leadman Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 a manc I know is claiming they started this song, I am sure we were singing it in the early 70s. can anybody shed some light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 a manc I know is claiming they started this song, I am sure we were singing it in the early 70s. can anybody shed some light. It's a Millwall song, originally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 It's a Millwall song, originally. Are you sure? It goes back a long way at AG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 Are you sure? It goes back a long way at AG. "My old man, said follow West Ham, I said..." It actually scans in that version. Every other club sings their own localised version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 So does "be a Rovers fan". Not saying you're wrong,mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 So does "be a Rovers fan". Not saying you're wrong,mind. It has extra beats: be-a-ro-vers-fan compared to fo-low-West-Ham They may be despicable ***** in lots of respects, but it has to be said 'Wall fans have come up with a number of classic chants. Someone once told me it was originally a "clean" version of the popular music hall classic, but twas subverted at The Den. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greedo Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Old_Man_%28football_song%29 Wiki (I know) says it's originally a Villa song, with a clean version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Old_Man_%28football_song%29 Wiki (I know) says it's originally a Villa song, with a clean version. I was on about the version sung at AG (and every other ground) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckobcfc Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 altogether now my old man said be a rovers fan I said no I reject that proposal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterStyvarsRightFoot Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 The original song was my old man said follow the van and don't dilly dally on the way?? Off went the cart with the whole home in it. And I walked behind at my old own limit? Which is where the we hate the rovers and they all know it, comes from isn't it ???? Great song mind. The bt sport advert had me in stitches when I saw it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Peacock Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 at my old own limit? With me old cock linnet, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cider-manc Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 a manc I know is claiming they started this song, I am sure we were singing it in the early 70s. can anybody shed some light. In my time in Manchester I've had Manchester United fans claiming the rights to every song ever heard on a football terrace. Whilst I'm not naive enough to claim that nothing original has ever come out of Old Trafford... I call BS pretty much every time. Most recently I had one raving on about the abusive song they sung about Fernando Torres and how "no other team in the country would ever have thought to use that tune" (think its the animal went in two by two) when I pointed out that, as amusing as their version was, the reason they used this tune was because it was the tune that Liverpool fans used to sing about Torres he nearly blew a fuse arguing with me- I didn't even get around to saying that I was pretty sure that Everton started the abusive version. Virtually all football fans are the same though and will always consider themselves better than their counterparts so it is just to be expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cider-manc Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 Double post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southvillekiddy Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 Thing that's suspect about the Wiki entry is the reference to "Stanley knives". How long have they been around? We sing, (following the Millwall example?) "With hatchets and hammers, carving knives and spanners" which is obviously more old school and more in keeping with the original music song "My old man said follow the van" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 Well said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 Years ago I was in a car with a non-football supporter, he was driving. I sang him that song and he laughed so much we nearly had an accident. It's my favourite song of all time. I taught it to some of the locals here in Italy. Big Brother I'm with you completely on this one - it's brilliant. "My old man, said be a r****s fan, I said **** off b******s you're a c***! * offensive words asterisked to protect the innocent, obvs Bloody great song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 Years ago I was in a car with a non-football supporter, he was driving. I sang him that song and he laughed so much we nearly had an accident. It's my favourite song of all time. I taught it to some of the locals here in Italy. For some reason, the words 'sunshine' and 'bus' came to mind reading your post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew-T Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 When did we first sing this chant? 60s 70s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myol'man Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 I can remember the old Tony Harling version sung from high up in the old grandstand; "My old man said be a Rovers fan, I said no way Father , you're a fool" Classic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 I love the song although my old man has never told me to be a Rovers fan, that's pretty much the last thing he would ever suggest. ...and if I'd ever told him to **** off before calling him a ****, I'd have got the goofy teeth kicked out of my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bs3 Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 Thing that's suspect about the Wiki entry is the reference to "Stanley knives". How long have they been around? We sing, (following the Millwall example?) "With hatchets and hammers, carving knives and spanners" which is obviously more old school and more in keeping with the original music song "My old man said follow the van" I used to sing the word "stanley Knives" backe it the late 80s. "with hatchets and hammers stanley knives and spanners we teach those f@@king gas heads how to fight and you'll never take the Dolman with the CSF in it ,City's the pride of the west" Back in the 80s it was very de rigueur of the hooligan to carry stanley you may say it was thier weapon of choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 altogether now my old man said be a rovers fan I said no I reject that proposal You are in error, pater. I will continue to patronise the salubrious premises of Bristol City rather than the dismal and palustrial environs of the Memorial Swamp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
City fan 1982 Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 fc united , seem to knock out a few original songs , i like ,we paid for your hats, we paid for your hats, what a waste of coucil tax, we paid for your hats , sung to a row of coppers stood in front of them ! plus a few others ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southvillekiddy Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 I used to sing the word "stanley Knives" backe it the late 80s. "with hatchets and hammers stanley knives and spanners we teach those f@@king gas heads how to fight and you'll never take the Dolman with the CSF in it ,City's the pride of the west" Back in the 80s it was very de rigueur of the hooligan to carry stanley you may say it was thier weapon of choice. Fair play mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderup Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 altogether now my old man said be a rovers fan I said no I reject that proposal In years to come it will be.... My old man said be a R*vers fans I said WHO? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Bristol Born & Red Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 I can remember the old Tony Harling version sung from high up in the old grandstand; "My old man said be a Rovers fan, I said no way Father , you're a fool" Classic Started watching City as a kid in the late 70's...something that always sticks in my mind is Tony Harling singing on his own from the Grandstand...just brings back good memories... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou-peters-dive Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 Big Brother I'm with you completely on this one - it's brilliant. "My old man, said be a r****s fan, I said **** off b******s you're a c***! * offensive words asterisked to protect the innocent, obvs Bloody great song. I remember singing that at city in 1964 After my old man had taken me to watch rovers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gasbuster Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 I love the song although my old man has never told me to be a Rovers fan, that's pretty much the last thing he would ever suggest. ...and if I'd ever told him to **** off before calling him a ****, I'd have got the goofy teeth kicked out of my head. Me too P.O'H. My old man was City through and through, him suggesting I follow NLBR2014 was not on any agenda. As a boxer and wrestler, he would literally have "killed" me if I had called him a **** ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gert Mare Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 One of my personal favourites. Actually for me it was the other way around when I was a young scrote living in Gas infested waters....some Sags visited my school and gave me a couple of 50p tickets for Eastvile. I went home and showed them to "My old man" who proceeded to tear them into small pieces whilst informing me exactly why we wouldn't be going down to Eastvile any time soon. The following week we went to watch City....the rest is history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 One of my personal favourites. Actually for me it was the other way around when I was a young scrote living in Gas infested waters....some Sags visited my school and gave me a couple of 50p tickets for Eastvile. I went home and showed them to "My old man" who proceeded to tear them into small pieces whilst informing me exactly why we wouldn't be going down to Eastvile any time soon. The following week we went to watch City....the rest is history. Responsible parenting. That's what this country's crying out for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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