Greasy Chip Butty

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Always knew it was Magnet and not Maggots.

It was always about the beer and a day out for the football, and not about suddenly getting the fishing tackle out before the game and going fishing for carp, perch or tench.

From the horses mouth. It's Magnet.

The old man used to go home and away early eighties (I went to all home and a good few of the away games then with my brother, but Dad never missed a game) and he always states that it was definately Magnet first sung. He seemed to recall it being sung by some lads pre game before the Boxing Day game at the Lane v Millers in 83 (we won 3 nil) but maybe he was getting his wires crossed. Definately around that season though.
 
Who, where and when is interesting but irrelevant imo. The song was a catalyst it needed a collective pashun, history and a big fan base to give it traction to become modern day folk law.
The Greasy Chip Butty will forever be associated with our club. Unlike You’ll never Walk Alone (shared with Celtic), Hi Ho Silver Lining, I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles et al which were all pop songs adopted by fans not bespoke lyrics depicting a class and culture revolving around a community and football club.
 
"He remembers scrawling the opening lines on a toilet wall".

Bloody Terry, bet he's the same dirty sod that writes "for 12 inches of fun, ring..."
 
Kozzy_is_my_Dad said:
"He remembers scrawling the opening lines on a toilet wall".

Bloody Terry, bet he's the same dirty sod that writes "for 12 inches of fun, ring..."
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Given, you’d hardly have a chance to do that if you went for a wee, can only assume the lad was in the crapper when he penned it!

Can’t get much more down to earth than that!
 
Kozzy_is_my_Dad said:
"He remembers scrawling the opening lines on a toilet wall".

Bloody Terry, bet he's the same dirty sod that writes "for 12 inches of fun, ring..."
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Maybe?.................... give me a call and I'll tell yer ;)
 
Doesn’t matter at all who first penned it and I’ve never really understood why anybody would think it matters. It’s our anthem and recognised all over as such. You hear it sung and you know it’s Sheffield United.

Nobody cares who first wrote it except maybe desperate piggy fans who think it somehow ‘proves’ something. It galls them that they don’t have any sort of anthem that people identify with their club and we do.

Instead they along with half the league use ‘hi ho’. You hear that and you wouldn’t know whether you’re at Molineux or around half a dozen other grounds.
 
It's a lie. John Denver actually came to a game at Bramall Lane in the late 60s and liked the song so much, he decided to change it into a love song. He released this a few years later in 1974.

Here's the John Denver version, you've probably never heard it. Not that popular to be honest

 
FATTYFOULKE said:
Doesn’t matter at all who first penned it and I’ve never really understood why anybody would think it matters. It’s our anthem and recognised all over as such. You hear it sung and you know it’s Sheffield United.

Nobody cares who first wrote it except maybe desperate piggy fans who think it somehow ‘proves’ something. It galls them that they don’t have any sort of anthem that people identify with their club and we do.

Instead they along with half the league use ‘hi ho’. You hear that and you wouldn’t know whether you’re at Molineux or around half a dozen other grounds.
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The pigs are desperate to be recognised and loved by others. Our positive press over the past couple of years is galling them more just as much as the fact we are in the PL and living their dream!

They still bang the same old drum (pun intended :p) hoping that it will catch on and they will forever be remembered as a club that started something. Instead they are seen as a laughing stock.............. give it up pigs, we laughed at you 25 years ago and we are still laughing now!
 
I’m sure that Rotherham fan used to be an extra on Chucklevision - it’s a cock & bull story, no doubt.

Where’s the reference to Maggots for example, which after a long and arduous campaign from the likes of georgebernardshaw, finally gained the acceptance it deserved.

#fakenews
 
mattbianco1 said:
It's a lie. John Denver actually came to a game at Bramall Lane in the late 60s and liked the song so much, he decided to change it into a love song. He released this a few years later in 1974.

Here's the John Denver version, you've probably never heard it. Not that popular to be honest

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It's not 'mountains in springtime', it's 'FOUNTAINS in springtime'.
 

