"I never promised you a rose garden"

[silverfox]

The old buggers will remember this!

I wish we'd play this as we used to do in the 70's....the words sum it up and may stand us in good stead this season.

Aim for the stars but expect a little rain! This song still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.....10 year old stood on the Kop!

 

[haich1889]

The old buggers will remember this!

I wish we'd play this as we used to do in the 70's....the words sum it up and may stand us in good stead this season.

Aim for the stars but expect a little rain! This song still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.....10 year old stood on the Kop!

What about 'on Ilkley Moor ba Tat'??

 

[SwissBlade]

The old buggers will remember this!

I wish we'd play this as we used to do in the 70's....the words sum it up and may stand us in good stead this season.

Aim for the stars but expect a little rain! This song still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.....10 year old stood on the Kop!

Im sure the youth could put out a grime version for you

 

[Billyblade]

A favourite pastime of mine when well-oiled on a Saturday night is to play music videos off Youtube on the telly. VJing if you like.

More often than not, this one gets played (and sung along to by most people present)

 

[Sean Thornton]

What about 'on Ilkley Moor ba Tat'??

Ilkla Moor baht ‘at is proper Yorkshire.....

 

[Brian Deane]

That's the version I remember

 

[DronnieBlade]

UTB

 

[Paisley Blade]

Rose Garden was played when away team ran out , followed by Ilkley Moor when The Blades ran out a minute or so afterwards.

None of your shitey presentation of the teams nonsense back in the day , just stub your fag out and get on with it.

 

[Sean Thornton]

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That's the version I remember

It’s such a shame they never recorded « singing the blues » ......

 

[8lade]

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That's the version I remember

Our household had Pinky and Perky's Hit Parade. Fucking brilliant.

 

[blademark]

You can't beat a bit of Burt Bacharach at a match.
How did it go now...... Oh yes,
'you're gonna get your FUKIN 'ead kicked in.......'
How I miss those days.

 

[Bennyand the Blades]

Went to Newcastle 1961 6th round FA cup, there was a mix up with our tickets and we were on their kop !!!! we won 3-1 Billy Russel got all 3.. All the Blades fans were on our left and they sang Ilkley moor all the way through it, it sounded bloody grand...….

 

[Cerberus Blade]

What about 'on Ilkley Moor ba Tat'??

Indeed. Was our play-out music for years.

Others from that era:

“Oh Soley Soley” by “Middle of the Road”. Lyrics changed to

“Oh Tony, Tony”.

And

“You can do magic” by “Limmee and the family cooking”

Quality songs for a quality player!

 

[Le Cynique]

This is objectively a terrible song.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

This is objectively a terrible song.

Yes but that’s because Lynne Anderson’s version was a cover. Pinky and Perky wrote the original version which was excellent.

 

[blademark]

Yes but that’s because Lynne Anderson’s version was a cover. Pinky and Perky wrote the original version which was excellent.

Nah, we'd never sing a pigs song.

 

[Trafford]

I beg your pardon?

 

[silverfox]

This is objectively a terrible song.

Maybe but it's in the hearts and minds of many older Blades and as I say raises those hairs for me!

 

[wavy-blade]

Anyone got a fooking time machine , I wana go back to this time !

 

[bornablade]

Anyone got a fooking time machine , I wana go back to this time !

From this Saturday we are about to re-visit August 1971.

This time the run of good results will stretch beyond 10 games.

 

['Doc' Pace my hero]

Went to Newcastle 1961 6th round FA cup, there was a mix up with our tickets and we were on their kop !!!! we won 3-1 Billy Russel got all 3.. All the Blades fans were on our left and they sang Ilkley moor all the way through it, it sounded bloody grand...….

And the 'lucky' tangerine shirts !!

 

[TJB.]

This is objectively a terrible song.

So is Annie's Song, in all honesty.

 

[BlairBlade]

The old buggers will remember this!

I wish we'd play this as we used to do in the 70's....the words sum it up and may stand us in good stead this season.

Aim for the stars but expect a little rain! This song still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.....10 year old stood on the Kop!

I remember it well. It was supposed to bring us good luck.

Did we ever lose a match when that was played?

I even went to see a film of the same name, or something similar, at Studio 7 based on that. Not be recommended.

 

[ucandomagic]

Went to Newcastle 1961 6th round FA cup, there was a mix up with our tickets and we were on their kop !!!! we won 3-1 Billy Russel got all 3.. All the Blades fans were on our left and they sang Ilkley moor all the way through it, it sounded bloody grand...….

I met Billy and his wife on a train after a Blades game about 4 or 5 years ago. They’d been a guest of the Club at the game. His wife saw my shirt and very proudly told me who he was and quickly mentioned his hat trick! Billy let her do the talking! Lovely couple - hope they’re still OK.

Once a Blade...

 

[blade too long]

number 1 in 71

 

[HighfieldBlade]

The old buggers will remember this!

I wish we'd play this as we used to do in the 70's....the words sum it up and may stand us in good stead this season.

Aim for the stars but expect a little rain! This song still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.....10 year old stood on the Kop!

That song evokes memories of the sweet smell of pipe tobacco.

 

[Aganarama]

 

[Aganarama]

I remember 'Rose Garden' and 'You Can Do Magic' also being played a lot during the 1990 promotion season.

 

[dynamoblade]

This is objectively a terrible song.

People who don't like this song are objectively tasteless virgins.

 

[Le Cynique]

People who don't like this song are objectively tasteless virgins.

I'd love to be able to argue against that