[Football] National Anthem before Everton match

[Soton Seagull]

No. It celebrates 2 notions I have no time for- the sky god & the hereditary principle.

Our anthem really is crap.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

No thanks, why is this being force upon us?

 

[dejavuatbtn]

As someone who's attended hundreds of sporting events in Canada throughout my life, I honestly can't abide the singing of national anthems before a game. It started in the US, at baseball games when they entered WWII; and for some reason, my country chose to imitate them by singing GSTK/Q, then O Canada ever since. In the NHL, NBA, MLB and MLS, that means we have to stand through 2 anthems most of the time. I've never cottoned to the jingoistic aspect of this forced 'tradition'. Don't misunderstand me: I'm most definitely grateful to be living in this peaceful and tolerant nation, and I'll stand up for the anthem(s) wherever it's/they're played (if only out of peer pressure) -- but it seems so hoaky and outdated. Maybe it's the Québécois in me..? The Welsh and Scots may feel the same way.

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It’s a Non then.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Does anyone remember when they used to play it after the last programme on BBC One and Two?

Imagine that getting suggested again?

Bit difficult, seeing as there isn't a 'last programme' on either channel – they run 24/7...

 

[Greg Bobkin]

& yet another thread designed for the lefties to pile on & spout their hatred.

Sounds like someone has 'hatred' for 'lefties'

 

[CheeseRolls]

& yet another thread designed for the lefties to pile on & spout their hatred.

Come on own up. Are you English? Well are you?

 

[Quebec Seagull]

It’s a Non then.

Heh heh, I don't even know the words! But I will be waving my Canadian-themed Seagulls flag in the lower East stands on Monday, so I suppose I might be (mis)taken for a Commonwealth patriot, lol

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[Oh_aye]

No. It celebrates 2 notions I have no time for- the sky god & the hereditary principle.

Our anthem really is crap.

Yes the first line is a real.conundrum for atheists and non monarchists. Literally nothing in it for us at all.

 

[Gabbafella]

Only if it's sung 4 times faster than it should be, all stands are out of sync and we all clap at different speeds.

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

As someone who's attended hundreds of sporting events in Canada throughout my life, I honestly can't abide the singing of national anthems before a game. It started in the US, at baseball games when they entered WWII; and for some reason, my country chose to imitate them by singing GSTK/Q, then O Canada ever since. In the NHL, NBA, MLB and MLS, that means we have to stand through 2 anthems most of the time. I've never cottoned to the jingoistic aspect of this forced 'tradition'. Don't misunderstand me: I'm most definitely grateful to be living in this peaceful and tolerant nation, and I'll stand up for the anthem(s) wherever it's/they're played (if only out of peer pressure) -- but it seems so hoaky and outdated. Maybe it's the Québécois in me..? The Welsh and Scots may feel the same way.

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A baseball fan was ejected from Yankee Stadium when he tried to go for a slash during the playing of "God Bless America"

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-civilrights-baseball-idUSTRE53E66F20090415

 

[Braggfan]

& yet another thread designed for the lefties to pile on & spout their hatred.

My ears are burning

 

[ConfusedGloryHunter]

Ardent nationalists are vital for an imperialistic country to succeed, so if that is still our plan then sing up I say.

Otherwise save it for international sporting events.

 

[Dick Swiveller]

Some will, some won't (Liverpool) do it.

Some teams need a lot of loving and, some teams don't. I know I've got the fever but, I don't know why. Some say they will and some teams lie.

 

[banjo]

GOSBTS please. As you were.

 

[SeagullsoverLondon]

Anyone got the words?

I used to know the old version, which was sung up until last year, but now for some reason they have changed the words.

 

[Hamilton]

I'll sing it at internationals as it's what represents us as a nation, but I won't be singing it on Monday. I wish we had an equivalent of The Flower of Scotland that we English could use and leave 'God Save the King' to those more aligned to the whole royal/commonwealth idea.

I'm a republican at heart - although I rather worry about what we'd replace our constitutional monarchy with. I'd want to see a non-politicised head of state and I bet we'd screw that up! The words are anachronistic. I'm not singing or praying for an individual.

Anyhow, why are we even playing it? The coronation is on Saturday, not Monday.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Bit difficult, seeing as there isn't a 'last programme' on either channel – they run 24/7...

Think the word 'remember' is the key word. Like Lenny I remember the BBC closing down to the national anthem.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Think the word 'remember' is the key word. Like Lenny I remember the BBC closing down to the national anthem.

I was responding specifically to the loaded 'Imagine that getting suggested again? ' bit...

 

[schmunk]

A baseball fan was ejected from Yankee Stadium when he tried to go for a slash during the playing of "God Bless America"

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-civilrights-baseball-idUSTRE53E66F20090415

Land Of The Free right there...


(albeit the club's official statement gives a slightly different take on the incident)

 

[Eeyore]

I shall place my hand across my chest and burst into tuneful pride...

'Good old Sussex by the sea...'

I think it's an imposition. We live in a modern world where folk think more independently. It is being sung as a result of King's coronation and therefore it is a call to homage and, however subtly, folk are expected to do it.

This is 2023 not 1923. For this reason, I'm out. This has nothing to do with not being 'proud to be English' (another imposed attribute on free thinkers). That's just a proxy parasitical argument, like calling someone who voted for BREXIT racist.

(I'm not at the game anyway, so this is hypothetical)