Come to think of it

[1973Blade]

What is the song 'No Pig Fans In Town' actually going on about? If the year is 1889, then how can Jack Charlton be dead when he isn't even born until 1935! (And was only at Wednesday for a few years anyway.) When did we first start singing this?

 

[blade67]

I first heard away at Leeds in 1972. wierd

 

[ISZA ⚔️]

It doesn’t help to make sense of the song but seen/heard it sang as “every year is 1889” as well.

 

[bladesmanluke]

What is the song 'No Pig Fans In Town' actually going on about? If the year is 1889, then how can Jack Charlton be dead when he isn't even born until 1935! (And was only at Wednesday for a few years anyway.) When did we first start singing this?

If he wasn't yet alive, he was dead. If ched wasn't guilty, he's innocent

 

[Swannyblade]

If he wasn't yet alive, he was dead. If ched wasn't guilty, he's innocent

Nah, death follows life…prior to being alive, you just don’t exist

 

[stringjunior]

It's about a utopian Sheffield. Chronology isn't important.

 

[JJBlade]

And still less moronic than most of our fans other songs

 

[JT89]

And still less moronic than most of our fans

 

[Champagneblade]

Did you never watch Back to the Future growing up?

Explains it all!

 

[Bell4]

Did you never watch Back to the Future growing up?

Explains it all!

My favourite film/s

 

[pommpey]

I think it was actually created on S24SU.

Yeah, I know the internet wasn't even invented back in the seventies, but that kinda fits with the silliness of the song.

It needs work.

pommpey

 

[bongleblade]

What is the song 'No Pig Fans In Town' actually going on about? If the year is 1889, then how can Jack Charlton be dead when he isn't even born until 1935! (And was only at Wednesday for a few years anyway.) When did we first start singing this?

the whole song doesnt make sense, pig fans were around before 1889 as they are the older club (as they often like to remind us). Hillsborough was built 1899 so thats probably the only factual line of the song if it is referring to the year 1889

i always think the line ‘the year is 1889’ isn’t asking us to picture living in that year, but rather is saying ‘the best year is 1889’ or something of that ilk

 

[Millhousesblade1889]

I think it was actually created on S24SU.

Yeah, I know the internet wasn't even invented back in the seventies, but that kinda fits with the silliness of the song.

It needs work.

pommpey

I quite like it. Let’s not break down every song or we’re screwed .

We beat Wednesday Sunday afternoon but we say ‘late September on a Sunday night, Duffy scoring’

 

[Working Class Hero]

the whole song doesnt make sense, pig fans were around before 1889 as they are the older club (as they often like to remind us). Hillsborough was built 1899 so thats probably the only factual line of the song if it is referring to the year 1889

i always think the line ‘the year is 1889’ isn’t asking us to picture living in that year, but rather is saying ‘the best year is 1889’ or something of that ilk

The pig fans fled, so them not being around in 1889 does actually make sense at least.

The chronology doesn't matter anyway, as it's a song about a fantasy version of Sheffield where all is good.

 

[Mumbo]

It's about a utopian Sheffield. Chronology isn't important.That’s a great answer,the song has now transcended it’s humbleness and is now a ‘high brow’ intellectual masterpiece

It's about a utopian Sheffield. Chronology isn't important.

What a great reply,
The song had now transcended it’s humbleness and become a ‘highbrow’ intellectual wonder.

(Don’t know how the posts got mixed,too daft to sort it).

 

[Edgar Allan Poo]

What is the song 'No Pig Fans In Town' actually going on about? If the year is 1889, then how can Jack Charlton be dead when he isn't even born until 1935! (And was only at Wednesday for a few years anyway.) When did we first start singing this?

Often wondered that myself but arguably makes more sense now he is in some sort of piggy purgatory watching Blades highlight reels on an endless loop and if you sing 'each' or 'every' year.

 

[djbaldken]

Talking of songs that don't make sense........................ would a gallon of magnet fill up your senses? or a gallon of maggots?

Asking for a friend.

 

[BornOnShorehamStreet]

Talking of songs that don't make sense........................ would a gallon of magnet fill up your senses? or a gallon of maggots?

Asking for a friend.

Considering that Sheffield was/is supposed to be the angling capital of the country, a gallon of maggots would be very appealing to an angler. I'm not an angler and the last that that would fill up my senses would be a gallon of Magnet. 'orrible stuff IMO

 

[Alan Birchenall's hair]

A gallon of Magnet would mean that your senses were being filled up in a really shite pub, with really shite beer. Magnet would be the last refuge before having to drink l*g*r. And even that's a close call.....

