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[Albion] Clubs anthem
- Thread starter The Major
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Knocky's Nose
Mon nez est retiré.
Looked amazing from the West.
jonny.rainbow
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- Oct 29, 2005
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On the Ball City (Norwich) and Goodnight Irene (Bristol Rovers) are both older songs.
jonny.rainbow
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- Oct 29, 2005
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Now’s not the time for clapping, now put your hands away…
- Jul 10, 2003
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Something I was thinking yesterday, when was it first sung at the Goldstone ? IIRC it was certainly sung mid 60's when I first went
Peacehaven Wild Kids
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Dave the OAP
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On another tack about songs and the like……have we a “ song” for the. Ole ole oleeeeeeeeey, ole ole oleeeeeeeeee. Song that so many teams have words for?
just heard the arse singing a version and then the chelski doing the same…of course and Liverpool.
now we are “ big boys” I think we should have our own version.
just heard the arse singing a version and then the chelski doing the same…of course and Liverpool.
now we are “ big boys” I think we should have our own version.
Swimboy64
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- Oct 19, 2022
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I agree it is a bit cheap having the words on the screen but it turns out that the majority of fans now know the words which I guess is a good thing,every cloud etc but I do agree with you.
Possibly - although the antecedents for Goodnight Irene are a bit vague https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodnight,_Irene
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
Allez Allez works a lot better when you've won something along the way to boast about in the lyrics.
That said, if you can get a rhyme going with Community Shield, white cup final suits, missing cash, losing the Goldstone and Hereford then fill yer boots.
Mackenzie
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I agree. Does my head in.
Lindfield by the Pond
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Not with too much clapping, but applaud the sentiments
Gazwag
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We were champions of England
A long long time ago
And champions of Sussex
More times than most would know
We moan about the words
That are put up on the screen
And taking tops from our bottles
Really is obscene
Allez allez allez...........
The Colonel
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- Sep 4, 2023
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I don't even like Mull of Kintyre as a song, but somehow it really works at Forest. It always sounds good.
BluesRockDJ
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- Jan 24, 2020
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I must be in the minority that goes to the Amex to watch a game of football, not join in with singing anything before kick off ?
We don’t even win the South Coast battle on that front - the ‘Portsmouth’ tune that Pompey run out to dates to the 1700s apparently.
(Only know because Colin Murray was talking about it on 5Live this morning!)
- Apr 19, 2018
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Newcastle’s Blaydon Races was written in 1862, not sure when it became regularly sung at games but by the early 1970s at least.
I’m wondering what the newest anthem is now. Hibs use Sunshine on Leith (and it sounds AMAZING with the crowd in full voice) which was written in 1988.
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- Apr 19, 2018
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The Sheffield United one to the tune of Annie’s Song as well. Even if the words are quite funny
Newcastle come out to Local Hero.
- Apr 19, 2018
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Fair point. I guess I’m thinking of anthem in the sense of songs associated with specific clubs (and maybe their region too) rather than what they come out to