Singing/Ultra's Section

[Sean Thornton]

Every football crowd chant. In every football stadium in the World. Is started the same way. Someone belts out a rhythm, or the first few bars, in a way that people near them will recognise and (hopefully) join in. Often, the person starting the chant will use arm gestures, waving, punching the air, etc to help people understand what is happening and encourage them to join in. That is the same process at "pure unsullied" Bramall Lane & "cringeworthy" Selhurst Park. The process of getting chants going in football grounds is all a bit silly. Someone ALWAYS organises it (by starting it) and it ALWAYS grows organically as more people join in. ALWAYS a bit silly. The idea that there's a right way to do this silly thing (The Bramall Lane way) and a wrong way to do this silly thing (The Ultras Way) is preposterous.

Taken from the book “Explaining the bleeding obvious - part one - Football Chants”


Foreword by Brian Sewell…..

 

[TimofeeVee]

I've been to one game abroad Sampdoria, last match of the season, nothing to play for and lost 4-2....the atmosphere was great all the way through!!

For me a louder atmosphere makes for a better day out. If I'm just relying on the football for entertainment, and IF it's good on the pitch, then the fans sing, I'm more likely to come away disappointed!

At some point it feels inevitable a better atmosphere will come, as the younger generation seem more singing and flares than siddarn shut up!

 

[Sean Thornton]

I've been to one game abroad Sampdoria, last match of the season, nothing to play for and lost 4-2....the atmosphere was great all the way through!!

For me a louder atmosphere makes for a better day out. If I'm just relying on the football for entertainment, and IF it's good on the pitch, then the fans sing, I'm more likely to come away disappointed!

At some point it feels inevitable a better atmosphere will come, as the younger generation seem more singing and flares than siddarn shut up!

The “younger generation” (and others) had no trouble creating a great atmosphere when we first went all seater on the Kop Mind you, most of us did our drinking pre and post match rather than nipping out ten minutes before half time to join the Coke* Queue in the bogs.


*Vim and talc

 

[Bennyand the Blades]

Nothing wrong with singing when the teams are playing well on the field, but there has to be something seriously wrong with the game if your having to make your own entertainment.
We could all stand in Norfolk park and sing along wi Salvation army for nowt, and save our money and our souls at the same time if that's what we pay to get into Lane for !!!!!

Yes it may be alright for Jonny Foreigner to sing, bang drums and set off fire works to cover up bad play, but we're British and Football to us means more than that..
It may work on a sunny afternoon in Spain, but it's a different game altogether when that over here in December, sat freezing di nether bit off and their play crap, I can tell thi......

 

[georgebernardshaw]

“ A fine little chap were young Cahill
All dressed in his best , quite a swell
He’d a cane with a ‘orses ’ead ‘andle
The finest that Woolworths could sell “

(One for the oldies with acknowledgement to Marriott Edgar)

Can’t remember all the lines, but “and stuck it in ‘Orace’s ear” rings a bell…

 

[Bennyand the Blades]

Now Albert had heard about Lions
how they were ferocious and wild
and to see Wallis laying so peaceful
well it didn't seem right to the child.
He took his stick with the horses head handle

One of Stanley Holloway's monologs .....

 

[Bennyand the Blades]

(He took his stick with the Horses head handle.
and Wallis.... wrong )


So straight way the brave little follow
not showing a morsel of fear
took his stick with the horses head handle
and shoved it in Wallace's ear

 

[CarlMcBlade]

Football is one of the most organised things we have in our lives/society. It couldn't be less organic. 25k people just "organically" turning up around a field every fortnight at the same time...

Big flags and clappers it is then...

 

[JJBlade]

Have we got enough "non siddarners" to warrant this

Assuming we have, SAG and SYP have then got to find a place to put them where their singing and shouting cannot be heard

After all Sheffield is the only place where young people apparantly buy and rent city centre apartments and then petition to get bars closed at 11.00 because of the noise

 

[Isaw Joeshaw]

(He took his stick with the Horses head handle.
and Wallis.... wrong )


So straight way the brave little follow
not showing a morsel of fear
took his stick with the horses head handle
and shoved it in Wallace's ear

Yes , as a consequence of his foolhardy behaviour he was pulled into the cage by Wallace who proceeded to swallow him whole , which gives rise to my favourite verse of this minor masterpiece ...

“ Then Pa , who had witnessed the occurrence
And not knowing what to do next
Shouted “ Mother , yon lion’s eaten our Albert “
And Mother said “Ee, I am vexed “

 

[Sean Thornton]

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Have we got enough "non siddarners" to warrant this

Assuming we have, SAG and SYP have then got to find a place to put them where their singing and shouting cannot be heard

After all Sheffield is the only place where young people apparantly buy and rent city centre apartments and then petition to get bars closed at 11.00 because of the noise

That’s not part of Albert and the Lion. More bullshit.

 

[Bladesman98]

When we go away we sing in numbers regardless of the score (usually anyway) so don’t get why the performance dictates the noise of fans at home.

 

[brownblade]

Nothing embarrassing needs to happen at the club. Fans don't need flags and crap... But if a high percentage of our fans could be arsed to chant in-between moaning (about whatever), it would be (1) a far more intimidating environment for away sides, (2) more encouraging for our players who are having to run about 9-13km, made up of relatively short sprints, every match. Arguably (3) a more captivating and entertaining match going experience across the board.

 

[Bennyand the Blades]

T



That’s not part of Albert and the Lion. More bullshit.

Hey, and we ant even started on Alberts return yet,,,,,,

 

[prince albert]

Hey, and we ant even started on Alberts return yet,,,,,,

You called

 

[WORKSOPBLADE]

I am up for a Steel drums band getting that Caribbean feeling on a wet, cold Tuesday night at BDTBL as long as it comes with a shot of Wray and Nephews Rum and a bottle of Red Stripe for £3 then happy days.

Or corn ‘n’ oil !