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Post by The Drunken Communist on Jun 9, 2016 11:55:41 GMT
Bravo, FA. Bravo!  |
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Post by stayingupfor GermanStokie on Jun 9, 2016 11:57:19 GMT
Even I found it annoying!! I thought it was a ruse to send us as opposition around the bend with the looped soundtrack  |
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Post by nutterpotter on Jun 9, 2016 13:01:29 GMT
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Post by Skankmonkey on Jun 9, 2016 13:05:34 GMT
:-(
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Post by tijuanabrass on Jun 9, 2016 13:08:33 GMT
Great! An endless loop of the Great Escape played very badly. Steve McQueen and Shuey McFee must turn in their graves every time they pipe up.
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Post by GeneralFaye on Jun 9, 2016 13:15:32 GMT
On a slightly different tangent but related, since when did we stop singing 'swing low sweet chariot' at England football matches? I watched a bit of England v Germany Euro 96 on the red button last night and it got sang at least 4 or 5 times in the first half alone. I've only ever associated it with the Rugby team and every time we play Arsenal  .. anyway, my point is it sounded good and wanted to know why it's gone from the football world, if anyone knows? |
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Post by Skankmonkey on Jun 9, 2016 13:17:59 GMT
The England Supporters Band can go and fuck themselves.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2016 13:18:48 GMT
You bunch of grumpy bastards! |
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Post by Fenparkpotter on Jun 9, 2016 13:39:58 GMT
Atmosphere is so much better without these attention seekers...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2016 13:41:53 GMT
Modern football is toss.
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Post by drjeffsdiscobarge on Jun 9, 2016 13:41:56 GMT
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Post by mrred on Jun 9, 2016 13:57:38 GMT
Next to Jack Wilsire getting caps, they are the worst thing about watching England. No one wants to hear your shit trumpets repeat the same 3 songs for 90 minutes. Do you see any other European fans needing the assistance of some shitehawks and their fucking instruments to generate atmosphere?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2016 13:59:55 GMT
Just what you want after paying shit load of money for your ticket is a bunch of knob heads playing the same tune badly for 90 minutes.
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Post by dirtygary69 on Jun 9, 2016 14:00:37 GMT
Surely you'd want to watch the match rather than arse around with your fucking tuba?
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Post by spitthedog on Jun 9, 2016 14:04:40 GMT
I'm not their biggest fans but I think its interesting how folk are so hostile to these kind of live bands and yet seem happy to have cliched piped music played over distorted tannoy systems by bands who have no connection, or interest in the football clubs whatsever e.g Eminem, Status Quo, Tina Turner.
In answer to one of the responses, I think that this piped music has definitely contributed to the decline of real football songs sung by fans at games and that's why the atmosphere at most games is crap.
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Post by Pugsley on Jun 9, 2016 14:08:07 GMT
I thought you were going to say they had resigned en masse
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Post by madmickthe3rd on Jun 9, 2016 14:18:44 GMT
I'm not their biggest fans but I think its interesting how folk are so hostile to these kind of live bands and yet seem happy to have cliched piped music played over distorted tannoy systems by bands who have no connection, or interest in the football clubs whatsever e.g Eminem, Status Quo, Tina Turner. In answer to one of the responses, I think that this piped music has definitely contributed to the decline of real football songs sung by fans at games and that's why the atmosphere at most games is crap. I have never enjoyed any music at a football match. It is the most annoying thing ever especially when the team walks out and the crowds cheers are drowned out by some highly distorted, due to volume, American rap singer. The recent annoyance to me is having some D lister sing "Abide with me" at the FA cup final. The song is supposed to be for the working class man to sing as loud as he can from the heart and in days gone by the singing by 100,000 people all together would move the hardest of dock workers to tears.instead you don't hear the crowd anymore just some X factor reject, over trying to impress, but sounding like a slipping fan belt on a 1978 Ford Cortina! |
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Post by BraveSirRobin on Jun 9, 2016 15:15:13 GMT
I went to watch French rugby and I thought the trumpeter
was ace.
