[Football] Flower of Scotland.

[Dave the OAP]

Isn’t the Irish one in effect two anthems to appease the proddies in the north who play rugby for Eire


like Rory who comes from the north and has a Northern Ireland flag next to his name, but he represents Eire whenever he plays international comps

 

[Hotchilidog]

GSTK is a pile sh*t. Terrible downbeat dirge that celebrates an indvidual rather than the country they represent. Give me Jerusalem any day pop the week. Am happy for other songs to be taken into consideration. FoS is a dirge too but it has a slight edge to it. Of the home nations the Welsh are streets ahead with their anthem and songbook. Internationally the French and Italians lead the way. The English are stuck with some servile cult of personality gubbins.

 

[Brovion]

I would like to keep GSTK. In our household we proudly stand to attention with our arms by our side when the National Anthem is played.

We use it as a chance to nip to the toilet and/or get another drink.

(I'm with the majority - it's shit and it's British not English).

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Honestly, why? Singing to and about the bloody monarch! Our National f***ing anthem deifying a heredity figurehead. If you like the tune, just rewrite the f***ing lyrics to talk about our country and its people - not the f***ing heads of the establishment. RANT!

I’m a royalist.
So with respect,….feck you

Edit - I really do mean the last line with a smile….

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

My kids were down doing the ball boy stuff at the Olympic hockey park the other week and GB played Ireland. Even among just the hockey players I thought the Irish anthem is a belter.

I have never been in a rugby stadium for it but this is stirring stuff.



We need something better that is just ours.

See, for me, the Ireland one is NAFF. It sounds like it's the result of a year 2 project to write a national anthem for a country.

IRELAND! IRELAND!

"Well done Gracie. That's really good"
"Thankyou Mrs Bigglesmith. I thought it would be good to keep saying the name of the country because it's a song about a country".

 

[highflyer]

GSTK does seem well past it's sell by. We need a song that can unite not divide. Something modern but timeless. With meaning. And near universal popularity. I propose Pulp's 'Common People'.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

GSTK does seem well past it's sell by. We need a song that can unite not divide. Something modern but timeless. With meaning. And near universal popularity. I propose Pulp's 'Common People'.

Would prefer something from the 80s

Gold….

 

[Titanic]

Things can only get better?

 

[Slum_Wolf]

See, for me, the Ireland one is NAFF. It sounds like it's the result of a year 2 project to write a national anthem for a country.

IRELAND! IRELAND!

"Well done Gracie. That's really good"
"Thankyou Mrs Bigglesmith. I thought it would be good to keep saying the name of the country because it's a song about a country".

Ireland’s Call: standing tall for 20 years

Liked by some, loathed by others, Phil Coulter’s song was the answer to enduring problem

www.irishtimes.com

 

[Guinness Boy]

Billy Connolly has the right idea.

It should be the theme music to The Archers.

 

[nicko31]

The English sing the British National anthem, Scots should be singing it too.

 

[exKT17]

Abide With Me?

 

[Boys 9d]

My choce for England is "England Arise"

 

[Ding Dong !]

Flower of Scotland and GSTK is comparable with songs sung by Albion fans and Palace fans.

Two are sh*te and i'm sure you can guess which are the sh*t ones

 

[faoileán]

Isn’t the Irish one in effect two anthems to appease the proddies in the north who play rugby for Eire


like Rory who comes from the north and has a Northern Ireland flag next to his name, but he represents Eire whenever he plays international comps

Errr... no it isn't. The national anthem of the Republic of Ireland is Anhran na bhFiann (Soldier's Song). The "proddies in the north" play for a united Irish rugby team which has adopted Ireland's Call as it's anthem, though Anhran na bhFiann is also played for matches in Dublin.

I presume you are referring to Rory McIlroy? He just considers himself Irish; he happens to have been born in one of the six Irish counties that currently remain annexed by Britain.

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[Dave the OAP]

Errr... no it isn't. The national anthem of the Republic of Ireland is Anhran na bhFiann (Soldier's Song). The "proddies in the north" play for a united Irish rugby team which has adopted Ireland's Call as it's anthem, though Anhran na bhFiann is also played for matches in Dublin.

I presume you are referring to Rory McIlroy? He just considers himself Irish; he happens to have been born in one of the six Irish counties that currently remain annexed by Britain.

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Annexed!

blimey,

 

[GT49er]

Annexed!

Baloney!

Amended for you!

 

[um bongo molongo]

Wonderwall

 

[faoileán]

Annexed!

blimey,

Sorry, did I say something wrong?

Annexation: in international law, is the forcible acquisition and assertion of legal title over one state's territory by another state, usually following military occupation of the territory

 

[stewart12]

See, for me, the Ireland one is NAFF. It sounds like it's the result of a year 2 project to write a national anthem for a country.

IRELAND! IRELAND!

"Well done Gracie. That's really good"
"Thankyou Mrs Bigglesmith. I thought it would be good to keep saying the name of the country because it's a song about a country".

much prefer the one they use in football and occasionally rugby