Alan Ball / Wonderwall song

[Sky Blue Thinking]

Always preferred "Alan Ball is a football genius" a piss take on his managerial abilities

Think it was possibly Forest fans who started that as a pisstake, before we turned a corner, won a couple of games and Ball got MOTM. Club released t shirts of a ball and the slogan football genius IIRC.

 

[Octavian]

I just found the last few lines now...

And all the runs that Kinky makes are winding
And all the goals that City score are blinding
There are many times that we would like to score again
But we don't know how
'Cos maybe
You're gonna be the one that saves me
And after all
You're my Alan Ball

Is your addition lines 2 & 3 please?

This is how I remember it, it was sang seriously and with optimism… which is fucking funny looking back.

 

[ninjamonkey]

All the runs that kinky makes are winding
And all the goals that uwe scores are blinding,
There are many times that we would like to score a goal, but we don't know how,
'cos maybe, eike immels gonna be the one that saves me,
And after all, we've got Alan ball.

 

[LongsightM13]

Think it was possibly Forest fans who started that as a pisstake, before we turned a corner, won a couple of games and Ball got MOTM. Club released t shirts of a ball and the slogan football genius IIRC.

Yep, Forest fans at the city ground, taking the piss out of us as a dismal City side made Jason’Pineapple’ Lee look like peak Van Basten
We got our revenge a few years later by replacing Ball’s name with David Platt as we helped them along the road to their own personal oblivion

 

[Spurs quarter 69]

Maybe we should have got Liam Brady
But after all we got Allan Ball.
Should never ever have been our manager with his dreadful CV , but a friend of Franny's. Looking back on those days makes it insane to moan now.

 

[Blue Mist]

We've always been nice in Duky. :-)

Ah that's it, not nicer, more senile.

Got it. Forgot you were a duckensian

 

[Blue Mist]

Maybe we should have got Liam Brady
But after all we got Allan Ball.
Should never ever have been our manager with his dreadful CV , but a friend of Franny's. Looking back on those days makes it insane to moan now.

The first 2 are OK but the last 3 lines need a bit of work.

 

[Platt Lane 59]

Does anyone remember the game away to Stewk at the Victoria Ground when all of the crowd (both sets of fans) sang "Alan Ball's a Wanker" ?
Not sure if the next verse was "He wears a Wanker's Hat", as he always wore a flat cap when at City.
Although he was the City manager, he had previously managed Stewk.
I was in with the Stewk fans as couldn't get an away ticket, but it must have been humiliating for The World Cup Winner...

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Does anyone remember the game away to Stewk at the Victoria Ground when all of the crowd (both sets of fans) sang "Alan Ball's a Wanker" ?
Not sure if the next verse was "He wears a Wanker's Hat", as he always wore a flat cap when at City.
Although he was the City manager, he had previously managed Stewk.
I was in with the Stewk fans as couldn't get an away ticket, but it must have been humiliating for The World Cup Winner...

Yes. That was his last game I think.

 

[mat]

Always preferred "Alan Ball is a football genius" a piss take on his managerial abilities

Thay and "Que Sera Sera. Whatever will be will be. Were going to play Grimsby..."