 

[Dark muffy]

Along with the Jack Charlton song I never really understood the wings of a Sparrow song, I don't dislike it, just don't get it. Why Sparrow wings? and arse of a Crow? I would want a bigger arse than a Crow to produce more shit and would therefore need much bigger wings than a Sparrow to carry my massive arse. Arse of a Whale and wings of a Teradactyl would be more suitable. I hate the spelling Sheffield United song though drives me mad that one.

 

[aBladeInTheNorthernSky]

Along with the Jack Charlton song I never really understood the wings of a Sparrow song, I don't dislike it, just don't get it. Why Sparrow wings? and arse of a Crow? I would want a bigger arse than a Crow to produce more shit and would therefore need much bigger wings than a Sparrow to carry my massive arse. Arse of a Whale and wings of a Teradactyl would be more suitable. I hate the spelling Sheffield United song though drives me mad that one.

the planform area of a crows wings is larger than a sparrow, so if that's all you have to choose from you'd pick the arse of the sparrow and the wings of the crow surely.

when my dad first taught me it he went with wings of sparrow, arse of cow, which would give a heftier dump but a terrible lift to weight ratio. a blue whale's bumhole is only about 10cm wide, surely there must be a bigger one out there?

 

[Dark muffy]

the planform area of a crows wings is larger than a sparrow, so if that's all you have to choose from you'd pick the arse of the sparrow and the wings of the crow surely.

when my dad first taught me it he went with wings of sparrow, arse of cow, which would give a heftier dump but a terrible lift to weight ratio. a blue whale's bumhole is only about 10cm wide, surely there must be a bigger one out there?

You would be in a physical mess flying to Hillsborough with your little sparrow wings and the arse of a cow, probably soil yourself before you even got there. I did not know that about whales bum holes though, bit of a shock that.

 

[JJBlade]

the planform area of a crows wings is larger than a sparrow, so if that's all you have to choose from you'd pick the arse of the sparrow and the wings of the crow surely.

when my dad first taught me it he went with wings of sparrow, arse of cow, which would give a heftier dump but a terrible lift to weight ratio. a blue whale's bumhole is only about 10cm wide, surely there must be a bigger one out there?

Lift to weight ratio being taken into account in a football chant is fantastic
However, as some of our fans have already proven (apparently), you don't need any of that to shit on Hillsborough

 

[mattbianco1]

the whole song doesnt make sense, pig fans were around before 1889 as they are the older club (as they often like to remind us). Hillsborough was built 1899 so thats probably the only factual line of the song if it is referring to the year 1889

i always think the line ‘the year is 1889’ isn’t asking us to picture living in that year, but rather is saying ‘the best year is 1889’ or something of that ilk

No pig fans in town - as they vacated BDTBL
No Hillsborough to sadden my eyes - Not yet built
Pig fans have fled - left Bramall lane
Every year - meaning it was the best year... Like "I wish it Could be Xmas Everyday" song

Jack Charlton bit... well... If it was sang before his pigs time, it probably refers to his Leeds days... A noisy neighbour worth slagging off?

 

[mattbianco1]

blue whale's bumhole is only about 10cm wide, surely there must be a bigger one out there?

But their sperm count is massive.

"If I had the wings of a sparrow, and the massive spunkload of a whale!
I'd fly over hillsborough tomorrow, and jizz on the bastards below!"

 

[Maidenhead]

I believe that it was "the year is 1999" when it first started, so it was a song of optimism for the future.

That's what I always sang anyway.

 

[BushBlade]

No pope of Rome
No chapels to sadden my eyes.


Rangers sectarian song.

 

[Frank the tank]

What is the song 'No Pig Fans In Town' actually going on about? If the year is 1889, then how can Jack Charlton be dead when he isn't even born until 1935! (And was only at Wednesday for a few years anyway.) When did we first start singing this?

Think its a joke

 

[ShockingBadBuy]

Arse of a Whale and wings of a Teradactyl would be more suitable.

Priti Patel will be in touch as soon as those reptilian wings have carried her whale’s arse back from Rwanda.

when my dad first taught me it he went with … arse of cow

I refer the honourable Tool to my previous answer.

 

[NuddysGloves]

Is anybody going to point out any inaccuracies in any of the other songs we sing?

"He's our striker he's our number niiiiiiine.........."