bongleblade
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Do any blades on here know who created the GCB? or is there anyone here who was at the first game it was sung at?
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Do any blades on here know who created the GCB? or is there anyone here who was at the first game it was sung at?
1984? First time I heard it was coming back from Rotherham after the late winner. (I didn’t go to Grimsby away so I’m not arguing about it, Rotherham was just the first time I was aware of it).Grimsby Away.
1984? First time I heard it was coming back from Rotherham after the late winner. (I didn’t go to Grimsby away so I’m not arguing about it, Rotherham was just the first time I was aware of it).
As I said, it was coming back from the game. On the bus, to be precise. It was indeed Bob and I can still picture it clearly in my mind. You should have stayed till the endI went to that Rotherham game...left 1 minute from time and missed (think it was Bob Atkins) injury time winner.
I probably wasn’t paying attention to various songs unless it was sang by everyone.
Boiling hot day, crammed in that away end - and I mean crammed. A world away from today's luxury.As I said, it was coming back from the game. On the bus, to be precise. It was indeed Bob and I can still picture it clearly in my mind. You should have stayed till the end
Nah..John Denver copied it off us,and changed a few words.Think it was John Denver in 1974... took a while for the Blades to cotton on though!
True dat. Don't believe the version of 'Leaving on a jet plane' went down very well.Nah..John Denver copied it off us,and changed a few words.
It was first sung at the Lane in 1973 !
I remember the first time I heard it sang en masse by Blades.
It was the first game of the 84 season away at Stoke....the old Victoria ground. I remember thinking it won’t catch on because there were too many words to remember but we sang it for all home games that season too and we’ve sang it every game since 1984.
Its possible it might have been sang by a small group of Blades before 1984 but they weren’t stood near me so I never heard it.
I’ve heard that Rotherham fans sang it first but it never caught on like it did at Bramall Lane.
I went to that Rotherham game...left 1 minute from time and missed (think it was Bob Atkins) injury time winner.
I was walking down the dangerously cramped side alley approaching the Tivoli end when I heard a massive roar. The roar was so loud, it seemed to be coming from the Tivoli end.. so assumed Rotherham must have scored....but someone with a transistor radio told me we’d scored..that was a massive 3 points towards promotion.
I probably wasn’t paying attention to various songs unless it was sang by everyone.
I‘m sure older fans will know better than me....can only give my personal experience.
I believe it was originally sung as King Ecgbert's men marched upon Dore and the lyrics were "like a land war in Mercia". The name Mercia of course being a latinisation of the Saxon "myrce" meaning "people of metal", or magnets. Fishing was invented several centuries later.
Was gonna say I heard this but can't remember what season (doh! the clues in the lyrics)as back in the day every small group of mates were trying to get songs going.
That would tie in with my recollections of hearing it at Lincoln away - which was in May that season if I remember correctly. I think once somebody change the 'like a night out in Woodhouse' to 'like a night out in Sheffield' it might have gained a bit more popularity lol.Could be wrong but first time I think I remember hearing it was Bournemouth at home 82/83 season possibly Aprilish. Back of the kop, a group of lads singing the first few lines then trying to come up with the rest of the verses.
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