AyrshireTon Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 5 minutes ago, Jinky67 said: A couple of inaccuracies to clear up firstly is we tend to hold up scarfs during the song and not wave flags Secondly the song wasn’t written by anyone connected to Liverpool or their fans. Even old blue eyes himself had recorded a version of it way before Gerry and the Pacemakers so no robbery has taken place Written by Rogers and Hammerstein for Carousel. In the show it's a lament to a guy who dies in a failed attempt at mugging someone. Some choice by the Celtic and Liverpool fans. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoose Rice Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 9 minutes ago, Clown Job said: I love how waving an Irish or Palestine flags really gets under the skin of others Unrelated. What a lovely big saltire on display Probably the biggest one you’ll see in a Scottish ground Not me. Its tragic taking they flags to football 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangemouth Bairn Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 8 minutes ago, AyrshireTon said: Written by Rogers and Hammerstein for Carousel. In the show it's a lament to a guy who dies in a failed attempt at mugging someone. Some choice by the Celtic and Liverpool fans. Absolutely this - a song originally sang about the stabbing of a man named ‘Billy’ !! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 11 minutes ago, AyrshireTon said: Written by Rogers and Hammerstein for Carousel. In the show it's a lament to a guy who dies in a failed attempt at mugging someone. Some choice by the Celtic and Liverpool fans. it’s not one of Rogers best tunes but if it stops them singing “Fields of Athenry” for a bit then it’s a good thing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G51 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 They are stereotypes for a reason. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinky67 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 18 minutes ago, AyrshireTon said: Written by Rogers and Hammerstein for Carousel. In the show it's a lament to a guy who dies in a failed attempt at mugging someone. Some choice by the Celtic and Liverpool fans. It’s a lament to the family of a guy who dies after a failed robbery not Billy Bigelow himself. It’s a small point but an important one 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinky67 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 (edited) 5 minutes ago, topcat(The most tip top) said: it’s not one of Rogers best tunes but if it stops them singing “Fields of Athenry” for a bit then it’s a good thing. Ironically you will probably hear Liverpool fans sing their version more often then we do these days Hopefully this doesn’t start a who sang it first or who robbed who debate Edited August 2, 2022 by Jinky67 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 50 minutes ago, Jinky67 said: Ironically you will probably hear Liverpool fans sing their version more often then we do these days Hopefully this doesn’t start a who sang it first or who robbed who debate No, I’d prefer to know who sings it the bestest 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 52 minutes ago, Jinky67 said: Ironically you will probably hear Liverpool fans sing their version more often then we do these days Hopefully this doesn’t start a who sang it first or who robbed who debate Even more ironically, Liverpool are the protestant team in Liverpool. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dundee Hibernian Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 21 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: No, I’d prefer to know who sings it the bestest Probably The Dubliners. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSaints1877 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Grangemouth Bairn said: Absolutely this - a song originally sang about the stabbing of a man named ‘Billy’ !! But Billy stabbed himself after a failed attempt at a robbery! Darwin Award! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSaints1877 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Jinky67 said: It’s a lament to the family of a guy who dies after a failed robbery not Billy Bigelow himself. It’s a small point but an important one Wrong. In the second act of the musical, Nettie Fowler, the cousin of the protagonist Julie Jordan, sings "You'll Never Walk Alone" to comfort and encourage Julie when her husband, Billy Bigelow, the male lead, stabs himself with a knife whilst trying to run away after attempting a robbery with his mate Jigger and dies in her arms. So typically Scousers and Celtic fans latch on to this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Paywall free sauce Brian Graham says Partick Thistle were fired up to beat Dundee after being “shafted by them” in the lockdown email furore. At the start of the pandemic, the Dark Blues’ vote on whether to end the 2019/20 season early got stuck in the SPFL’s spam folder and left managing director John Nelms with the deciding vote. Ultimately the Dens Park supremo changed his initial vote in an attempt to bring through league reconstruction, which has not come to pass. In doing so, the teams in bottom spot in each division were relegated and saw Partick head to League One. Graham was at Firhill back then and says that was very much in the mind of the players heading to Dundee – and it showed as they raced into a 3-0 lead before seeing the game out 3-2. “There has been a lot of history between these two clubs,” the former Dundee United man said. “Obviously we were fired up because we were shafted by them a couple of years ago. Elephants don’t forget. “Obviously there was the fiasco the other day when they got our name wrong with the tickets as well. “So it was easy to come up here and be motivated and I thought we did that. The game plan was excellent and we stuck to it. “The boys who have been here since it happened don’t forget and it was always in the back of our minds. “The gaffer didn’t say anything but we as players knew what it meant to the fans. “We knew they wanted a good victory today.” ‘I will never forget it’ He added: “I am a family man with two kids. I got relegated and my wages cut. It hurt me financially so I will never forget it to the day I die and it still bugs me now. “It should never have happened but it did and we have fought back as a club. The only way is up now. “We wanted to come here and win. We knew Dundee were favourites for the league, we wanted to pick up three points and we have done that. “The fans were brilliant and never stopped singing. I think they enjoyed that and they deserved it.” 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 4 minutes ago, GNU_Linux said: Paywall free sauce Revenge is a dish best served cold 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empty It Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 If you google Partick Thistle two of the common questions are "What religion is Partick Thistle?" and "Are Partick Thistle catholic?". Wtf has any of that got to do with a football team. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLIS Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 (edited) John Beaton getting reported to the SFA for calling a disabled Livingston supporter an 'arsehole' and telling him to 'f**k off' during our final game of the season Edited August 2, 2022 by ATLIS 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 5 hours ago, Clown Job said: I love how waving an Irish or Palestine flags really gets under the skin of others Unrelated. What a lovely big saltire on display Probably the biggest one you’ll see in a Scottish ground I used to wave the Cornwall flag at Edinburgh City games Get it up you, Devon! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eder Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 23 hours ago, Kapowzer said: There are more senses than just sight and hearing though ..... Let's see if I can trigger touch(y) Were you one of the Well fans singing to Sligo fans "you only sing in the chapel"? Stuff like that also stinks! -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 (edited) 29 minutes ago, tamthebam said: I used to wave the Cornwall flag at Edinburgh City games Get it up you, Devon! There’s someone whose car has a Cornish flag that lives round the corner from our house and my Devonian wife is always criticising the standard of their parking as well as their shit pasties, back to front cream teas and ugly scenery Cornwall seemed alright to me but I’m an incurable romantic so piss off you gap toothed, inbred, wreckers Edited August 2, 2022 by topcat(The most tip top) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinky67 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 4 hours ago, SuperSaints1877 said: Wrong. In the second act of the musical, Nettie Fowler, the cousin of the protagonist Julie Jordan, sings "You'll Never Walk Alone" to comfort and encourage Julie when her husband, Billy Bigelow, the male lead, stabs himself with a knife whilst trying to run away after attempting a robbery with his mate Jigger and dies in her arms. So typically Scousers and Celtic fans latch on to this. Yep we are a supportive bunch always looking to pick up those who are struggling. Well played you for recognising that 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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