Evening, genuinely that is a very moving post. Remember however, we were singing it together. Always here.
Years back, I was listening to an away match on the radio. It absolutely chucked it down at half time and the commentators were complaining about the weather. They said the home fans had all disappeared under the stands, but all you could hear from our lot was everyone singing loudly Why Does it Always Rain on Me by Travis. I always think of how mad our fans are when I hear that song.
The thread title says songs...but does just music count? If so,I would mention Z-Cars theme. In the early 60's this was the music the Lads came out to......I don't know if Everton hijacked it from us or the other way round.....but, hearing that theme music brings back vivid childhood memories of Stan Anderson, and then Charlie Hurley, leading them out....wearing white shorts at that time. A lot of coverage last weekend at Everton's new stadium,hearing that tune again...made the hair stand up even now after more than 60 years!
“All Yorkshiremen are twats” was the usual greeting song I got from F W’s bus when picked up nr Donny about 2am on a Friday night/Sat morning in the early 70’s. I hear the tune now & again but no idea what it is ♂️
Getting on that bus, for the first time, was like a descent into another world ... ... I saw more fights on there than I did in the whole of the 70's and 80's. I'm surprised Panorama didn't make it into a series. It was worse when we were going to somewhere evil and only managed a minibus. There'd be 12 seats with 16 passengers slewing down the A1 and I'd get picked up at Blyth only to find my 'seat' was leaning against a leaky plastic drum of diesel that one of the lunatics had pinched from work. Frankie would always have a pub picked out that was full of local nutcases, like Rugby Welfare, and there'd be an 11pm stand off while we tried to get back on the bus. One of the most insane songs/chants consisted of only one word that first appeared at Stoke City. The entire terrace was crammed with Sunderland who'd start sitting down en masse and go completely silent. After a long pause someone would give the signal and five thousand Sunderland would jump up shouting 'BOOOGIE' and start dancing like they were in a silent disco The home supporters would wonder WTF was going on and even the players would look round as if there'd been an explosion ... ... days that would be impossible to recreate but we were there mate, great memories.
As you say, so many stories, every away was another one. Home games were the same for Shef & me tbh, sharing trains with other fans who’d been to Boro or wherever ( rarely any been to RP). Stoke - Boooooooggggiiiieeee
