Never heard that one. Where is it going up to?
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[Albion] GOSBTS "Going up" or "Stand or Fall"?
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Never heard that one. Where is it going up to?
Hampster Gull
Well-known member
- Dec 22, 2010
- 13,465
I bow to your perdanticness and apologies for my poor grammar and more often than not spelling. UTA
I bow to your perdanticness and apologies for my poor grammar and more often than not spelling. UTA
No. He wrote "Going up AND WE'LL win the Cup". It got changed to "Going up to win the cup" as a one-off specifically for the 1983 cup final - and for some inexplicable reason it's stayed that way ever since.
GOSBTS "Going up" or "Stand or Fall"?
As someone who grew up with the Cup version, but prefers the Stand or Fall original words as they are more emotive and make much better sense, I feel well qualified to say that's absolute tosh. How difficult is it, really? One line in a song? And it's even written in massive letters on a screen for the hard of thinking.
Sure, it may not seem that important. But I think most people get that it would sound immense if our unique Sussex anthem was belted out with everyone singing the same words rather than one line being an unintelligible mess and ruining the effect.
As someone who grew up with the Cup version, but prefers the Stand or Fall original words as they are more emotive and make much better sense, I feel well qualified to say that's absolute tosh. How difficult is it, really? One line in a song? And it's even written in massive letters on a screen for the hard of thinking.
Sure, it may not seem that important. But I think most people get that it would sound immense if our unique Sussex anthem was belted out with everyone singing the same words rather than one line being an unintelligible mess and ruining the effect.
Uh_huh_him
Well-known member
- Sep 28, 2011
- 12,128
Over towards the North west corner, it's almost completely stand or fall.
at least that's what I hear when I'm singing it.. Has definitely been changing over the past season or so.
Mr Bridger
Sound of the suburbs
It's obvious isn't it?
Fred Oliver - Legend
Well-known member
'Going up to win the cup' every time. We are a football club not a ****ing army.
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
We wunt be druv.
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
Stand or Fall for me. It's coming over louder and louder every match too, the up to win the cups are slowly dying out.
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
So have I but, Stand or Fall is just better.
Napier's Knee
New member
This is no t even a question. It's Stand or Fall always
Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews
Remainer
Bear in mind young man, it's not the words that are slowly dying out, it's the people that sing them.
Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews
Remainer
Or even Division One!
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
Yes, definitely from the East it sounds as though the correct version is taking hold. Marvelous.
And this:
Ding Dong !
Boy I'm HOT today !
Stand or fall.
Cant stand going up to win the cup.!!!!! Also for JCL's
Cant stand going up to win the cup.!!!!! Also for JCL's
desprateseagull
New member
Going up.
Official Old Man
Uckfield Seagull
OK, so I'm the old guy here who went to games before big screens and karaoke. It was 'and we're going up for to win the cup'.
It was and always will be for me.
It was and always will be for me.
Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews
Remainer
Sorry sir but the under 30s on here are the authourity on what can be sung/booed/whoooed? What time you can leave, at what age a replica shirt is no longer allowed to be worn, what lager (if any) you are allowed to drink and what colour jumper you can wear when starting a fight with Geordies on a train.
Dont embarrass them and make them cringe now!
As previously mentioned, the cup version is sung many times throughout games especially at away games. So, would it really hurt to for people to sing the original stand or fall just for when the teams come out in unison. This is coming from a 40 year old who has grown up with the cup version at the Goldstone and Withers by the way.