GCB balls up

[Blade56]

Still can't believe the club has tried to make a motivational video out of our defeat in the play offs.

Must rank up there with things like 'Ed's Stone' and bacon sandwich

 

[Worksop II]

Does it still exist?

Magnifico !!

 

[Mustela Putorius Furo]

As in they thrilled you last Saturday with one upfront, please do it again this weekend too.
I might not use the term "thrilled" much but if anyone ever asked me how I felt about united's win I doubt I'd ever say filled either.

Probably, but then this is a poetic song not a conversation.

"You fill up my senses, come fill me again" - the last 2 lines of the first verse of the original is allusion and metaphor, not literal... but "fill" it is, and was never intended to be anything else in the "local" version.

 

[Large Mendonca]

http://www.beer-pages.com/2010/01/magnet-loses-its-pulling-power.html

According to this, Heineken UK stopped brewing it in 2010. Such a shame, I remember spending many Thursday evenings getting shitfaced on it in the Norfolk Arms on the corner of Leadmill Road before going to the 'Beat Club' night in the Leadmill - happy days.

I've had Magnet in the Noahs Ark at Intake this last year - I'm sure it's still brewed somewhere or another.

And while we're at it - this bloody "maggots" nonsense has to stop. The lyrics speak of a "night out in Sheffield" - The Magnet, cigarretes, snuff and the old GCB to soak up the beer. If we were talking about bloody fishing, the lyrics would surely be "like a day out on the Trent"

 

[Blade56]

I'm sure it's still brewed somewhere or another.

John Smith's Brewery was an English brewing company based in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire. The brewery site is still used to manufacture beer, and John Smith's has been the highest selling alebrand in the United Kingdom since the mid-1990s.

The majority of John Smith's sales are of the nitrogenated Extra Smooth product, although a cask conditioned variant is available nationally. A stronger variant called Magnet is also available in the North East of England. John Smith's Cask and Magnet are produced under licence by Cameron's in Hartlepool.

John Smith acquired the Backhouse & Hartley brewery in 1852. Following a series of acquisitions in the post-World War II period, the company became one of the largest regional brewers in the country, operating over 1,800 licensed premises. The company was taken over by Courage in 1970 who extended distribution of the brewery's products into the South of England. Courage was acquired by Scottish & Newcastle in 1995, and the operations were purchased by Heineken in 2008.

John Smith's Extra Smooth and Original are produced at the Tadcaster brewery, as well as a range of Heineken products including Kronenbourg 1664 and Newcastle Brown Ale. With a 3.8 million hectolitre capacity, the brewery is one of the largest in the country.

 

[RedandWhite]

Clearly thrill, unless you have a very large anus, then maybe it is fill. and it's also Magnet.

 

[raul]

Indeed. And how the fuck can we be 'By far the greatest team, the world has ever seen..' when Real Madrid won the European Cup 5 times in a row in the 50's and Ajax and Bayern Munich won it 3 times each in a row in the 1970's? These writers of football chants really ought to do their research before unleashing such masterpieces on an unsuspecting and gullible public.

Not a phrase I'd ever thought I'd write, but where's BTL when you need him?

 

[georgebernardshaw]

I've had Magnet in the Noahs Ark at Intake this last year - I'm sure it's still brewed somewhere or another.

And while we're at it - this bloody "maggots" nonsense has to stop. The lyrics speak of a "night out in Sheffield" - The Magnet, cigarretes, snuff and the old GCB to soak up the beer. If we were talking about bloody fishing, the lyrics would surely be "like a day out on the Trent"

Bollocks, it's "maggots" - live with it

 

[boo radley]

Some of us are coming to the point where a Gallon of Magnet could become to much to drink. I would love to have at least another go at filling up my senses that way.

 

[super_pig]

Is it just me that thinks for an anthem the GCB is dull and uninspiring ?

no mate.. no pig fans in town is miles better and it is totally 'our' song. i don't think it helps that they always play the intro at the kick offs and try to force people into singing it.. it makes it kind of naff
the maggots / magnet thing i can see both sides but you can actually buy a gallon of maggots .. my grandfather did for matches but i'm not so sure about a gallon of magnet.. it doesn't really matter

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

They've got the words wrong.

All words are correct from my point of view.

 

[FTPE]

Is it just me that thinks for an anthem the GCB is dull and uninspiring ?

