[Football] Celery

[Hamilton]

As I get older and certain memories get relegated further to the back of the old brain box, I start to wonder whether things actually happened or not. Obviously, my relationship with Natalie Portman is crystal clear in my mind.

However, do the older members of NSC remember us throwing celery about in the 80s and singing about it? Have I imagined this?


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[Is it PotG?]

Still a medically contentious issue whether it does take more calories to chew and digest than it actually contains.

 

[Razzoo]

I vividly remember York away late 80's. At half time the celery was everywhere. The skies seemed to darken, the stewards were equal parts amused and bemused. I'm sure it was the same at most games around then. Weren't the group responsible called the Cavemen Crew?

 

[Gazwag]

I vividly remember York away late 80's. At half time the celery was everywhere. The skies seemed to darken, the stewards were equal parts amused and bemused. I'm sure it was the same at most games around then. Weren't the group responsible called the Cavemen Crew?

Yep, train station to pub to greengrocers to ground

 

[fly high]

Sussex police declared it was an offensive weapon.!!!!!!

 

[maresfield seagull]

Quite a catchy tune as I recall

 

[wunt be druv]

Sussex police declared it was an offensive weapon.!!!!!!

It really is! I have a severe allergy to celery and ended up in hospital with anaphylactic shock caused by the aforementioned vegetable...nasty dangerous stuff!!

 

[Wrong-Direction]

I hate it unless it's chopped up small in salads.

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[albionfan37]

Celery, celery if she don’t cum I’ll tickle her bum with a lump of celery

Something like that anyway

 

[Loadicus Trux]

Celery, celery if she don’t cum I’ll tickle her bum with a lump of celery

Something like that anyway

This was it, back in the North stand at the Goldstone. Am I right in thinking it was nicked from another club?

 

[Jack Straw]

5th December 1987, FA Cup away at Northampton, their old ground. At half-time behind the goal where we were, the deluge of celery was such that visibility was down to just a couple of feet. You had to be there. It was an extrordinary and surreal occasion.

We won 2-1 and at the end of the game, their intelligencia came around to our end via the cricket pitch. None of them did any more than to express their anger from the safety of the outfield.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Originated with Chelsea?

 

[Hamilton]

At least I know the old memory box is working.

 

[BN9 BHA]

This was it, back in the North stand at the Goldstone. Am I right in thinking it was nicked from another club?

Originated with Chelsea?

I’m sure it was a Chelsea song.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Originated with Chelsea?

That's as I remember it

At least I know the old memory box is working.

No, you're a senile old sod. On this occasion you struck lucky

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

I vividly remember York away late 80's. At half time the celery was everywhere. The skies seemed to darken, the stewards were equal parts amused and bemused. I'm sure it was the same at most games around then. Weren't the group responsible called the Cavemen Crew?

I was at that game. Thought it was a bit weird tbh. Loved that ground though and it’s central location.

 

[Wellesley]

Copying Chelsea was not for me, so it wasn't something I joined in with. I used to wear a vest to the football with a cod fillet under each armpit instead. It never caught on in the North Stand but was copied enthusiastically all across the country at the time and is still very popular at Wycombe.

 

[Razzoo]

I was at that game. Thought it was a bit weird tbh. Loved that ground though and it’s central location.

Yes, Bootham Crescent was a lovely little ground.

 

[Silverhatch]

Originated with Chelsea?

Contentious. The author Rob Merrills in his Dicks Out football songs books, reckons it started at Brighton. Was part of the Caveman Crew initiation to have a stick of celery stuffed up your arse on the Palace Pier in the middle of the night! Was never corroborated however (I published Dicks Out 2), but Rob who was an anthem statto - definitely attributed it to the Albion first.

 

[Stumpy Tim]

Yes, Bootham Crescent was a lovely little ground.

I went to Uni at York, and was there for Jimmy Case's first match in charge. Paul McCarthy (RIP) put us ahead early doors. We lost 3-1 and we didn't improve under Jimmy