All Together Now

[steve w]

Lou,

have to say I'm not a big fan of the new song, or Vindaloo for that matter.

For me, there is a perfect correlation between how well we do in tournaments, and our song. Best performance ever (post-66) was the best song ever - Three Lions in 1990. Second best, Football's Coming Home in 96.

Our national anthem is crap and always has been. You can practically see the life force being sucked out of Becks and Co as it's played. Besides, it's a British anthem and no other part of Britain plays it - why should we? Bring on "Land of Hope & Glory", I say. spent today in England and was fucking THRILLED how many English flags there are! At fucking last!

BTW, the REAL reason we hate the Germans at football (apart from knocking us out periodically) is that they basically play the same type of football, but go onto the pitch believing they will win, instead of us listening to hopeless muppets in the media (who've never kicked a ball in anger) telling us we're shite.

Finally, we will win in Portugal, because every club in the world will spend July and August trying to sign Stevie G, who is God (and I support Man U!).

France? Overrated. Especially by themselves.

 

[Guest]

Observing Lou and Crazy Angel thumping chests at one another, I remember a story from the World Cup, must be 30 years ago now, when the Cup was held in England. England and Germany had made it to the finals.

A politician noted, "If, tomorrow, the Germans beat us at our national sport, we can comfort ourselves with the thought that twice in this century, we have beaten them at theirs."

Oh... FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ROFPMSL!!!

Fucking brilliant!!!!

(Excuse the language, but that was just the funniest thing I have heard in a long time.)

Lou

 

[Guest]

I'm afraid National Football Songs all remind me of a downmarket version of the Eurovision Song Contest, thank God our US members are spared that fate!

Though Three Lions wasn't all bad. For preference I would have Swing Low adopted for sporting ventures, it is firmly hitched to Rugby Union, (a man's game not like that American Football nonsense), but I see no reason why it couldn't migrate to football.

On second thoughts, most of the words of Swing Low have too many syllables for the average football supporter.

NL

Ug ug!

Lou

 

[neonlyte]

Ug ug!

Lou

I did wrong?

Lou, I will cringe in embarassment if next week I hear the chant

ENNN.....GGLL.....AANNND

in down town Lisbon as I'm absolutely certain will happen. It won't be pleasant to hear because it's all about making the loudest noise. The stadium, that's another thing entirely, make all the noise you can, intimidate the opposition.

Now if they were walking down the street crooning Swing Low or Three Lions that would be another matter, it's still nationalistic but has a markedly different charactor.

Just my thoughts.

NL

 

[Virtual_Burlesque]

I was considering writing a book for people like me who don’t understand soccer, rugby, football, cricket, baseball, basketball, and any others I might have missed.

http://www.addis-welt.de/smilie/smilie/sport/Rebound.gif

I was going to call it, “Men with Gamey Balls & Women who Play with Them” but I just couldn’t face the research.

Maybe I’ll look into Hockey. Any game that includes “high Sticking” and has “Blue Lines” can’t be all bed — can it?

 

[Guest]

Lou,

have to say I'm not a big fan of the new song, or Vindaloo for that matter.

For me, there is a perfect correlation between how well we do in tournaments, and our song. Best performance ever (post-66) was the best song ever - Three Lions in 1990. Second best, Football's Coming Home in 96.

Our national anthem is crap and always has been. You can practically see the life force being sucked out of Becks and Co as it's played. Besides, it's a British anthem and no other part of Britain plays it - why should we? Bring on "Land of Hope & Glory", I say. spent today in England and was fucking THRILLED how many English flags there are! At fucking last!

BTW, the REAL reason we hate the Germans at football (apart from knocking us out periodically) is that they basically play the same type of football, but go onto the pitch believing they will win, instead of us listening to hopeless muppets in the media (who've never kicked a ball in anger) telling us we're shite.

Finally, we will win in Portugal, because every club in the world will spend July and August trying to sign Stevie G, who is God (and I support Man U!).

France? Overrated. Especially by themselves.

Yep, you are right, it should be Land of Hope and Glory. That's the anthem that's played during the Commonwealth Games if we win a gold medal.

About the flags, I'm also fucking thrilled!

