Football (Soccer!)

[ciobha]

No problem,you are forgiven.

[daveduke007]

(seanbeag7 @ Mar. 16 2008,19:44) "you'll never walk alone"  

   

Forgiven Sean if you you mean Celtic where the song originated from in the "First" place

[Naang Faa]

Typical Manc..
While many Celtic fan-based websites provide the words to You'll Never Walk Alone, and it features on the CD Green & White Anthems, there is no historical evidence that Celtic fans sang it on their terraces first. Instead, a cursory glance back in time shows that Liverpool have the much stronger claims.

After all, the song, originally written by Rodgers and Hammerstein in 1945 for the Broadway musical Carousel, only became a terrace favourite after it was covered by Gerry and the Pacemakers in November 1963. Almost immediately - as footage from Panorama in 1964 shows - Liverpool supporters adopted it.

"Before the early 60s football fans made noise and occasionally chanted something brief (like Play Up Pompey!) but it was the Kop that started singing popular songs of the day (mainly Merseybeat songs such as Gerry and the Pacemakers' You'll Never Walk Alone) and later started to adapt the lyrics of songs to celebrate the team and its players.

"If any Celtic fans still claim that they sang it first, it would have to predate Gerry's version. Now can you really see thousands of working class Glaswegians in the 50s/early 60s spontaneously joining in a sing-along from a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical?" No, us neither.

[Grinder]

Ho hum. Crap song anyway. Dirge.

[Naang Faa]

And you support?
x

[Grinder]

Shouldn't matter - still think it is a dirge.

And that wailing "Liverpooooooool, Liverpoooooool..." ad infinitum is even worse.



Hi DaveDuke.... exceptional taste.

[allstar88]

have man.u. got a song?

[Naang Faa]

"Doin the Lambeth walk" isn't it?

[daveduke007]

(allstar88 @ Mar. 17 2008,17:06) have man.u. got a song?

OK "Punk" you asked for it  

My old man said be a city fan;
I said b******s you're a c***;
I'd rather s*** a bucket with a big hole in it,
then be a City fan for just one minute...

[daveduke007]

(Naang Faa @ Mar. 17 2008,17:12)
      "Doin the Lambeth walk" isn't it?

"Park, Park wherever you may be,
You eat dogs in your home country,
It could be worse,
You could be "Scouse"
Eating rats in your council house..."

[bigmick22]

(jimslim @ Mar. 16 2008,19:32) All together now ....... Im forever blowing bubbles  

does bubbles work in Stringfellows?

[seanbeag7]

Dave, will you tell me again how many champions league cups man USA have won.

2/5 for pool, and "you'll never walk alone" still sounds good after 5 decades, compared to a united song that might last 5 seasons before it's dumped to the wasteland.

[daveduke007]

And I thought we were mates

[seanbeag7]

On most things we are, but when it comes to football, forget it mate

[daveduke007]

True pal