, the band supported The Enemy

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 and The Specials

The Specials

The Specials are an English 2 Tone ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry, England. Their music combines a "danceable ska and rocksteady beat with punk's energy and attitude", and had a "more focused and informed political and social stance" than other ska groups...

on UK tours.

The first half of the album reached #67 in the UK Albums Chart.

First Half

1. "Elizabeth"
2. "Our House is Dadless"
3. "She Will Leave"
4. "Part Time Job/Shirt & Tie"
5. "Reaction"
6. "Cosmopolitan"

Full Version

The original tracklisting was as follows:

1. "Elizabeth"
2. "Rum Boys"
3. "Our House is Dadless"
4. "Sunny Days"
5. "Lost In London"
6. "Reaction"
7. "She Will Leave"
8. "Delivery Man"
9. "Drive Thru"
10. "Gorgeous"
11. "Gonna Be Alright"
12. "Cosmopolitan"

This was listed in online shops and sent out as review copies in 2009.