Songs you don't hear anymore (some for obvious reasons!)

Toodle ooodle ooodle oo
Who the fucking hell are you?

At one time sung at the opposition as they came out. (And occasionally at City by mistake when they played at home in the away strip, as sometimes happened in those days.) Circa 1965-66.
 
There's quite a lot mentioned on here which still get sung.

The 'Martin Edwards has got AIDS' was sang for about 10 minutes on repeat in Milan the night before Juventus.

Someone mentioned

We've got an M an A an N
a City an I T Y
we've got the greatest football team that money couldn't buy
we come from Maine Road, Manchester
and City is our name
Ciiiity is our name.

There's another version of that, which spells something else...
 
To the tune of Tom Hark.
"Burnley sing but we don't know why cos after the match yer going to die"

Burnley 0 - 1 City FA cup third round. Colin Hendry got booed by Burnley fans every time he touched the ball and went on the score the winner.

This was the game of 'wooooooosssssshhhh' when ever one of their players hoofed the ball.
 
Gary James said:
In the period before Maine Road City fans also used to shout things like "Play Up City!" and also "Give It To Tommy [Johnson]"

I also have notes saying that City fans sang "Auld Lang Syne" on occasion in the 20s (presumably around New Year?) and I also know from research that if a player got married during the 1920s City fans would sing "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" when he came on to the pitch.

In the 50s there was the City version of "Bless 'em All" and a song called "City Is The Team". Also I included a story in "Farewell To Maine Road" that included a quote from a fan who claimed that City fans used to shout when Dave Ewing did a good header "There's only one head bigger than Dave Ewing and that's Birkenhead!" - I don't know how popular this actually was though!

I also talk in that book about how City fans had stunned Utd fans in 1993 by singing "17 years and we're still here" - how time flies!

Back at Hyde Road in the 1890s journalists often talked of Hyde Road's 'Electric atmosphere' - considering how 'new' (you know what I mean) electricity was at the time this was highly significant and they basically meant that Hyde Rd's atmoshere was something exciting and powerful. Fans used to take musical instruments and wear fancy dress to liven up games in the 1890s.
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I've read a few books about Victorian Manchester. Jospeh O'Neill and Andrew David touch on Scuttler gangs in Manchester going to football matches. They showed off their fashions of brass-toe cloggs, 14" bell bottom trousers, silk scarves and donkey fringes. Phil Thornton has a book talking about how football casuals originated from the Shed End and Scousers coming back from Europe with their Fila and Sergio Tacchini trackies. But its origins surely date back to Mancunians, and at Hyde Road watching Manchester City?!

Also the scuttlers used to meet rival local gangs to fight each other at the football, well before those in the 60's and 70's who post on here and tell us young'ens we know nothing. But that's another subject.

I bet football stadiums back then were a really lively, enjoyable and dangerous place. Like you say "electric".
 
Chris in London said:
Sunderland always claimed 'Niall Quinn's Disco Pants' but I'm sure I remember us singing that before he went there?

Or have I just made that up?
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Absolutely 100% ours first!
 
after we played sporting lokeren we used to do a little chant which was quite fun and people waved their scaves. it would be good if we did the poznan to that tune.
 
robsta said:
John Bond we love you
John Bond we do
Even when you're far away we'll still love you
And one day when we're older, we'll look back and say
There's no one quite like John Bond he has helped us on our way

(never did like him or the song though)
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That bit of the song actually said 'And one day when we're champions,...'
 
Do you take it up the sh*tter Mrs Shmeichel
Cos it only weighs half a pound
It's got hairs on it's neck like a chicken
And it squeaks when you rub it up and down
Who are, Who are, Who are, Who are
Who are, Who are, Who the f*ck are you

We've got bananas, We've got bananas, you've not
followed by Banana Aggro, Banana Aggro Woaa

Ohhh Frankie Frankie, Frankie Frankie Frankie Frankie Frankenstein
 
'U N I T E D

thats spells f'kin debt to me ........... etc'



or is that wishful thinking cos me an me old man cringe everytime we hear this.
 
Wellsblue21 said:
'U N I T E D

thats spells f'kin debt to me ........... etc'



or is that wishful thinking cos me an me old man cringe everytime we hear this.
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HATE this song. I can't bring myself to chant the letters.

If United start singing it we should chant over them with "Ocean Finance on the phone" when they sing their bit about us. But to chant their name, makes me feel wrong!
(Many people look and sound like they enjoy chanting it!)
 
danburge82 said:
Wellsblue21 said:
'U N I T E D

thats spells f'kin debt to me ........... etc'



or is that wishful thinking cos me an me old man cringe everytime we hear this.
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HATE this song. I can't bring myself to chant the letters.

