[Albion] ‘The Gay Song’ Ipswich fans take

[Shaktarman]

Chatting to a few on way out. Happy with point - yeh we only ourselves to blame as didn’t score etc - all fine.

Talked about the banner incident and they said yeh it was weird…

30 something year old Ips fan pipes up ‘I tell you what was weird - that song you sang at the start’

Me, confused ‘what you on about?’

Him ‘that song about ALL being gay and that proper weird’ (dead strait annoyed him).

When I laughed at him and explained it was a world war 1 song of our county and others laughed at him the response was:

‘Why sing a war song that was ages ago’.

Me - ‘it’s one of the best songs in football as it means some thing to our county - maybe educate yourself’

I think I met the most dense away fan yet this season no? And homophobic of course?

 

[Oh_aye]

Me, my 72 year old dad and 10 year old daughter got called 'benders' by a few of Suffolks finest walking home.

 

[Shaktarman]

Me, my 72 year old dad and 10 year old daughter got called 'benders' by a few of Suffolks finest walking home.

Oddballs in there I’m afraid.

 

[Javeaseagull]

Me, my 72 year old dad and 10 year old daughter got called 'benders' by a few of Suffolks finest walking home.

Inbreeding does that to people.

 

[Gully Forever]

in 1907 it wasn't implied to be a song containing homosexual reference, Merely to be jolly.
Unfortunetly the song hasn't aged well.

 

[jonny.rainbow]

in 1907 it wasn't implied to be a song containing homosexual reference, Merely to be jolly.
Unfortunetly the song hasn't aged well.

Maybe we could play an Ed Sheeran song instead?

 

[trueblue]

in 1907 it wasn't implied to be a song containing homosexual reference, Merely to be jolly.
Unfortunetly the song hasn't aged well.

It hasn’t aged well for anyone with the mentality of a sniggering 7 year old. I don’t think many people have a problem appreciating that there is a different but still entirely legitimate definition of the word ‘gay’. Apart from some Ipswich fans apparently.

 

[Littlemo]

Chatting to a few on way out. Happy with point - yeh we only ourselves to blame as didn’t score etc - all fine.

Talked about the banner incident and they said yeh it was weird…

30 something year old Ips fan pipes up ‘I tell you what was weird - that song you sang at the start’

Me, confused ‘what you on about?’

Him ‘that song about ALL being gay and that proper weird’ (dead strait annoyed him).

When I laughed at him and explained it was a world war 1 song of our county and others laughed at him the response was:

‘Why sing a war song that was ages ago’.

Me - ‘it’s one of the best songs in football as it means some thing to our county - maybe educate yourself’

I think I met the most dense away fan yet this season no? And homophobic of course?

Must be pretty dense, the lyrics were on the screens ffs

 

[Shaktarman]

It hasn’t aged well for anyone with the mentality of a sniggering 7 year old. I don’t think many people have a problem appreciating that there is a different but still entirely legitimate definition of the word ‘gay’. Apart from some Ipswich fans apparently.

He GENUINELY didn’t get it or realise - even when I referenced it. Don’t worry I did call him a retard - my bad. Maybe a line about fingering his sister - my bad again.

 

[METALMICKY]

Me, my 72 year old dad and 10 year old daughter got called 'benders' by a few of Suffolks finest walking home.

Is there any chance that anyone of you looks remotely like the famous curled sausage from 1970's Wimpy?

 

[A1X]

Seemed to be a fairly high percentage of knobheads in their support today, a few insisted on trying to set to in the train queue

 

[Birdie Boy]

About 5-6 years ago, probably more, thinking about it, Ipswich away. An Ipswich fan and his 10 year old son kicked out of the stadium for homophobic abuse. Why the f*** would he think it is OK for his son to do homophobic gestures. Weired tractor boys...

 

[Gully Forever]

It hasn’t aged well for anyone with the mentality of a sniggering 7 year old. I don’t think many people have a problem appreciating that there is a different but still entirely legitimate definition of the word ‘gay’. Apart from some Ipswich fans apparently.

Stupid comment

 

[Sussax]

Seemed to be a fairly high percentage of knobheads in their support today, a few insisted on trying to set to in the train queue

Seems to be a premier league effect. Got a lot of time for Ipswich and their fans, pre-frame all the ones I spoke to were great. But had the same experience as others after.

Seems to be a much higher percentage of dickheads after they get into the premier league. Not saying they don’t exist in lower tiers but they certainly show themselves more in the prem.

 

[Oh_aye]

Is there any chance that anyone of you looks remotely like the famous curled sausage from 1970's Wimpy?

Yeah my dad does but it was really mean of them bringing attention to it.

 

[Napper]

Their fans decent . Plenty of banter

 

[Bodian]

He GENUINELY didn’t get it or realise - even when I referenced it. Don’t worry I did call him a retard - my bad. Maybe a line about fingering his sister - my bad again.

They are probably on their forum moaning about Brighton fans trotting out the tired old trope of them being inbred and incestuous....

 

[trueblue]

Stupid comment

“English word has more than one meaning” shock. Not quite sure why it was a stupid comment.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Chatting to a few on way out. Happy with point - yeh we only ourselves to blame as didn’t score etc - all fine.

Talked about the banner incident and they said yeh it was weird…

30 something year old Ips fan pipes up ‘I tell you what was weird - that song you sang at the start’

Me, confused ‘what you on about?’

Him ‘that song about ALL being gay and that proper weird’ (dead strait annoyed him).

When I laughed at him and explained it was a world war 1 song of our county and others laughed at him the response was:

‘Why sing a war song that was ages ago’.

Me - ‘it’s one of the best songs in football as it means some thing to our county - maybe educate yourself’

I think I met the most dense away fan yet this season no? And homophobic of course?

A pedant says it was written in 1907, long before the First World War. It was adopted by the Sussex Regiment later.
Gay means happy.

 

[WATFORD zero]

in 1907 it wasn't implied to be a song containing homosexual reference, Merely to be jolly.
Unfortunetly the song hasn't aged well.

It has aged beautifully and gets more poignant with each year