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Post by alftimebovril on Mar 22, 2020 12:36:55 GMT
If I had the wings of a sparrow If I had the wings of a crow (Chris crow) I'd fly over Ashton tomorrow And sh** on the bastards below
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Post by oldtoteender on Mar 22, 2020 12:44:34 GMT
You are my Rovers my only Rovers, You make me happy when skies are grey "and blue and white" you'll never now dear how much i love you So don't take my Rovers away.
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Post by oldtoteender on Mar 22, 2020 12:50:29 GMT
First one that came to mind.... He's only a poor little Robin/sht'head, Only a poor little Bird, He made me feel sick, So i hit him with a brick, And now he don't sing anymore... Ashton gate is falling down, falling down, falling down, repeat Poor old city, Build it up with blue and white, blue and white, blue and white, repeat Bristol Rovers. He's only a poor little Robin, His face is all tattered n torn He made me feel sick, So i hit him with a brick, And now he don't sing anymore... i remember it as above. a chant, should be resurrected I want to sing you a song, it wont take long, it goes like this All coppers are bastards Build a bonfire Build a bonfire put a shithead on the top and burn the fookin lot cant remember the missing lines something about Sh1!heads a dustbin and a dead cat cant remember the tune or the order of lyrics When the red red robin goes bob bob bobing along shoot the bastard shoot the bastard Oh when the reds, get kicked to feck (insert name of team we were playing) Oh when the reds, get kicked to feck I wanna be in that number when the reds, get kicked to feck (repeat till it did yer head in) You look in the dustbin for something to eat, You find a dead rat and you think it's a treat, In your Ashton slums.
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Post by rememberhalifax on Mar 22, 2020 12:51:10 GMT
Didn't he win a fans' award and donated the winnings to the youth team? Yes Stuart, I think it was £1000 for football fan of the year. Know he did a sponsored walk for club and raised thousands in his time, also worked for club and am i right in thinking he moved on to work for another club? any one know if he is still around, would be in his 70s now ,couple of years higher than me at same school which is where most of his 'gang', originated, reckon you could be right in thinking football singing all started with Gordon!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2020 13:23:46 GMT
Come GGMI Tote End memories?
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Post by clockendgas on Mar 22, 2020 13:36:36 GMT
Come GGMI Tote End memories? He was only a tadpole back then
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Post by francegas on Mar 22, 2020 15:47:40 GMT
First one that came to mind.... He's only a poor little Robin/sht'head, Only a poor little Bird, He made me feel sick, So i hit him with a brick, And now he don't sing anymore... Ashton gate is falling down, falling down, falling down, repeat Poor old city, Build it up with blue and white, blue and white, blue and white, repeat Bristol Rovers. He's only a poor little Robin, His face is all tattered n torn He made me feel sick, So i hit him with a brick, And now he don't sing anymore... i remember it as above. a chant, should be resurrected I want to sing you a song, it wont take long, it goes like this All coppers are bastards Build a bonfire Build a bonfire put a shithead on the top and burn the fookin lot cant remember the missing lines something about Sh1!heads a dustbin and a dead cat cant remember the tune or the order of lyrics When the red red robin goes bob bob bobing along shoot the bastard shoot the bastard Oh when the reds, get kicked to feck (insert name of team we were playing) Oh when the reds, get kicked to feck I wanna be in that number when the reds, get kicked to feck (repeat till it did yer head in) Missing line... put the Swindon in the middle. (Although that line may be too recent) The other In your City slums You look in the bustbins for something to eat You find a dead cat/rat And think it's a treat In your City slums. Something like that!
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Post by eastville1966 on Mar 22, 2020 15:49:23 GMT
You are my Rovers my only Rovers, You make me happy when skies are grey "and blue and white" you'll never now dear how much i love you So don't take my Rovers away. which now currently finishes with a "na na na na na - woosh!"
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Post by dragonfly on Mar 22, 2020 16:51:30 GMT
Most of my memories relate to Gordon Bennetts gang in the south enclosure, his voice bellowing out over Eastville in that west country burrrrrrrrr…. Roversssssssssssssss! the songs were a bit more genteel than some on here but just as passionate, what a great character and super fan, can see and hear him now! Another of Gordon's, "Come on Rovers - SUUURRRGGGEE".
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Post by dragonfly on Mar 22, 2020 16:57:11 GMT
Everyone stomping about to the Can - Can in the key of La. The Tote End was Bedlam in the late 60's and early 70's.
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Post by dragonfly on Mar 22, 2020 17:11:16 GMT
Trainer bring me water. We shall not be moved. We'll support you evermore.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2020 18:08:43 GMT
Will be singing Bristol Rovers all the way
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Post by gassince1957 on Mar 23, 2020 11:37:40 GMT
Whenever a constable walked along the front we sang Who's that man with the helmet on Dixon of Dock Green to the tune of Camptown Races (for the younger readers Dixon of Dock Green was a 60's and early 70's cop soap). Also Tiptoe through the Tote End with your razors and your hobnail boots come tiptoe through the Tote End with me. Also, whenever the opposing team scored, the rather rude - FU, FUC, FU*K - F**K Off. Almost all the songs and chants were about violence or abuse and we all thought it was normal behaviour!
