Gilliver's Travels
Peripatetic
Letter: Find a new tribute if we win
"When the Albion beat Plymouth Argylle at Withdean back in August, the stadium announcer played a ghastly speeded-up version of Sussex By The Sea and threatened to play it after every home win.
We have not won at Withdean in seven attempts since then.
After Sunday's "kick in the teeth" defeat by Crystal Palace, I wonder whether the announcer so offended the proud tradition of the Royal Sussex Regiment (whose regimental march it has been) that he has unwittingly cast an undeserved hoodoo upon our team.
I urge him to smash the wretched recording and then, when we start winning again, find a more appropriate tribute."
[ Name and address left out, to reduce likelihood of arson attack by venomous Attila groupies ]
"When the Albion beat Plymouth Argylle at Withdean back in August, the stadium announcer played a ghastly speeded-up version of Sussex By The Sea and threatened to play it after every home win.
We have not won at Withdean in seven attempts since then.
After Sunday's "kick in the teeth" defeat by Crystal Palace, I wonder whether the announcer so offended the proud tradition of the Royal Sussex Regiment (whose regimental march it has been) that he has unwittingly cast an undeserved hoodoo upon our team.
I urge him to smash the wretched recording and then, when we start winning again, find a more appropriate tribute."
[ Name and address left out, to reduce likelihood of arson attack by venomous Attila groupies ]
