Favourite Blades Song......

[Russ]

Na na nar na
Na na nar na
Hey-ey-ey
SHEFF UNITED !!!!!!!

 

[1973Blade]

Oh we are the Sheffield United,
We play in the red, white and black,
Oh we are so proud,
We sing out aloud,
Division One we will be back.

At least we kept our promise.

 

[Geordie Blade]

Not really a song but we played someone (Norwich?) at home a couple of years after the 93 FA cup final (the year there were NO semis and we didn't take part). A sub got off the away bench and started warming up to ....

Andy
Andy
Andy
Linighan

I remember watching our reserves play Ipswich reserves around that time. A couple of Andy Linighan's brothers (I'm pretty sure all four of the siblings were pro footballers) were playing for Ipswich and both got huge cheers every time they touched the ball. I can't imagine what their team mates must have been thinking.

 

[Bob Socks]

It doesn't need to make sense. The beauty of it is that it's opaque, with many different possible interpretations. Like a good film, it never quite reveals itself. It leaves the listener to use their imagination, and draw their own conclusions. It can be...whatever you want it to be.

For me, it's a vision of a far off and almost mythical age. The year is 1889. The Blades are born. There is no Hillsborough. Jack Charlton is...well, he's not alive yet. and if he's not alive then he's dead. The pig fans have fled because obviously we've seen them off (again) because we're well 'ard.

Is it a perfect fit? No.
Does it leave questions unanswered? Of course.

And so it should. That is its beauty.

That’s right pal. It was a Glasgow Rangers song.

“No,no pope of Rome, no chapel to saden my eye, no nuns and no priests, no rosaray beads, every day is the 12th of July.”

So it’s a kind of Protestant dream, no Catholics. It was adapted by Studge (don’t know if he posts on here?) and myself. We changed the words to have a dig at Wednesday.

“We travel far and wide” along with “We know a dark secluded shed” were both Leicester songs, nicked by us in March 1966 at Filbert St. A Leicester mate, who came up to see me this season, heard the C.D. in the Cricks. “Fuck me.” He said, “You’ve nicked all our songs.”

 

[nowtfancy]

Colin, Colin Morris, Colin Morris on the wing..

And

Sing something simple... - just for the venom that came out in the last word of the second (and last) line!

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

'Who the fuck has ordered that?' in the Maple Leaf for the Spurs game followed by, 'Ice cream, gives us a song, ice cream ice cream give us a song!'

 

[Barney Rubble]

Colin, Colin Morris, Colin Morris on the wing..

And

Sing something simple... - just for the venom that came out in the last word of the second (and last) line!

Almost forgot about Sing Something Simple

Short, Stupid and made made laugh every time.

 

[him behind you]

Mine shows my age. It's from the early 70's...

I can sing it but can't remember the name of the tune though....so not much use that is it?

Bring on Man United bring on Chelsea,
Bring on the scottish by the score,
There's the Rangers in the Blue & the Celtic in the Green,
But we're still the finest team you've ever seen.

Glory Glory Sheff United,
Glory Glory to the Blades,
We'll be singing in the stand,
we're the best team in the land,
and we're knocking on europe's door.

 

[Tray]

One that I try to forget is

W*dnesday, what you gonna do
You're going down to division 2
You won't win a cup, you won't win a shield
Your next derby game's against the Chesterfield.

Anyway I'm looking forward to the Proact again next year...

Sigh.

 

[Trafford]

He's fat
He's brown
He's taking Wednesday down
Atkinson, Atkinson.....

 

[BushBlade]

Nope still not buying it.
You and your ethereal arty farty drivel can smoke whatever trip weed that helps it make sense.

Every other song has some semblance of logic to it bar that one.
It's shite.

Now, when you hear lyrics like "on Shoreham Street, where it's magnifique" that's genius

Tbf, we're probably not the greatest team the world has ever see, nor has my dad ever advised me to support Wednesday and whilst I've called him many things, I don't think I've ever called him a cunt.

 

[Shalalalafenoughty]

To the tune of Land of Hope and Glory:

We've got Hope and Currie,
Gil Reece on the wing,
Dearden in the centre
And Woodward is our King

Higher still and higher
Will our goals be set
Harris who made us mighty
Make us mightier yet.