If United start singing it we should chant over them with "Ocean Finance on the phone" when they sing their bit about us. But to chant their name, makes me feel wrong!
(Many people look and sound like they enjoy chanting it!)
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THIS^^^^^^

i just love the clear cockney accents when they say 'team for me' gets me everytime
 
danburge82 said:
Gary James said:
Back at Hyde Road in the 1890s journalists often talked of Hyde Road's 'Electric atmosphere' - considering how 'new' (you know what I mean) electricity was at the time this was highly significant and they basically meant that Hyde Rd's atmoshere was something exciting and powerful. Fans used to take musical instruments and wear fancy dress to liven up games in the 1890s.
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I've read a few books about Victorian Manchester. Jospeh O'Neill and Andrew David touch on Scuttler gangs in Manchester going to football matches. They showed off their fashions of brass-toe cloggs, 14" bell bottom trousers, silk scarves and donkey fringes. Phil Thornton has a book talking about how football casuals originated from the Shed End and Scousers coming back from Europe with their Fila and Sergio Tacchini trackies. But its origins surely date back to Mancunians, and at Hyde Road watching Manchester City?!

Also the scuttlers used to meet rival local gangs to fight each other at the football, well before those in the 60's and 70's who post on here and tell us young'ens we know nothing. But that's another subject.

I bet football stadiums back then were a really lively, enjoyable and dangerous place. Like you say "electric".
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I've been disappointed with the Gangs Of Manchester book because the author totally overlooks the City/Gorton/Ardwick angle. Since publication he's even talked to United fans about links between scuttling and football, but the link was with City.

We could start another thread on the origins of violence at City/football. But I do know that Ardwick were in trouble a few times when rival teams were stoned by Ardwick/City fans. Only last Friday I was at the (temporary) library doing some research and found quite a bit of coverage on the stone throwing incident that affected the game V Edenfield played in December 1887!
 
Spurs are on their way to Belsen.

And all the goals that kinky scored were blinding....etc to..... And after all, your my Alan ball(wonderwall)

Swales out Swales out Swales out

Platt lane give us a song platt lane platt lane give us a song.

Imre Imre banana

City here city there city fcking everywhere
 
Gary James said:
danburge82 said:
I've read a few books about Victorian Manchester. Jospeh O'Neill and Andrew David touch on Scuttler gangs in Manchester going to football matches. They showed off their fashions of brass-toe cloggs, 14" bell bottom trousers, silk scarves and donkey fringes. Phil Thornton has a book talking about how football casuals originated from the Shed End and Scousers coming back from Europe with their Fila and Sergio Tacchini trackies. But its origins surely date back to Mancunians, and at Hyde Road watching Manchester City?!

Also the scuttlers used to meet rival local gangs to fight each other at the football, well before those in the 60's and 70's who post on here and tell us young'ens we know nothing. But that's another subject.

I bet football stadiums back then were a really lively, enjoyable and dangerous place. Like you say "electric".
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I've been disappointed with the Gangs Of Manchester book because the author totally overlooks the City/Gorton/Ardwick angle. Since publication he's even talked to United fans about links between scuttling and football, but the link was with City.

We could start another thread on the origins of violence at City/football. But I do know that Ardwick were in trouble a few times when rival teams were stoned by Ardwick/City fans. Only last Friday I was at the (temporary) library doing some research and found quite a bit of coverage on the stone throwing incident that affected the game V Edenfield played in December 1887!
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Haha, stoning the visiting team, that's just Mancunians showing affection isn't it?! I thought the Gangs of Manchester book would delve a lot deeper into the Scuttlers and football considering football hooliganism is such a huge subject, football was growing hugely at the exact time the book concentrates on and Manchester had a huge social problem with gangs and violence. I was also a bit disappointed.
 
Here's a few. Some that should never be heard again, but nearly all an improvement on the fucking 'Invisible man'

'Pardoe, Pardoe, He's off to Mexico'
'With Bell and Lee and Summerbee'
'Pardoe.... Pardoe Pardoe'

'Hit him in the eye, Hit him in the eye'
Hit him in the eye, with a stale meat pie'

'Helen, Helen ring your bell'

'Helen is a big fat football hooligan'

'u-n-i-t-e-d, Bryan Robsons got no knee'

'All the red shit they'll be crying,
Duncan Edwards will be dying
They had to invent, the oxygen tent,
on the end of a Munich runway'...

'And after all, you're my Alan Ball'

'You're going home in a fucking ambulance'

'There was an air disaster some 30 years ago
Matt Busby and his bastards lay dying in the snow'......

'You black bastard' (Sung at referees during 70s/80s)

'They say that Old Traffords a wonderful place,
But we all know it's a fucking disgrace'....

'Oooh Curly Wurly'

'We've got that Terry Phelan'

'Walk on, Walk on'

'Rangers, Celtic' or 'Tiswas, Swap Shop'

'Hello, hello we are the City boys'

'Oh Sun Jihah,
He's a chinky not a Thai'

'Denis Tueart, king of all Geordies'

'Give us a gobble and show us your tits'

'Come and have a go, if you think you're hard enough'

'Hitler's gonna gas 'em again'
 
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