brighton bluenose
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..........an old North Stand favourite - how times change!
Can't imagine the JCL's singing that one!!
Can't imagine the JCL's singing that one!!
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Harry Roberts is our friend...........
- Thread starter brighton bluenose
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- Jan 3, 2012
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Wasn't it "Harry Roberts is our mate..... He kills coppers.
Not that I was ever a Northstander.
Not that I was ever a Northstander.
n1 gull
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Bloody hell that is a blast from the past
little al
Crystal Palace fan
Topical, he is being freed in a few days.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-29734816
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-29734816
little al
Crystal Palace fan
Yes it was, not just sung in Brighton.
Released today after 48, yes 48, years for killing 3 unarmed policeman (makes me ashamed for dining the song as a kid, although I did not really understand it at the time).
Although I do believe that a life sentence should mean life, it really does show the change in attitudes to crime in the modern day. Would anyone even get sentenced to 48 years nowadays?
Although I do believe that a life sentence should mean life, it really does show the change in attitudes to crime in the modern day. Would anyone even get sentenced to 48 years nowadays?
little al
Crystal Palace fan
He never did, he got 3 life sentances and has served 18 years over that.
Sorry my mistake. Crime committed in 66, sent to prison in 69. His minimum term was 30 years, has served 45, glad to have been able to correct myself.
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'Is our King'
Spun Cuppa
Thanks Greens :(
If the crime was committed in '66, why didn't he swing? I thought capital punishment ended in '67?
Da Man Clay
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65 with the last hanging in 64.
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No , it was friend, I never heard 'mate'.
little al
Crystal Palace fan
Was definately "mate" at Selhurst Park.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Harry Roberts isn't my friend.
- Aug 7, 2003
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I used to cringe when I heard that sung, and I was only a kid then.
Arthur
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Flip me it's going to be a culture shock for him. How different is the world now to what it was back then.....it's in colour for a start! 
"Here Harry they are talking about you online...."
"What's an online?"
"Here Harry they are talking about you online...."
"What's an online?"
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
The judge said, life means life, & he should never be released. I'm not sure that 'life sentences' were a tariff then.
Hastings gull
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- Nov 23, 2013
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Yes, it was mate, as I was a Northstander then and sang along, to my deep shame now. I was only 15 at the time but can recall that I did not really believe what I was singing, as I knew what he did was a horrible crime. Not wanting to be too dramatic, I suppose, it just shows the stupid things that some people can do and also the dangers of what one is capable of in the pack mentality.
brighton bluenose
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This sums it up - though we were only kids!!