 

[bornablade]

Classic. That one started (I think) at an Everton away game (late 80s?). We won 2-0 I think!! Sorry, details are all a bit hazy.

Think the game you're referring to is toward end of season, 1992/93. Night match at Goodison. We won 2-0. Think Charlie Harfield played (a player I always rated) and had dominated midfield.

You're right the song went on forever. Remember hearing a few Evertonians at the end of the game saying it sounded like a Gospel choir. Great atmosphere.

Everton were a soft touch in them days. That's why it pissed me off how they managed to turn around that Wimbledon match the following season.

 

[him behind you]

And another from my formative years...

aye aye aye aye,
Hodgy is better than yashin.
Curry is better than Eusebio,
and Wednesday are in for a thrashing.

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Think the game you're referring to is toward end of season, 1992/93. Night match at Goodison. We won 2-0. Think Charlie Harfield played (a player I always rated) and had dominated midfield.

You're right the song went on forever. Remember hearing a few Evertonians at the end of the game saying it sounded like a Gospel choir. Great atmosphere.

Everton were a soft touch in them days. That's why it pissed me off how they managed to turn around that Wimbledon match the following season.

That's the one. Well remembered.

 

[Mustela Putorius Furo]

from 71-72 when we had a massive following almost everywhere:

"Those were the days my friends
we took the Stretford End,
we took the Shed,
the North Bank Highbury,
We'd fight wherever we choose
We'd fight and never lose
We are the Blades, because we are the Blades"

from the Porterfield reign:

"We are Bladesmen, we are Bladesmen, we are Bladesmen, we are Blades. We are Bladesmen, we are Bladesmen, We are Bladesmen, we are Blades."
(no stupid "super Bladesmen/from the Lane" nonsense.....that wasn't in the original).



And probably the most relevant and accurate (and passionately defiant... slowly and angrily at first...):

"We're not gonna win the football league,
we're not gonna win the Cup,
but we'll still follow United..
Hi-ho, Hi-ho
we are the Shoreham Boys,
Hi-ho, Hi-ho
we are the Shoreham Boys,
we're not gonna win the...... " ad infinitum

 

[Silent Blade]

Think the game you're referring to is toward end of season, 1992/93. Night match at Goodison. We won 2-0. Think Charlie Harfield played (a player I always rated) and had dominated midfield.

.

Chris Wilder was a few rows in front of me even though he was a Rotherham player at the time. He sang throughout the match

 

[Hampshire Blade]

I asked my 8 year old what his favourite was on the way to school the other day, he said "That Matty Done one" but was shocked to hear it was based on an 80s song by a band called KC and the sunshine band

 

[Hampshire Blade]

My boys love it too, although at 8 and 12 they thought, (until they very recently figured it out!) that it was "dirty black bum of a crow" and "poo on the losers below".....I don't think Mrs Torrix would have appreciated me teaching them the correct lyrics...

Isn't it great how we change the words for the young uns. When my youngest was 6 years old we used to sing " Oh Stephen Quinn you're the Iove of my life oh Stephen Quinn you're the love of my life oh Stephen Quinn i want ginger hair too" forgetting the wife bit. Others stood near him would look on surprised and unsure whether he'd changed the words or not. That's all changed now he's that bit older (and Quinnys gone)

 

[torridon]

Sheffield Wednesdays fucked it up again.
There's only one Danny Wilson, he used to be shite but now he's alright always made me smile.
And there was another when Wilson was in charge of the dark side but can't remember it all,
There's a circus in the town, in the town,
Danny Wilson is the clown
??? anyone remember how it ended?

 

[Large Mendonca]

Wember lee, wember lee
We're the famous Sheff United
And we're going to wember lee

There was a variation of that, sung after our POF defeat to Huddersfield...

We're the famous Sheff United and we're shit at Wemberlee....Wemberlee...Wemberlee etc etc

 

[Mustela Putorius Furo]

Maybe this should be another thread... but favourite songs by other clubs.... "Storia di un grande amore" Juventus.. mentioned it before... it's basically euro-pop but really addictive.... the chorus is a proper football chant perfect for Juve, but its ruined by the corny brassy accompaniment in the verses.... still, if one of us could write something like that it would be f***ing awesome.... Gonna get mi guitar!