I'd be horrified if most of those songs were done now but as a 12 - 16 year old joined in with relish.
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Post by Kingswood Polak on Mar 23, 2020 11:50:51 GMT
I'm not sure if it's the same game,but on YouTube there is footage of millwall getting chased out the tote,and millwall treatment in the Muller road,looking right dicks with surgical masks etc,no idea how to upload that stuff,makes you laugh looking back. That was proved to be all set up by the TV company. The footage is real enough but Millwall were sort of encouraged to do what they did as the TV people wanted coverage.
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Post by Kingswood Polak on Mar 23, 2020 12:04:54 GMT
Bertie mee said to Bill Shankly , have you heard of the North Bank Highbury. Shanks said no I don’t think so but I’ve heard of the Tote end Boot walk La la la la la But I’ve heard of the Tote end aggro not boot walk but close enough. we don’t carry hammer, we don’t carry lead we just carry hatchets to bury in your head I was born under a Tote end bar. I was born under a Tote end bar guns were made for shooting trains were meant to wreck so if you are a city fan we’ll break your foxxxx neck we are the rovers & we are the best we are the Rovers so Foxx all the rest we drink our whiskey and newcastle brown the rovers boys are in town. Drink up thee cider ( yes, we sang it before Adge cutler died and the other tosser did the city song) We all come frim Bristol and we’re all rovers fans, we follow bristol rovers all of over this great land we follow bristol rovers until the day we die & if we get to heaven this is what we’ll cry yippe ay oh yipee ay aaaaaa Tote Enders in the Sky. I hear the sound of distant bums, over there & over there and do they smell, like Foxxxxx hell Rangers, Celtic. Hi ho hi ho we are the Rovers boys hi ho hi ho we are the Rovers boys so if you are a city fan surrender or you’ll die we all follow the rovers. many more but too much to type
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Post by Kingswood Polak on Mar 23, 2020 12:08:52 GMT
He's only a poor little Robin, His face is all tattered n torn He made me feel sick, So i hit him with a brick, And now he don't sing anymore... i remember it as above. a chant, should be resurrected I want to sing you a song, it wont take long, it goes like this All coppers are bastards Build a bonfire Build a bonfire put a shithead on the top and burn the fookin lot cant remember the missing lines something about Sh1!heads a dustbin and a dead cat cant remember the tune or the order of lyrics When the red red robin goes bob bob bobing along shoot the bastard shoot the bastard Oh when the reds, get kicked to feck (insert name of team we were playing) Oh when the reds, get kicked to feck I wanna be in that number when the reds, get kicked to feck (repeat till it did yer head in) You look in the dustbin for something to eat, You find a dead rat and you think it's a treat, In your Ashton slums. He’s only a poor little Robin, his face is all tattered and torn he made me feel sick so I hit him with a brick and now he don’t sing anymore. In their east end slums in their east end slums They look in their dustbins for something to eat they found a dead cat and they think it’s a great in their east end slums. loads of racist songs but not appropriate to post
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Post by Kingswood Polak on Mar 23, 2020 12:11:05 GMT
Everyone stomping about to the Can - Can in the key of La. The Tote End was Bedlam in the late 60's and early 70's. You put your left boot in, your left boot out in out in out you shake it all about you do the okey Cokey and you turn about that’s what it’s all about I remember that being the one the old bill were scared of most. The Tote end okey cokey
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Post by inee on Mar 23, 2020 13:19:58 GMT
Everyone stomping about to the Can - Can in the key of La. The Tote End was Bedlam in the late 60's and early 70's. You put your left boot in, your left boot out in out in out you shake it all about you do the okey Cokey and you turn about that’s what it’s all about I remember that being the one the old bill were scared of most. The Tote end okey cokey Not just the old bill kp , i had the dubious honour of not moving quick enough one day
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Post by clockendgas on Mar 23, 2020 13:35:47 GMT
I'm not sure if it's the same game,but on YouTube there is footage of millwall getting chased out the tote,and millwall treatment in the Muller road,looking right dicks with surgical masks etc,no idea how to upload that stuff,makes you laugh looking back. That was proved to be all set up by the TV company. The footage is real enough but Millwall were sort of encouraged to do what they did as the TV people wanted coverage. [ They didn't need much encouragement at Ashton mid 80s,a game me and mate went in the away end,carnage inside and out,about a month before the Luton riot.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2020 13:50:48 GMT
Everyone stomping about to the Can - Can in the key of La. The Tote End was Bedlam in the late 60's and early 70's. You put your left boot in, your left boot out in out in out you shake it all about you do the okey Cokey and you turn about that’s what it’s all about I remember that being the one the old bill were scared of most. The Tote end okey cokey I think it was kick the can’t about.
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