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Post by ohbottom on Jun 9, 2016 15:20:34 GMT
Next to Jack Wilsire getting caps, they are the worst thing about watching England. No one wants to hear your shit trumpets repeat the same 3 songs for 90 minutes. Do you see any other European fans needing the assistance of some shitehawks and their fucking instruments to generate atmosphere? Sir, take a bow! I thought every conceivable miss-spelling of Wilshere's name must have been seen on the Oatie by now, but you have discovered a completely new one! Totally agree with you about the band, by the way. |
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Post by mickmillslovechild on Jun 9, 2016 16:07:40 GMT
Next to Jack Wilsire getting caps, they are the worst thing about watching England. No one wants to hear your shit trumpets repeat the same 3 songs for 90 minutes. Do you see any other European fans needing the assistance of some shitehawks and their fucking instruments to generate atmosphere? 3????? Great escape Self preservation society....... I'm lost after that. when did they increase their sparkling repertoire? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2016 16:24:23 GMT
I've been saying for a while the tannoy system should be turned off 15 minutes before kickoff to let the atmosphere brew, but unfortunately the people making these decisions that slowly chip away at football's soul and cheapen it a little more each year, are largely people who didn't get taken to the football by their elders when they were small children so don't really understand the culture properly.
Saying that some of the trends of the younger generation of supporters don't help. The speeding up of and the clapping over of songs is heartbreaking, and every time you see a crowd shot following a goal and then you see people, sometimes grown fucking men even, doing that queer as fuck little dance where they point their forearms vertical, then move them up and down diametric to each other, whenever I see that I die a little more inside.
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Post by spitthedog on Jun 9, 2016 17:09:41 GMT
I'm not their biggest fans but I think its interesting how folk are so hostile to these kind of live bands and yet seem happy to have cliched piped music played over distorted tannoy systems by bands who have no connection, or interest in the football clubs whatsever e.g Eminem, Status Quo, Tina Turner. In answer to one of the responses, I think that this piped music has definitely contributed to the decline of real football songs sung by fans at games and that's why the atmosphere at most games is crap. I have never enjoyed any music at a football match. It is the most annoying thing ever especially when the team walks out and the crowds cheers are drowned out by some highly distorted, due to volume, American rap singer. The recent annoyance to me is having some D lister sing "Abide with me" at the FA cup final. The song is supposed to be for the working class man to sing as loud as he can from the heart and in days gone by the singing by 100,000 people all together would move the hardest of dock workers to tears.instead you don't hear the crowd anymore just some X factor reject, over trying to impress, but sounding like a slipping fan belt on a 1978 Ford Cortina! I'm with you. Spot on!!! Those singers always look like its the first time they have been to a football match! |
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Post by norman conquest on Jun 9, 2016 17:13:48 GMT
When i first started going in 70/71 the atmosphere was generated 30 mins before the game started by two set of fans hurling abuse at each other and informing the away fans that they were "gonna get their fucking heads kicked in" and telling them they were going home in a flashing ambulance, then letting everyone know we hate nottingham forest, used to love looking see how many they had bought and then if they scored scanning the ground for infiltraters, theres no atmosphere now unless we play the arse or a ref proper fucks us over.
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Post by Boothen on Jun 9, 2016 17:29:19 GMT
We need to get some proper drumming going, not the usual spurts of two or three tired old tunes by some asthmatic with a trumpet and his epileptic friend on a drum. We need something really primal. Ajax have the right idea.
Drums, flares and a fucking moshpit.
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Post by CalgaryPotter on Jun 9, 2016 17:31:13 GMT
When i first started going in 70/71 the atmosphere was generated 30 mins before the game started by two set of fans hurling abuse at each other and informing the away fans that they were "gonna get their fucking heads kicked in" and telling them they were going home in a flashing ambulance, then letting everyone know we hate nottingham forest, used to love looking see how many they had bought and then if they scored scanning the ground for infiltraters, theres no atmosphere now unless we play the arse or a ref proper fucks us over. Staffordshire Ambulance I believe |
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Post by stokiejoe on Jun 9, 2016 18:50:06 GMT
That has increased the likelihood of me watching
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Post by PotterLog on Jun 9, 2016 19:18:41 GMT
We need to get some proper drumming going, not the usual spurts of two or three tired old tunes by some asthmatic with a trumpet and his epileptic friend on a drum. We need something really primal. Ajax have the right idea. Drums, flares and a fucking moshpit. Was just about to post this to show that drums and a band can be done properly in footer.. |
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Post by unknown182 on Jun 9, 2016 20:08:18 GMT
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Post by iglugluk on Jun 9, 2016 20:12:29 GMT
That'll add to the atmosphere.........NOT. ffs they're totally lame.
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Post by numpty40 on Jun 9, 2016 20:15:28 GMT
The England band and Jack Wilshere are the two worst thing about the national team.
I firmly believe that without those two irritants, the whole country would unfurl their flags in unison and cheer England on.
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.. anyway, my point is it sounded good and wanted to know why it's gone from the football world, if anyone knows? 
