DELILAH

[COME BACK CHED]

Always enjoy Stoke fans singing this , [ reminds me of the ex-wife ] But which other fans sing it ? is it the Welsh ones ? just curious .

 

[Rodley]

Just Stoke AFAIK

 

[Trafford]

I always thought that Birmingham sang it - what do they sing?

 

[sitwell]

I always thought that Birmingham sang it - what do they sing?

Dont they do Keep right on to the end of the road or summat.
I was told they sing Delilah because a pub landlady was going to lob them out of a pub if they sang anymore football songs ,so someone sand Delilah and its stuck. One for Lee Mack and david Mitchell I think.

 

[Cyprus Blade]

 

[Ainsley Harriott]

She would probably have given a penalty in the first half. Disgusting decision. Yet sky have omitted it from their replay package so I can't make my mind up.

 

[mattbianco1]

What does it have to do with Stoke and why did they adopt it?

 

[Edgar Allan Poo]

It's no Annie's Song. Do they have their own lyrics or just give it the full Tom Jones?

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

Was Tom Jones

Dont they do Keep right on to the end of the road or summat.
I was told they sing Delilah because a pub landlady was going to lob them out of a pub if they sang anymore football songs ,so someone sand Delilah and its stuck. One for Lee Mack and david Mitchell I think.

Why does stoke sing Delilah?


"It all began at an away game in Derby (in April 1987) where we were all in a pub and the police asked us not to sing a song with swear words on. So we put Delilah on the jukebox, and I got up on a table and started singing it. We sang it in the ground and it just went from there."22 Apr 2020

 

[BiggerBladeThanThou]

Up there with “hi ho sheffield Wednesday” and “hey Jude” for me. Crap.

 

[Trigger Blade]

Dont they do Keep right on to the end of the road or summat.
I was told they sing Delilah because a pub landlady was going to lob them out of a pub if they sang anymore football songs ,so someone sand Delilah and its stuck. One for Lee Mack and david Mitchell I think.

That’s close to my understanding, though according to the legend it was coppers in a Derby pub telling them not to sing songs with swear words in. Delilah was on the jukebox, so they joined in with that as a wholesome alternative, apparently oblivious to the irony of the criminality involved in Delilah’s early demise

They do it well and I like the idea of it having absolutely no connection with Stoke City or football. They also have a slogan they all use, a bit like WAWAW and equally brainless:- Be Loyal, Be Proud, Be Stoke - vacuous, meaningless nonsense. Quite why anyone would want to Be Stoke is beyond me

 

[SW12 to S12 to S18]

I don’t mind them singing Delilah but they murdered it, totally tuneless, it sounded as though they were trying to finish before they had begun.

 

[Sean Thornton]

It's no Annie's Song. Do they have their own lyrics or just give it the full Tom Jones?

“She saw my cock in my hand and she laughed no more”

 

[Edgar Allan Poo]

“She saw my cock in my hand and she laughed no more”

Now we're talking....

 

[SB_90]

i was disappointed i was looking forward to their version of its not unusual, green green grass of home & sex bomb

 

[Ainsley Harriott]

I don’t mind them singing Delilah but they murdered it, totally tuneless, it sounded as though they were trying to finish before they had begun.

That is an issue with loads of fans. Ours are terrible for it. The younger the fan, the quicker they go.

 

[broomhillblade]

A song about knife crime and murder.
Not very appropriate at this time (or any time, for that matter).

 

[CrookesBlade]

That is an issue with loads of fans. Ours are terrible for it. The younger the fan, the quicker they go.

The “oh Lord Michael Brown” was the worst for that. Sounded crap because of a missing “Michael Brown My Lord, Michael Brown” in the middle”.

“Can’t help falling in Love with you” meets a similar fate, should start with “Wise men say….” rather than just the same few lines repeated.

 

[GVBlade]

Alex Harvey's version was the best. Now there was a showman.

 

[HighfieldBlade]

I always thought that Birmingham sang it - what do they sing?

Shit on the Villa (shit on the Villa tonight).

 

[Rusty]

Alex Harvey's version was the best. Now there was a showman.

Amen brother...my first ever gig...

 

[SUFC Handsworth]

That is an issue with loads of fans. Ours are terrible for it. The younger the fan, the quicker they go.

The only ever sports crowd I've known sing in tune, in unison, was the Taffs at the England-Aussie test at Cardiff in 2015.

I know the Welsh have a reputation for being decent at singing, but that rep definitely held true that day.

 

[Jacobsenthecrab]

I had a chuckle walking back to the car as the Blades fans at the Sheaf House sang ‘bye bye bye Delilah’ to the Stoke fans walking back to their buses.
Classic shithousery