 

[blade.i.am]

We all hate Leeds etc sung to the Dambusters theme

 

[Punk Blade]

Five pages in and no mention of Swingin' a Pig. Disgraceful.

We've got too many songs shared with our neighbours, swapping red for blue or the Wednesday for United. That's why I like Swingin' a Pig, it's the only clever one of those.

After that, GCB is a great anthem and far better than their hugely irritating original composition. You know, the one that Dario G turned into a dance hit. When other visiting fans sing it I always take it as a personal insult, but they probably don't realise it's a Wednesday tune. Like the muppet who occasionally plays it before kick off mustn't realise either. That's also disgraceful.

 

[diplomat]

I like our unique ones. The GCB although more so when unprompted. Barrel of money. He's a blade and he's a blade in particular.

A brilliant one that never really took off aside from a few at the back of the kop that tickled me was:

The spice girls are all slappers
And posh, she cannot sing
And when she's shagging Beckham
She thinks of Paul Devlin
Paul Devliiiiin Paul Devliiiin

 

[Blade56]

When we beat Rovverum 2013/14 season 1-0 singing "We're only playin the kids" to that fat bastard was hilarious

 

[Rodley]

'I'm a Rambler' is a classic.

'Shoreham St, Magnifique' is another.

Don't hear We Are Bladesmen much these days, or Forever and Ever. Seemed preoccupied by garbage like 'Everywhere we go', sung by every ten a penny club in the country, including the Snort Beasts.

 

[axel smeets]

'I'm a Rambler' is a classic.

'Shoreham St, Magnifique' is another.

Don't hear We Are Bladesmen much these days, or Forever and Ever. Seemed preoccupied by garbage like 'Everywhere we go', sung by every ten a penny club in the country, including the Snort Beasts.

Completely agree. 'Everywhere we go' is such a shit, generic song and I for one will never be caught singing it.

 

[Gee]

One of my favourite songs was a few years ago coming out of the Southampton ground and every fan was singing.
Ess You Eff cee Kevin Blackwells barmy army
Ess you eff cee Kevin Blackwells barmy army
It sounded deafening and awesome.
Crystal palace a couple of years ago, we got off the train to a wall of sound that was oh when the Blades, oh when the blades, a great rendition and the best I have ever heard it done. The Blades fans had taken over the town centre that day, all the pubs and supermarkets in the town centre ran out of beer. Warnock was the Palace boss that day. Best away game ever.

 

[Sothall_Blade]

Jack Charlton is dead, and the city is red

yeah - that works.

always hated that song btw
"and the year is 1889" is the lyric that most sing and it doesn't make sense.
There's often pig fans in town, they haven't fled - Hillsborough is still there, albeit a shit hole - the song just makes no sense whatsoever. It's stupid
If the year was 1889 Jack Charlton couldn't have been dead as he hadn't been born - OK Hillsborough wasn't the home ground of the pigs until 1899 so the only grain of truth in it was that there would be no Hillsborough to sadden anybody's eyes. Now people are stating the lyrics are "every year is 1889" Doesn't anybody work on logic any more?

I actually like the continuous round of Sheffield United, repeated when one group does it followed by the other.
Although it normally coincides with no actual action going on - at least from our perspective.
I remember losing 4-0 away at Grimsby (well in Cleethorpes) last game of the season when we sung that for about 80 mins of the 90.
We'd all past caring by that stage - pigs had got promoted and we couldn't give a flying fuck
That match was also noteworthy for the fact that I got the badge off John McPhail's shirt - nearly had the whole shirt but in the scrum it got wrenched from my grasp and the badge was all I could salvage.
Put it in a square, brushed aluminium frame (round window) so it frames it perfectly - Ken Junior inherited it as soon as he could say "Blades"
The match was also said to be the game where Reg Brearley decided to invest in the club - because of us lot at Grimsby.

Anyway - Shoreham Boys is another good one - although I have to admit that, whilst I have partaken of several ales in many reaches of England's football league, I have never just turned up and began shagging any of the local women.
I'm far too refined for that.

The Jack Charlton song makes more sense if you imagine a Utopian future.

United have survived. Wednesday have gone under. Hillsborough has been demolished. The pig fans have therefore left town and every year is United's year (1889).