Just found this following on from Robbos post about goals I'd like to see again.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yH3LJ8TFbdM
How times have changed....
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yH3LJ8TFbdM
How times have changed....
Would you ever sing YAWN
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Hasn't there always been a debate as to who sung it first, us or them?
Of course it was United.
Was a pretty generic chant. No idea when it became exclusive(well, in England). I bet it's probably during the time of Hillsborough.
Theres been a debate, and no ones ever truly got to the bottom of it.
I couldnt say who sung it first, but either way, most United fans nowadays ( me included ) hate that fecking song with a passion, yet in the late 70s and early 80s it was regularly sung by United fans..
It just shows the level of hatred that has developed over the last 20 years or so.
I remember watching Liverpool v Celtic in the UEFA Cup a few seasons back and both sets of supporters were singing YAWN, since it's a "Celtic" song, too. Best part was, though, was a guy at the bar turned around and actually had the audacity to say, in all seriousness, "fecking Scots have stolen our song!"
Moron.
Moron.
feck me..theres not much I see here that I did'nt know..but thats one of em...gobsmacked
I've always known that song as Liverpool's so I hate it with a passion. When I took my niece to the X-Factor concert and Ray was singing it, I was singing along with the words 'you'll never get a job, sign on, sign on with hope in your heart, you'll never get a job'
I heard a Ray Charles version of the song once (before I knew the significance of it), and I almost enjoyed it.
I have never forgiven myself for that...
I have never forgiven myself for that...
Who sang Fields of Athenry first? That was Celtic surely?
They sing it at Perth Glory games here in the A-League. I always cringe, and then also chime in with a rendition of "Sign on, with a pen in your hands..."
Liverpool sing Fields of Anfield Road exclusively, I think. Don't think they've ever sung the proper song itself.
That and "YAWN" are two fecking maudlin dirges anyway. To paraphrase a great man, stick it up their bollix.
That and "YAWN" are two fecking maudlin dirges anyway. To paraphrase a great man, stick it up their bollix.
Ton answer your question, fred, I would never sing YAWN. I've only known it as the scouse song, and that's reason enough to not sing it.
Well it's really fitting that the two most well-sung songs at Liverpool are two that sounds like funeral dirges. They probably cry and lay flowers as they do it.
The scots didnt sing it first though, so your information is in fact incorrect.
The first fans to sing it were either United or Liverpool, but theres much debate as to who sang it first..
Celtic did copy it later on, but who they copied it from is still not known.
I wasn't trying to say that the Scots sung it first, more highlighting the idiocy of Liverpool fans in that they thought it was their song, always had been and that no one else could possibly sing it without trying to steal it off them.
It's not theirs to have someone steal.
Celtic sing the original because of their pro-nationalist views about Ireland, and the F.O.A is a well known nationalist song sung.
Liverpool altered the words because that song is sung alot around the pubs of Liverpool by the large number of Irish descendants that live in and around Merseyside...
United fans sang it in 1958.
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/130/130093_youll_never_walk_alone_is_our_song.html
gerry and the scouse pacemakers made it popular in Oct 1963
It's a gay musical song originally.
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/130/130093_youll_never_walk_alone_is_our_song.html
gerry and the scouse pacemakers made it popular in Oct 1963
It's a gay musical song originally.
Ditto - I'm sure I actually watched that match on tv as a young kid but don't remember that.
That was obviously before the robbing scouse cnuts nicked it.
haha
haha
Fantastic match that was. Might watch it later today.
The fact that shiverpool still sing YAWN is a prime example of how they are unable to let go of the past........ lots of teams sang that song when it came out first.... it was just the fact that it was a liverpoor band who released it (1960's) which made it attractive to the scum......
its also very popular in ipswich.....
its also very popular in ipswich.....
I would never sing it. When I watch the Liverpool CL matches I always turn down the sound or switch to another channel when they start with that shit at the eve of the game.
Never!
Plech is right, you would have to be a right gimp to be a Manchester United supporter and sing YAWN in this day and age.
A right gimp.
A right gimp.
Throughout the 70's and 80's a lot of clubs sang it. That 83 Cup Final against Brighton, both clubs at one time in the match were singing it.
What is even stranger is the 77 Cup Final against Liverpool and hearing United fans sing the song.
It is a measure how intense the rivalry has grown between United and Liverpool that no United fan would ever thing of singing it now.
What is even stranger is the 77 Cup Final against Liverpool and hearing United fans sing the song.
It is a measure how intense the rivalry has grown between United and Liverpool that no United fan would ever thing of singing it now.
or a closet liverpool fan with a big nose and a ponytail.
I reckon I covered that with the word 'gimp' .
Spastic would have been a better choice. Gimp is too pc.
You're right of course, but I didn't want to offend anyone. Apart from closet Liverpool fans, with big noses and pony tails.
Would you ever sing YAWN?
If Liverpool were relegated or became bankrupt I think it would be a very appropriate song for our fans to sing.
If Liverpool were relegated or became bankrupt I think it would be a very appropriate song for our fans to sing.
It's a nice song unfortunately. It's annoying that it's assosciated with such a rabble of shite.
Its only a song, Celtic sing it, we sung it for the babes in 1958.
Gave us the chance to sing "You'll never get a job" so it's not such a bad thing eh.
Blimey...I was at that match as well.
Me too, was in my late teens, some geezer next to me kept giving me a large swig out of his bottle of whisky every time we scored....
Hik.Slit your wrist stuff is that song
I hate how Liverpool's fans seem to they're better than everyone else just because they sing some random depressing song that has nothing to do with either football or their club.
Has someone already taken care of the obligatory mention of Plech in this thread?
Celtic my arse.
Celtic my arse.
