Kop singing

[stringjunior]

For 10 minutes during the second half this evening I think the kop was taken over by a welsh male voice choir. The rendition of 'when the blades go marching in' was like nothing I've heard before at the lane... amazing.

 

[Houso]

Agreed.

The Welsh Choir comparison occurred to me too.

More on Saturday please as it really seemed to lift the players.

 

[Jon Bon]

The bloke two rows behind me wouldn't have sounded out of place in the cat's choir at 3 o'clock in the morning. Only the riveting action on the pitch prevented me from turning round and hurling my boot at him Tom & Jerry style...

 

[happyhippy]

I think the drop in tempo was a sign to say that we were all bored. The lads did step it up a bit, and oddly enough the tempo of the chant increased accordingly.

 

[Bladesman]

Oh when the blades.......

 

[Bramley]

Been sung a few times, the slow version is quality.

 

[S64 Blade]

For 10 minutes during the second half this evening I think the kop was taken over by a welsh male voice choir. The rendition of 'when the blades go marching in' was like nothing I've heard before at the lane... amazing.

Been done a few times before at the away games on the trains etc. Sounds great!

 

[Wards]

it sounded ace from where I was sat. Really carried through the stadium

 

[super_pig]

funny how billy scoring for donny seemed to lift the entire stadium

 

[SwissBlade]

Singing oh when the blades outside the pub at Palace at the end of last season was fantastic

 

[tayman_scfc]

Watch Stoke on saturday on sky and you'll hear it sung slow, loud and passionately, throughout the stadium, it's fantastic. Although last night the atmosphere at times was very good.

 

[shorehamview]

Watch Stoke on saturday on sky and you'll hear it sung slow, loud and passionately, throughout the stadium, it's fantastic. Although last night the atmosphere at times was very good.

Why the hell would Stoke sing "Oh when the Blades go marching in"?

 

[tayman_scfc]

Why the hell would Stoke sing "Oh when the Blades go marching in"?

"oh when the reds go marching in" surely it isn't that difficult to work out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmU-DfbITjU

 

[JJ Sefton]

"oh when the reds go marching in" surely it isn't that difficult to work out.

Are Stoke known as the 'reds'? Ive always known you as the Potters.

 

[tayman_scfc]

Are Stoke known as the 'reds'? Ive always known you as the Potters.

Well, "oh when the potters" doesn't fit very well lets be honest, just look at the video above.

 

[cooperblade]

When did we first start singing it in this style? 1992?

Always surprises me that every time it gets sung, it's greeted like a brand new song.

Although the atmosphere was shocking in the first half, fair play to the 'Ultras' for getting it going in the 2nd.

 

[JJ Sefton]

Well, "oh when the potters" doesn't fit very well lets be honest, just look at the video above.

But your team plays in white socks and white shorts and 50% of your shirt is white.

 

[SwissBlade]

When did we first start singing it in this style? 1992?

Always surprises me that every time it gets sung, it's greeted like a brand new song.

Although the atmosphere was shocking in the first half, fair play to the 'Ultras' for getting it going in the 2nd.

Can we not call them 'Ultras'. I had this discussion with GC88 a few months ago and they are not 'Ultras'.

Having worked in Italy and gone to a few Italian Serie A games, Ultra's has a totally different meaning amongst italian football fans. Generally the Ultra's are the Hooligans.. they are particularly a problem in Milan

 

[Bramley]

Can we not call them 'Ultras'. I had this discussion with GC88 a few months ago and they are not 'Ultras'.

Having worked in Italy and gone to a few Italian Serie A games, Ultra's has a totally different meaning amongst italian football fans. Generally the Ultra's are the Hooligans.. they are particularly a problem in Milan

There's not the connotations associated with the word Ultra's over here despite your sensibilities, let them call themselves what they want.

 

[tayman_scfc]

But your team plays in white socks and white shorts and 50% of your shirt is white.

Christ mate grow up.

 

[cooperblade]

Can we not call them 'Ultras'. I had this discussion with GC88 a few months ago and they are not 'Ultras'.

I can't be arsed typing out 'the young lads who post on Blades Mad and sit at the back of the kop' very often.

 

[Foxy]

When did we first start singing it in this style? 1992?

Always surprises me that every time it gets sung, it's greeted like a brand new song.

It's happened every single year for about the last 5+ years...

Someone hears an older song, thinks it new and discussion ensues

The funniest is when people claim to have "made up" the "new song" despite the fact it's been sung for many many years, often before said person started frequenting matches.

 

[Trigger Blade]

He does have a point though. I've lived in the Potteries for over twenty years and although I've heard that song at games, I've never heard the local team referred to as Reds, just the Potters, although my personal favourite is clayheads.

If you want to impress, get your own original song, for example, something by Tom Jones that has nothing to do with football at all. It won't hold a candle to Annie's Song mind.

 

[shorehamview]

"oh when the reds go marching in" surely it isn't that difficult to work out.

I neither know or indeed care what Stoke fans sing, so I wouldn't know or care whether they sing "reds", "Potters" or "chainsaw juggling crocodile fondlers" to be honest with you.

 

[happyhippy]

It's happened every single year for about the last 5+ years...

Someone hears an older song, thinks it new and discussion ensues

The funniest is when people claim to have "made up" the "new song" despite the fact it's been sung for many many years, often before said person started frequenting matches.

Well I must be even more drunk at matches than I think, because despite barely missing a home match in the best part of twenty years, I have never heard that sung in that style at the Lane before.

There has been a slower version sung, but to a slightly different tune. One which is more reminiscent of Vic's "A song sung in the style of a club singer" to be honest. Seriously, I've never heard/sung it in the way we did last night before.

 

[Foxy]

Well I must be even more drunk at matches than I think, because despite barely missing a home match in the best part of twenty years, I have never heard that sung in that style at the Lane before.

There has been a slower version sung, but to a slightly different tune. One which is more reminiscent of Vic's "A song sung in the style of a club singer" to be honest. Seriously, I've never heard/sung it in the way we did last night before.

I may have not heard the finer points of it, being away from the kop, but sounded pretty similar to one of the few styles that have been sung for as long as I remember

As recently as Bristol City I've heard it

 

[TonyAgana]

Sent a bit of a shiver down my spine last night. Heard it before but I think the combination of the fans getting behind a team who have taken some stick over the last few months but appreciating the effort despite not breaking the deadlock seemed to strike a chord. Good stuff.

Also, went to the Bernabau a couple of weeks ago and saw the Ultras in their own enclosure behind the goal. They never stopped singing and jumping around. Are they actually a bunch of hoolies?

 

[puppet]

its very festive

 

[tenerife blade]

Also, went to the Bernabau a couple of weeks ago and saw the Ultras in their own enclosure behind the goal. They never stopped singing and jumping around. Are they actually a bunch of hoolies?

The Ultras behind the goal who watch Tenerife week in / week out are not hoolies. They bang drums, play trumpets, and generally make a great noise from when the game starts, to when it finishes.

I think certain sides in Italy, and also Turkey, have a hoolie element that refer to themselves as Ultras, but over here, Ultras are just fervent supporters.

 

[Houso]

I think it was the sheer number of people who joined in last night that made it noteworthy. I've certainly not heard such a slow version sung so loudly for many seasons.