Seriously!? I've never heard anyone question it before!
In the list of things I'm proud of as a blade, GCB is easily top 5!

 

[forza sampdoria]

I've had Magnet in the Noahs Ark at Intake this last year - I'm sure it's still brewed somewhere or another.

And while we're at it - this bloody "maggots" nonsense has to stop. The lyrics speak of a "night out in Sheffield" - The Magnet, cigarretes, snuff and the old GCB to soak up the beer. If we were talking about bloody fishing, the lyrics would surely be "like a day out on the Trent"

Also i clearly remember when this song was first song on John Street in the early eighties...the words were 'like at night out in Handsworth'. and quite possibly those words were sung up to 1985.

 

[forza sampdoria]

oh and i agree....maggots ....magnet come much much later only when song by the kop.

 

[coaxingstar71]

I've had Magnet in the Noahs Ark at Intake this last year - I'm sure it's still brewed somewhere or another.

And while we're at it - this bloody "maggots" nonsense has to stop. The lyrics speak of a "night out in Sheffield" - The Magnet, cigarretes, snuff and the old GCB to soak up the beer. If we were talking about bloody fishing, the lyrics would surely be "like a day out on the Trent"

The Noahs Ark pub isn't far from me. I'll definitely be checking that out and reporting back!
With regard to the song, Magnet or Maggots - it works either way really so does it matter.

 

[Large Mendonca]

The Noahs Ark pub isn't far from me. I'll definitely be checking that out and reporting back!
With regard to the song, Magnet or Maggots - it works either way really so does it matter.

They've had it on for decades so I reckon it will still be on, as it's popular with the residents. It's a decent pint too, or it was the last time I was in there !

 

[Punk Blade]

Who is the song being sung to? If Sheffield United is just one of the examples of how our senses are filled up by the song's subject, are we still addressing Annie?

 

[Lane Ender]

Bollocks, it's "maggots" - live with it

I with you 100% are you a fellow angler?

 

[Guesty]

I understand the magnet/maggot discrepancy. Both words have a decent claim.

However I'm staggered that anyone can possibly believe the last line is 'come thrill me again'.

 

[BushBlade]

It originated in Woodhouse. The blokes drinking in the Junction, and the Stag.
It's Magnet and "fill". End of.

I have to tell this story every year. Rotherham, 1984. Bob Atkins late goal. On the bus back to town there was a group of Blades singing GCB.
I assumed they were from Woodhouse as they were singing 'like a night out in Woodhouse' .
It was 'fill' and 'Magnet'.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

All words are correct from my point of view.

Well then you're just bloody wrong.

 

[georgebernardshaw]

I understand the magnet/maggot discrepancy. Both words have a decent claim.

However I'm staggered that anyone can possibly believe the last line is 'come thrill me again'.

I spit on your discrepancy - it's fucking "maggots"

Get a grip, man

 

[Guesty]

I spit on your discrepancy - it's fucking "maggots"

Get a grip, man

I disagree, but the point is either could be right given the context of the song.

Anyone with a basic understanding of structure and the ability to read the original bloody lyrics should know it's 'fill' in the final line.

 

[georgebernardshaw]

I disagree, but the point is either could be right given the context of the song.

Anyone with a basic understanding of structure and the ability to read the original bloody lyrics should know it's 'fill' in the final line.

Well that's me out then

 

[Kenilworth]

Some of us are coming to the point where a Gallon of Magnet could become to much to drink. I would love to have at least another go at filling up my senses that way.

Think I'd turn into BTL if I drank that much

 

[Bill the Butcher]

Just watched it so his he the man still to lead us to the promise land of the championship next season. He failed this season , and watching that , i am surprised he didn't fail the audition for the video . Why make it in the first place.

UTB

I'm with you on that. He has wound me up a time or two this season, and my patience is wearing thin with him. But for some reason I just cant imagine him not being the manager of Sheffield United and not standing "screaming-his-bollocks-off-at-Mcnulty" on the touchline on matchdays. Someone else doing that would just be wierd.

 

[Gavlar]

You live in the South West and drink Irish cider?

Get out!

lol I drink Thatchers and Brothers really, but magners every time over john smiths sorry!

 

[Lane Ender]

lol I drink Thatchers and Brothers really, but magners every time over john smiths sorry!

Thatchers and Weston 8 and half% stuff great drinks

 

[Barney]

Thought it was fill and maggots