by djaxster » Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:30 pm
by SE13 » Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:34 pm
by SE13 » Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:37 pm
by djaxster » Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:39 pm
by SE13 » Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:46 pm
djaxster wrote:And there was that BAD one that we sung to them. Even at the Makita tournament thatwas the start of 89-90 season
by djaxster » Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:54 pm
SE13 wrote:djaxster wrote:And there was that BAD one that we sung to them. Even at the Makita tournament thatwas the start of 89-90 season
The one to the tune of the Michael Jackson song?
If so, that's back in the mid to late 80's it came from. Can't think who (possibly Luton away) in the "1-0 to The Arsenal" era and we'd scored two!
Heavily used when we shoved seven past Sheffield Thursday at Highbury in the early 90's.
by SE13 » Wed Dec 16, 2009 1:40 pm
by Libertine » Wed Dec 23, 2009 12:11 pm
SE13 wrote:There were several versions of Hillsborough, most notoriously from ManUre which we were not noted for, the lyrics to which I won't put on here..... In fact I can't ever recall us chanting about that.
We've done some sick ones over the years, certainly against the filth....
by Libertine » Wed Dec 23, 2009 12:15 pm
SE13 wrote:djaxster wrote:SE13 wrote:Does anyone know the origins of She wore..... ?
That came from down at the Clock End and was used for other purposes than just regular chanting which we also picked up on in the North Bank......
I remember all of us singing that at Highbury corner when the team paraded the League title back in 89 and i think that was the first time i heard it.
It goes back further than that, I remember it from the back end of the 70's.......
Libertine will know, he was a Clock Ender......
by Libertine » Wed Dec 23, 2009 12:25 pm
by SE13 » Wed Dec 23, 2009 1:04 pm
Libertine wrote:SE13 wrote:djaxster wrote:SE13 wrote:Does anyone know the origins of She wore..... ?
That came from down at the Clock End and was used for other purposes than just regular chanting which we also picked up on in the North Bank......
I remember all of us singing that at Highbury corner when the team paraded the League title back in 89 and i think that was the first time i heard it.
It goes back further than that, I remember it from the back end of the 70's.......
Libertine will know, he was a Clock Ender......
She Wore.... used to be the call to get stuck in, it was being used back in the late 70's.
by SE13 » Wed Dec 23, 2009 1:11 pm
Libertine wrote:The words to Knees Up Mother Brown got changed for a game against Utd in the late 70's to "Who's Up Mary Brown", after the newspapers exposed that the Utd manager (Tommy Docherty) had been caught shagging his physio's missus (Mary Brown).
by SE13 » Fri Jan 15, 2010 12:58 pm
by Briggsy » Fri Jan 15, 2010 1:11 pm
SE13 wrote:Thinking back through the mists of time, I'm fairly sure we were one of the first teams (if not the first team) to have an individual chant for each player.
We were quite creative up on The North Bank, and a bit of credit has to go to those on The Clock End for reciprocating and on occasion inventing some as well.
I'll start the series with Ian Wright.
The chant as you know it now was similar, but with a single "Wright", so sounded "Ian Wriiiiiiiiiiiiight" to start with, and it evolved quite by accident. For those that can remember terraces, The North Bank was very vocal, and we tended to split ourselves top, middle and lower (bottom)
Anyhow, the idea was that the top would start the chant, the middle would start the chant as the top went to "Wright" and so on. But it all went completely wrong, and sounded more as it does now. The Clock End chanted it back as it now sounds, and so that one was born.
Palace may well have used it previously, they claim so, but it wasn't one I'd ever heard, nor those of us up the top of The North Bank who created the majority of the chants had either.