Taybha
Whalewhine
Have to admit i have to auto correct myself from singing Going up to Stand or fall it's just a very old habit i can't quite erase , my heart is always gay though .
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[Albion] GOSBTS "Going up" or "Stand or Fall"?
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Bladders
Twats everywhere
Only divs sing about winning cups during a league fixture .
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Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
I'm a convert, change isn't always bad.Bear in mind young man, it's not the words that are slowly dying out, it's the people that sing them.
Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews
Remainer
I'm a convert, change isn't always bad.
Indeed, it's your choice what to sing my mate
oneillco
Well-known member
- Feb 13, 2013
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But what is the problem with singing the original words to the song? "You can tell them all that we stand or fall for Sussex by the Sea" is a powerful message of solidarity.
Do you still insist on calling Albion "The Dolphins"?
Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews
Remainer
What IS acceptable to you then?
Singing about Palace when we are not playing them?
Singing "My Old Man said ...." when I doubt that happens to any Brighton Fan?
Singing Knockhaert's better than Ozil? Is that proven?
Ulloa? Was his ratio really a goal a game? Or was Zamora really the best in the land?
Where does it end?
I put it to you, you're a "div"
GOSBTS "Going up" or "Stand or Fall"?
Fixed. Hopefully.
Bastardisation you old *******.
Fixed. Hopefully.
Bastardisation you old *******.
Bladders
Twats everywhere
oneillco
Well-known member
- Feb 13, 2013
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Surely it's about being consistent and not being pig-headed rather than what is acceptable.
Official Old Man
Uckfield Seagull
Funny thing about Dolphins and Seagulls is that the Seagulls chant has stopped and is now done only by newbies who think they have to. Rarely heard away from home these days.
And before I get shot down, think back five years and how the Seagulls chant would echo around the Amex every few minutes but now it is heard only when a seagull flies by.
'Albion' is the chant now.
Bob'n'weave
Well-known member
I'm firmly in the 'going up' camp because it's all i've known for 40 years, until the original words appeared on the Amex screen. To be fair I sing the 'correct' stand or fall lyrics when its up on the screen but revert to the fans version during the game. So for me its both. 
GreersElbow
New member
Stand or fall sounds better.
oneillco
Well-known member
- Feb 13, 2013
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I'm firmly in the 'going up' camp because it's all i've known for 40 years, until the original words appeared on the Amex screen. To be fair I sing the 'correct' stand or fall lyrics when its up on the screen but revert to the fans version during the game. So for me its both.
There is clearly no hope...
Bob'n'weave
Well-known member
Indeed. And may the battle of the GOSBS lyrics long continue. The more people try to out sing each other, the more noise we make. Everyone's a winner.
The "original words" have meaning that "duh duh de-duh duh duhh" does not! Do the words "And you can tell them all that we stand or fall for Sussex by the sea" not resonate with you? Does not the fact that the song was adopted by the Royal Sussex Regiment during the First World War mean so little?
For some there will never be any hope!
But then I'm a Sussex boy through and through. Proud of my County, proud of our history and proud of our "county anthem"!
Here's the third verse which, in the light of the club's history, may resonate with some.
Sometimes your feet are weary,
Sometimes the way is long,
Sometimes the day is dreary,
Sometimes the world goes wrong;
But if you let your voices ring,
Your care will fly away,
So we'll sing a song as we march along,
Of Sussex by the Sea.
Whoislloydy
Well-known member
Stand or fall
Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews
Remainer
I am fùcking calm!!!!
I find it incredible though that despite the shit songs opposing fans sing, the older fans continuing to sing a version that was acceptable in the 70s/80s and 90s are now being called "planks" "idiots" and "divs" by other fans who possibly weren't even alive/going to the match during that era
Awaits "I had a season ticket at Gillingham" line
Lots of history on www.GoodOldSussexByTheSea.com for those interested.
Munchkin
Well-known member
Stand or Fall.
All day long.
All day long.