I have one on my car, waving frantically in the wind, a great big one dangling from my house and one on my T-shirt. There's nothing like the Cross of St George. Patriotism gone mad, eh? Well, why not?

That is what out team needs; everyone backing them to instill some self-belief into them. They CAN beat any team in the world - they have the skill. It all comes down to what's going on in the mind.

Lou

P.S. Football's Coming Home and Three Lions are the same song, virtually.

 

[Guest]

I did wrong?

Lou, I will cringe in embarassment if next week I hear the chant

ENNN.....GGLL.....AANNND

in down town Lisbon as I'm absolutely certain will happen. It won't be pleasant to hear because it's all about making the loudest noise. The stadium, that's another thing entirely, make all the noise you can, intimidate the opposition.

Now if they were walking down the street crooning Swing Low or Three Lions that would be another matter, it's still nationalistic but has a markedly different charactor.

Just my thoughts.

NL

No, you didn't do wrong, hon! I was taking the piss out of myself more than anything. You said about the average football fan not being able to sing complex syllables, so I replied, "Ug, ug."

And, actually, it's ENG-GER-LAND!!!! Hehehe!

I hope, for your sake, they are on their best behaviour.

Lou

 

[Lauren Hynde]

The funnest fans I ever met were Celtic supporters, when they were here in Porto last year for the UEFA Cup semifinal. They were loud and seemed ready and willing to drink all the beer in town, but made everyone laugh and feel good with their songs and cheerfulness. Definitely not intimidating.

 

[Lauren Hynde]

I was considering writing a book for people like me who don’t understand soccer, rugby, football, cricket, baseball, basketball, and any others I might have missed.

What is there to know? Kick the ball, put it in the net!

 

[neonlyte]

That's cos when Scots go abroad they have shaken off the mantle of the UK, they become happy joyful folk; but you still wouldn't want to go to some parts of Glasgow on a Saturday night.

The Scots have rarely been a problem to others when they travel, just to themselves, though they do sem to have an extra gene that shrugs off hangovers.

NL

 

[Guest]

I was considering writing a book for people like me who don’t understand soccer, rugby, football, cricket, baseball, basketball, and any others I might have missed.

http://www.addis-welt.de/smilie/smilie/sport/Rebound.gif

I was going to call it, “Men with Gamey Balls & Women who Play with Them” but I just couldn’t face the research.

Maybe I’ll look into Hockey. Any game that includes “high Sticking” and has “Blue Lines” can’t be all bed — can it?

I can help you with the basic rules of cricket (I'll do football another day ).

The wicket is the stumps and the bails, and not the pitch, although the latter is often incorrectly referred to as the wicket. The pitcher is what the lemonade is served in, after stumps has been called. The batter is what the Glaswegians serve their Mars bars in.

The bowler does not throw the ball (unless he's the most successful wicket-taker in the history of the game), he bowls it at the batsman who's just come in, in an attempt to get him out. When he's out, he goes in, and the next batsman comes out, and stays in until he's out at which point he goes in. This goes on until they are all out, at which point both teams go off so that they can come out again.

Lou

 

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Hi lauren.

 

[Guest]

Hiya Abs, me darlin'!

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Hiya Abs, me darlin'!

Hello Lovely.

 

[rgraham666]

Oh... FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ROFPMSL!!!

Fucking brilliant!!!!

(Excuse the language, but that was just the funniest thing I have heard in a long time.)

Lou

Yer welcome.

 

[Svenskaflicka]

The best football song Sweden has ever had, was "Mera Mål" or "More Goals" by Markoolio.

The lyrics are hysterical, and the dance... ohmagawd, the dance! Imagine a cross between a stork and the anime-star Sailor Moon, and you'll still get nowhere near this ridiculous dance...

 

[Virtual_Burlesque]

The bowler does not throw the ball ...he bowls it at the batsman ...

Er ... thanks, Lou,

Please don’t tell me any more.

Although I now recognize what Brits refer to as “the old in and out,” my curiosity has been sufficiently curbed.

http://www.addis-welt.de/smilie/smilie/mix/thud.gif

It only needed that I be told about them using bowls for their balls... ick ... sounds positively unsanitary.

