So, magnificent men in stripes, the sun has risen on yet another day of destiny. You, my friends, hold the hopes and dreams of Sussex in your hands as you take the field against the hated scummers.
What does it mean to you?
Before you answer that, think what it means to the men and women of Sussex who follow you through thick and thin, to Carlisle and Plymouth, to Hartlepool and Exeter. We cannot change our allegiance, nor would we want to. We worship you from the terraces in the churches of football around the country. We weep with joy and pain as we ride the crazy rollercoaster of life with The Albion.
We approach each game with optimism and hope, we climb those steps to watch our heroes take the field with pride in the shirt and commitment to the cause. We make every tackle, win every header and fire in every thunderous shot, in our total devotion to the mighty stripes.
We cheer ourselves hoarse and sing our hearts out so that you, eleven heroes of Sussex, can feel the force of an extra man that WILL roar you to a wonderful victory.
Tonight, over 3,000 proud citizens of Sussex will journey along the coast to enter the Theatre of Soulless Identikit Construction and lay our souls on the line for you. We will drink their beer and eat their pies so that you can draw energy from us and surge on to another famous victory. We will rise up as one. Now is the time for Marching and you CAN make our hearts be gay!!! We are Good Old Sussex by the Sea!!
So, stout men of Withdean, what say you to these words? Will your deeds match the pride that we feel in our club?
Do I see our goalkeeper filling his goal and fearlessly denying the opposition a strike? Do I see our back four making tackles with commitment, ferocity and perfect timing? Do I see our midfield players winning tackles with precision and deftness, to receive the ball and release our magnificent strikers with yet another millimetre-perfect through-ball. Do I see our strikers, mobile and heroic, on the end of the never-ending stream of midfield perfection, making ready to take the ball the ball down and unleash an unstoppable drive into the net, or timing their leap to perfection as they rise like spawning salmon to direct a fearsome header goalwards?
If the answer to these questions is yes, then the day will be OURS!!!
I call upon you to rise up and PLAY, to create a beautiful picture on the lush green canvas of Hampshire. You hold the hopes and dreams of thousands of people and you CAN prevail. You WILL prevail!!
Your time HAS COME, my proud men in stripes. Now is the time to stamp your mark on this season and make another statement of INTENT!!
We WILL triumph, we will be victorious. You will be welcomed back to our fine county as HEROES, one and all. The Gus-Bus is tuned and ready to take you onwards to the promised land.
To Falmer, to The Championship and beyond my friends.
THE DAY WILL BE OURS!!!!!
Now is the time for marching
Now let your hearts be gay
Hark to the merry bugles
Sounding along our way
So let your voices ring, my boys,
And take the time from me
And I'll sing you a song, as we march along,
Of Sussex by the Sea.
For we're the men from Sussex
Sussex by the sea,
We plough and sow and reap and mow,
And useful men we are we:
And when you go from Sussex,
Whoever you may be,
You tell them all that we stand or fall
For Sussex by the sea.
Oh, Sussex, Sussex by the sea
Good old Sussex by the Sea
You may tell them all that we stand or fall
For Sussex by the sea.
Light is the love of a soldier
That's what the ladies say
Lightly he goes a-wooing
Lightly he rides away,
In love and war, we always are
As fair as fair can be,
And a soldier boy is the ladies joy
In Sussex by the sea.
Oh, Sussex, Sussex by the sea
Good old Sussex by the Sea
You may tell them all that we stand or fall
For Sussex by the sea.
Far o'er the seas we wander
Wide through the world we roam,
Far from the kind hearts yonder
Far from our dear old home,
But never shall we forget my boys
And true we'll ever be
To the girls so kind that we left behind
In Sussex by the sea.
Oh, Sussex, Sussex by the sea
Good old Sussex by the Sea
You may tell them all that we stand or fall
For Sussex by the sea.
COME ON ALBION!!!!!
What does it mean to you?
Before you answer that, think what it means to the men and women of Sussex who follow you through thick and thin, to Carlisle and Plymouth, to Hartlepool and Exeter. We cannot change our allegiance, nor would we want to. We worship you from the terraces in the churches of football around the country. We weep with joy and pain as we ride the crazy rollercoaster of life with The Albion.
We approach each game with optimism and hope, we climb those steps to watch our heroes take the field with pride in the shirt and commitment to the cause. We make every tackle, win every header and fire in every thunderous shot, in our total devotion to the mighty stripes.
We cheer ourselves hoarse and sing our hearts out so that you, eleven heroes of Sussex, can feel the force of an extra man that WILL roar you to a wonderful victory.
Tonight, over 3,000 proud citizens of Sussex will journey along the coast to enter the Theatre of Soulless Identikit Construction and lay our souls on the line for you. We will drink their beer and eat their pies so that you can draw energy from us and surge on to another famous victory. We will rise up as one. Now is the time for Marching and you CAN make our hearts be gay!!! We are Good Old Sussex by the Sea!!
So, stout men of Withdean, what say you to these words? Will your deeds match the pride that we feel in our club?
Do I see our goalkeeper filling his goal and fearlessly denying the opposition a strike? Do I see our back four making tackles with commitment, ferocity and perfect timing? Do I see our midfield players winning tackles with precision and deftness, to receive the ball and release our magnificent strikers with yet another millimetre-perfect through-ball. Do I see our strikers, mobile and heroic, on the end of the never-ending stream of midfield perfection, making ready to take the ball the ball down and unleash an unstoppable drive into the net, or timing their leap to perfection as they rise like spawning salmon to direct a fearsome header goalwards?
If the answer to these questions is yes, then the day will be OURS!!!
I call upon you to rise up and PLAY, to create a beautiful picture on the lush green canvas of Hampshire. You hold the hopes and dreams of thousands of people and you CAN prevail. You WILL prevail!!
Your time HAS COME, my proud men in stripes. Now is the time to stamp your mark on this season and make another statement of INTENT!!
We WILL triumph, we will be victorious. You will be welcomed back to our fine county as HEROES, one and all. The Gus-Bus is tuned and ready to take you onwards to the promised land.
To Falmer, to The Championship and beyond my friends.
THE DAY WILL BE OURS!!!!!
Now is the time for marching
Now let your hearts be gay
Hark to the merry bugles
Sounding along our way
So let your voices ring, my boys,
And take the time from me
And I'll sing you a song, as we march along,
Of Sussex by the Sea.
For we're the men from Sussex
Sussex by the sea,
We plough and sow and reap and mow,
And useful men we are we:
And when you go from Sussex,
Whoever you may be,
You tell them all that we stand or fall
For Sussex by the sea.
Oh, Sussex, Sussex by the sea
Good old Sussex by the Sea
You may tell them all that we stand or fall
For Sussex by the sea.
Light is the love of a soldier
That's what the ladies say
Lightly he goes a-wooing
Lightly he rides away,
In love and war, we always are
As fair as fair can be,
And a soldier boy is the ladies joy
In Sussex by the sea.
Oh, Sussex, Sussex by the sea
Good old Sussex by the Sea
You may tell them all that we stand or fall
For Sussex by the sea.
Far o'er the seas we wander
Wide through the world we roam,
Far from the kind hearts yonder
Far from our dear old home,
But never shall we forget my boys
And true we'll ever be
To the girls so kind that we left behind
In Sussex by the sea.
Oh, Sussex, Sussex by the sea
Good old Sussex by the Sea
You may tell them all that we stand or fall
For Sussex by the sea.
COME ON ALBION!!!!!