Kozzy_is_my_Dad said:
Tell you what, they're full of it, these lavatory lotharios. I thought I'd met the love of my life on the big wall of Tibshelf Services, but girthy Gary never called back.
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He's just a big tease that guy.... you should have stopped at Woodall.
 
It's origin is irrespective it's our song and is synonymous with Sheffield United it's a catchy tune and other clubs have adopted it, it's our anthem like You'll Never Walk Alone is Liverpool's.
 
In fairness to Simmo yes it was a bad pen but if others had not missed, he'd have just been a bystander, I bet his sphincter was going 20 to dozen.
 
The Crab said:
No that was Sinatra and Fly Me to the Moon
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Being honest, I have never seen Simmo's penalty. I was working overseas when the play off final game was on, and I was inbetween meetings so I only got updates as it went on. I knew we were winning that penalty shoot out and then had to disappear again, until 2 hours later when I finally found out the result. Gutted is an understatement as I had convinced myself that we had it in the bag. Amateur mistake after watching United all those years.

I was in a foul mood the rest of the day and could have cost my company a lot of money in hindsight despite trying to remain calm and professional at work. I was trying so hard not to tell everyone to 'go fuck themselves'.

So after getting home the match was quickly deleted from my Sky planner. I have had no intention ever since to watch those 'glorious' highlights and Simmo's penalty in my mind just gets higher and higher into the stratosphere every time I hear about that penalty kick! If I had looked out of the office window (I was in the far east) I probably could have seen it flying past ala Haley's comet.
 
It's strange how certain songs are linked to clubs like I say with us, GCB, WHU I'm forever blowing bubbles, You'll Never Walk Alone Liverpool & WE'RE SO SHIT IT'S UNBELIVEABLE pigs.
 
Weasel said:
Being honest, I have never seen Simmo's penalty. I was working overseas when the play off final game was on, and I was inbetween meetings so I only got updates as it went on. I knew we were winning that penalty shoot out and then had to disappear again, until 2 hours later when I finally found out the result. Gutted is an understatement as I had convinced myself that we had it in the bag. Amateur mistake after watching United all those years.

I was in a foul mood the rest of the day and could have cost my company a lot of money in hindsight despite trying to remain calm and professional at work.

So after getting home the match was quickly deleted from my Sky planner. I have had no intention ever since to watch those 'glorious' highlights and Simmo's penalty in my mind just gets higher and higher into the stratosphere every time I hear about that penalty kick! If I had looked out of the office window (I was in the far east) I probably could have seen it flying past ala Haley's comet.
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I didnt see it live either to be fair I had been to an auction in Birmingham with Ms Crab. Drove back through Derbyshire and had a meal at the Grouse & Claret. Read it all unfold on bbc sport live text.
 
Crab I was sat on sofa when pens began in United shirt and when "dog botherers" missed 1st 3 pens I said to wife we're gunna do it, 20 minutes later it was come on Pete stop crying not your fault their shit . We had a our greatest ever chance of winning a P/Off and made a right bollox of it.o_O
 
The Crab said:
I didnt see it live either to be fair I had been to an auction in Birmingham with Ms Crab. Drove back through Derbyshire and had a meal at the Grouse & Claret. Read it all unfold on bbc sport live text.
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It was feckin painful however you got the news. I could have fallen into a huge vat of industrial alcohol and after being fished out having swallowed half the contents, it would still have stung like a twat to see what had happened.

At least you was in the pub though to soften the blow. I had to try and be nice to a bunch of fuckwits who didn't know the anguish I was going through that day. They probably couldn't work out why I had gone from a smooth, smiley, friendly bloke, to a total bastard in just 5 mins. Probably thought I'd gone to the bog for a comfort break and shit myself.
 
bypassblade said:
Crab I was sat on sofa when pens began in United shirt and when "dog botherers" missed 1st 3 pens I said to wife we're gunna do it, 20 minutes later it was come on Pete stop crying not your fault their shit . We had a our greatest ever chance of winning a P/Off and made a right bollox of it.o_O
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Huddersfield was the worst one, capped it off, all those no-shows.

The Hull game, despite losing, was the first one I can remember when we actually turned up. Felt like a big moment as even though we lost, we didn’t disgrace ourselves.
 

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