 

[Natural Born Eros]

The funnest fans I ever met were Celtic supporters, when they were here in Porto last year for the UEFA Cup semifinal. They were loud and seemed ready and willing to drink all the beer in town, but made everyone laugh and feel good with their songs and cheerfulness. Definitely not intimidating.

A friend of mine went to that game. I went to Edinburgh airport to pick him up. It was the middle of the morning, the first flight back after the game. Needless to say, there were a lot of extremely drunk/hungover people staggering about the airport.

One bloke looked particularly confused. He sort of followed the crowd out to the car-park, as you do. He was just passing our car when he suddenly shouted "FECK!!!" and I asked him what was up.

"I've just worked out why I cannae [for the uninitiated, "can't"] find mae car."
"Why?" I enquired, gently.
"I fucking drove to Portugal," said he. I only got on the plane coz everyone else did."

True story. The man is a legend.

 

[steve w]

Lou,

I thought poor old Murali had been cleared of that - it only surfaced because the Aussies are such appallingly bad losers and wanted Fatty Shane to be top of the list.....

 

[Lauren Hynde]

True story. The man is a legend.

Too funny!

Those guys were a riot. Some friends of mine who went to Seville to the final said they were the same over there, even after losing the match. Good sports.

One thing that stroke me as odd was that almost everyone of them had an Irish flag, but I didn't see a single Scottish one.

 

[pussy chaser]

As much as it hurts me me being a Scot, (i will be supporting british teams in euro)

the one thing that us Scots are good for is being friendly and /or drunk at sporting events



The difference between Scotlands national football team and a Tea bag?

the tea bag stays in the cup longer!!! just for Lou engerland footy song!!

 

[Natural Born Eros]

One thing that stroke me as odd was that almost everyone of them had an Irish flag, but I didn't see a single Scottish one.

Yeah, it is funny - peculiar, that is. It actually causes quite a few problems - there is a history of Catholic vs Protestant/ Irish (ethnically) vs Native Scots in Glasgow. This is often expressed in the Glasgow Celtic vs Glasgow Rangers games - with Celtic, as the name suggests, representing the Irish contingent.

For the most part, of course, both groups sound the same, look the same, and act the same. It is another part of the divisive nature of club football. I love the game, and wouldn't take it away for the world, but it does create all manner of complications. I'll stop now, since this is something I can go on about for hours - and it is a very complex issue.

 

[Guest]

Er ... thanks, Lou,

Please don’t tell me any more.

Although I now recognize what Brits refer to as “the old in and out,” my curiosity has been sufficiently curbed.

http://www.addis-welt.de/smilie/smilie/mix/thud.gif

It only needed that I be told about them using bowls for their balls... ick ... sounds positively unsanitary.

Yes, it is, especially when they play in their pyjamas.

The bowlers rub their red balls on their thighs, too, and get smeary stains on their trousers.

Lou

 

[Guest]

A friend of mine went to that game. I went to Edinburgh airport to pick him up. It was the middle of the morning, the first flight back after the game. Needless to say, there were a lot of extremely drunk/hungover people staggering about the airport.

One bloke looked particularly confused. He sort of followed the crowd out to the car-park, as you do. He was just passing our car when he suddenly shouted "FECK!!!" and I asked him what was up.

"I've just worked out why I cannae [for the uninitiated, "can't"] find mae car."
"Why?" I enquired, gently.
"I fucking drove to Portugal," said he. I only got on the plane coz everyone else did."

True story. The man is a legend.

That's hilarious!

 

[Guest]

As much as it hurts me me being a Scot, (i will be supporting british teams in euro)

the one thing that us Scots are good for is being friendly and /or drunk at sporting events



The difference between Scotlands national football team and a Tea bag?

the tea bag stays in the cup longer!!! just for Lou engerland footy song!!

Very gracious of you, sweetie.

I started up a Euro 2004 thread on another forum and there's a couple of Scottish guys there. They started laying into me something chronic. I just might have to post your joke there.

As for that song, OHMIGAWD!!! Very funny, but I've got the damn thing stuck in my head now!

Lou