[Palace] PA Anouncer at Palace

[Greg Bobkin]

I agree with him. If Sussex by the Sea is our song, we shouldn't need the lyrics on the screen, it looks tinpot. Anyone who is bothered can go away and learn them.

Just like people go away and learn all the words to hymns before they go to a church service?


The words are up on the screen - so what? Who cares? What difference does it REALLY make?

Why do they put the names of the players on the pitch up on the screen during the game? Surely people can see with their own eyes? Don't see any 'tinpot' complaints about that...

 

[Lush]

The words are up on the screen because they're good and to educate the AWAY fans.

I've decided.

 

[brakespear]

Pretty sure people use hymn books in a cathedral...

Not got a problem with it at all. I'd rather have more people singing that not bothering because they don't know the words. If you know them already, don't look at the screen

exactly this, can't see why people have got an issue with it, if you don't like it, look away

 

[timbha]

Just like people go away and learn all the words to hymns before they go to a church service?


The words are up on the screen - so what? Who cares? What difference does it REALLY make?

Why do they put the names of the players on the pitch up on the screen during the game? Surely people can see with their own eyes? Don't see any 'tinpot' complaints about that...

Good post.

 

[lawros left foot]

So are we really worried that the match p.a. bloke at Selhurst, apparently thinks it’s tinpot to have the words to a 110 year old song ?
That is the club that has goal music(on the rare occasion they score at home) call and response goalscorers, cheerleaders, a drum, teenage ultras, a light show, t-shirt cannons, groupon 2 for1 deals, a walk on song that is historically another clubs, a flying bird display.

They dream of only being as tinpot as us.

 

[Tooting Gull]

Bizarre posts on this subject. Do Liverpool put the words for 'YNWA' up on a big screen? Of course they don't. If it annoys you that you don't know the words, go and look them up or ask your mates. If you're not fussed, just sit/stand in silence. If you're an 'Albion second-teamer', no one cares what you think. Some genuinely idiotic comparisons with church hymns and the teams on the screen...FFS.

 

[Hillian1]

Anyone getting hot under the collar about this probably needs to get out more.

 

[Official Old Man]

So are we really worried that the match p.a. bloke at Selhurst, apparently thinks it’s tinpot to have the words to a 110 year old song ?
That is the club that has goal music(on the rare occasion they score at home) call and response goalscorers, cheerleaders, a drum, teenage ultras, a light show, t-shirt cannons, groupon 2 for1 deals, a walk on song that is historically another clubs, a flying bird display.

They dream of only being as tinpot as us.

So, should we be playing them next season Richard Reynolds should do the following-
On us scoring a goal- "Goal scorer Florin 'you know his name but for away fans its' Andone", he then starts to sing Oh Florin An-don-eh whilst flashing a torch, dancing in leotards, shooting t-shirts into the upper west with a tank and finally trying to fly.

 

[lawros left foot]

So, should we be playing them next season Richard Reynolds should do the following-
On us scoring a goal- "Goal scorer Florin 'you know his name but for away fans its' Andone", he then starts to sing Oh Florin An-don-eh whilst flashing a torch, dancing in leotards, shooting t-shirts into the upper west with a tank and finally trying to fly.

Sod the football,I'd pay to see that.

 

[Nixonator]

Boggles the mind that anyone would actually write in to get the words back on the screen. Thought we had moved past that.

Especially as it takes 10 seconds to google search on your phone if bothered. Honestly thought it had died the death, just like announcing away attendance numbers.

It's a little embarassing, as an unbiased view. Palace trying one-upmanship on tinpottery is absolutely hysterical though, considering the myriad of options available to choose from in their case.

 

[LlcoolJ]

Palace trying one-upmanship on tinpottery is absolutely hysterical though, considering the myriad of options available to choose from in their case.

Exactly. Is that really all they have left? The most utterly shithouse, laughing stock of a football club and their comeback is "you have some words on a screen". It's very amusing if you think about it.

If I were them I'd stay away from the subject of screens entirely as it just reminds me of the £10 Parish beamback fiasco. Yet another example of their total TINPOTTERY.

 

[Falmer Flutter ©]

Bizarre posts on this subject. Do Liverpool put the words for 'YNWA' up on a big screen? Of course they don't. If it annoys you that you don't know the words, go and look them up or ask your mates. If you're not fussed, just sit/stand in silence. If you're an 'Albion second-teamer', no one cares what you think. Some genuinely idiotic comparisons with church hymns and the teams on the screen...FFS.

They don't have a big screen...

 

[Icy Gull]

No idea who he is but he is just as big a dick as the Orient one (Bueno?) who found it hilarious to play YMCA when we played them.

 

[Eeyore]

I just wish we’d sing the chorus as well

For We're the men from Sussex, Sussex by the Sea.
We plough and sow and reap and mow,
And useful men are we;
And when you go to Sussex, Whoever you may be,
You may tell them all that we stand or fall
For Sussex by the Sea!

PS always sung in H Block WSU.

Maybe change 'men' to 'folk' and reflect the age of equality. Our ladies are grafters too.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

No idea who he is but he is just as big a dick as the Orient one (Bueno?) who found it hilarious to play YMCA when we played them.

God, he was a prize plum. For a while Oriscum were our main rivals. Matchroom thugs in tight suits....dear oh dear

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Maybe change 'men' to 'folk' and reflect the age of equality. Our ladies are grafters too.

To be fair, we don't do much ploughing or sowing these days. Except in the biblical sense. Of course.

Here is a new modern version that takes into account diversity, equality and is representative of typical employment in the county:


For we're the folk from Sussex, Sussex by the Sea in the south and the Weald further north.
We work in social services and carphone warehouse,
And useful employees are we;
And when you go to Sussex, Whoever you may be,
You may tell them all that we stand or sit in suitably modified seating for the less mobile
For Sussex by the Sea!

 

[Thunder Bolt]

No idea who he is but he is just as big a dick as the Orient one (Bueno?) who found it hilarious to play YMCA when we played them.

Or our last game at Cardiff's Ninian Park, where the PA played Dancing Queen, YMCA and other tracks with gay references.

 

[Eeyore]

To be fair, we don't do much ploughing or sowing these days. Except in the biblical sense. Of course.

Here is a new modern version that takes into account diversity, equality and is representative of typical employment in the county:


For we're the folk from Sussex, Sussex by the Sea in the south and the Weald further north.
We work in social services and carphone warehouse,
And useful employees are we;
And when you go to Sussex, Whoever you may be,
You may tell them all that we stand or sit in suitably modified seating for the less mobile
For Sussex by the Sea!

I'll memorise that one. Top work.

 

[BN9 BHA]

I just wish we’d sing the chorus as well

For We're the men from Sussex, Sussex by the Sea.
We plough and sow and reap and mow,
And useful men are we;
And when you go to Sussex, Whoever you may be,
You may tell them all that we stand or fall
For Sussex by the Sea!

PS always sung in H Block WSU.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Bizarre posts on this subject. Do Liverpool put the words for 'YNWA' up on a big screen? Of course they don't. If it annoys you that you don't know the words, go and look them up or ask your mates. If you're not fussed, just sit/stand in silence. If you're an 'Albion second-teamer', no one cares what you think. Some genuinely idiotic comparisons with church hymns and the teams on the screen...FFS.

Not really bizarre, just two sides of a debate where people seem to be getting hot under the collar about something that doesn't really matter a jot. TLO compared going to the Amex to be like entering a cathedral, which is why I made the initial reference. How is it 'idiotic' when in both scenarios, the songs could be learnt by heart, but you still have the words in front of you? And the teams on the screen, but not the words? Explain that one...