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Post by slippyblunger on Aug 22, 2023 23:58:22 GMT
I can’t imagine throwing beer. Even bad beer. Sacrilegious and probably unpatriotic! Which is why you throw Budweiser! Or bud light 😳
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Post by satoshi on Aug 23, 2023 6:04:18 GMT
Thank Jimmy Mac for bringing up the ira It's been around forever, sung to the tune of the hymn 'Oil in my lamp'. A throwback to 'the troubles'. Adopted by England fans in the 70's and 80's. Widely sung at most grounds and many pubs, fuelling anti Irish Catholic sentiment. As an aside, on the Boothen in the 70's if there was a quiet spell in the match it passed as entertainment for folks to sing "Celtic - Rangers - Celtic - Rangers..." choose according to your allegiance/ religion and repeat to fade. We really thought we were front and centre of the troubles. I suppose in a way we were, our troops from North Staffs had boots on the ground in Belfast and beyond. I am in no way endorsing or excusing the song and of course our troops have long gone but there is no escaping the roots and sentiment of this song. Completely agree, but this song had a resurgence recently and it coincides with that bellend and his ira posturing
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Post by durbanscircus on Aug 23, 2023 7:37:47 GMT
It's been around forever, sung to the tune of the hymn 'Oil in my lamp'. A throwback to 'the troubles'. Adopted by England fans in the 70's and 80's. Widely sung at most grounds and many pubs, fuelling anti Irish Catholic sentiment. As an aside, on the Boothen in the 70's if there was a quiet spell in the match it passed as entertainment for folks to sing "Celtic - Rangers - Celtic - Rangers..." choose according to your allegiance/ religion and repeat to fade. We really thought we were front and centre of the troubles. I suppose in a way we were, our troops from North Staffs had boots on the ground in Belfast and beyond. I am in no way endorsing or excusing the song and of course our troops have long gone but there is no escaping the roots and sentiment of this song. Completely agree, but this song had a resurgence recently and it coincides with that bellend and his ira posturing I was under the stand t Ashton Gate some years ago when a couple of hundred were singing it with the word Pope being substituted for Vale by some. Those singing it included blokes in their 50s one of whom had a UVF tattoo on his neck. The song and its reference to the Flute makes it an unmistakably sectarian song in an Irish context. I raised this in the recent customer survey when questions were asked about the clubs stance on equalities etc...I probably wasted my time
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Post by nott1 on Aug 23, 2023 8:06:18 GMT
It's time the Irish grew up and stopped fighting ancient battles in my view, and singing these daft songs can only perpetuate the stupidity!
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Aug 23, 2023 19:39:32 GMT
It's time the Irish grew up and stopped fighting ancient battles in my view, and singing these daft songs can only perpetuate the stupidity! The Scots and English don't do that? The National anthem glorifies an ancient battle As for football, run the German Bombers song by us...a fave with England fans. Two World wars etc ,No surrender .
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