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[Football] Celery



Hamilton

Hamilton

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Jul 7, 2003
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Brighton
As I get older and certain memories get relegated further to the back of the old brain box, I start to wonder whether things actually happened or not. Obviously, my relationship with Natalie Portman is crystal clear in my mind.

However, do the older members of NSC remember us throwing celery about in the 80s and singing about it? Have I imagined this?


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Razzoo

Razzoo

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Sep 11, 2011
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I vividly remember York away late 80's. At half time the celery was everywhere. The skies seemed to darken, the stewards were equal parts amused and bemused. I'm sure it was the same at most games around then. Weren't the group responsible called the Cavemen Crew?
 


Gazwag

Gazwag

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Mar 4, 2004
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Bexhill-on-Sea
Razzoo said:
I vividly remember York away late 80's. At half time the celery was everywhere. The skies seemed to darken, the stewards were equal parts amused and bemused. I'm sure it was the same at most games around then. Weren't the group responsible called the Cavemen Crew?
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Yep, train station to pub to greengrocers to ground
 


fly high

fly high

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Aug 25, 2011
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Sussex police declared it was an offensive weapon.!!!!!!
 








Wrong-Direction

Wrong-Direction

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I hate it unless it's chopped up small in salads.

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Jack Straw

Jack Straw

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Jul 7, 2003
6,883
Brighton. NOT KEMPTOWN!
5th December 1987, FA Cup away at Northampton, their old ground. At half-time behind the goal where we were, the deluge of celery was such that visibility was down to just a couple of feet. You had to be there. It was an extrordinary and surreal occasion.

We won 2-1 and at the end of the game, their intelligencia came around to our end via the cricket pitch. None of them did any more than to express their anger from the safety of the outfield.
 














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Neville's Breakfast

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May 1, 2016
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Oxton, Birkenhead
Razzoo said:
I vividly remember York away late 80's. At half time the celery was everywhere. The skies seemed to darken, the stewards were equal parts amused and bemused. I'm sure it was the same at most games around then. Weren't the group responsible called the Cavemen Crew?
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I was at that game. Thought it was a bit weird tbh. Loved that ground though and it’s central location.
 


Wellesley

Wellesley

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Jul 24, 2013
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Copying Chelsea was not for me, so it wasn't something I joined in with. I used to wear a vest to the football with a cod fillet under each armpit instead. It never caught on in the North Stand but was copied enthusiastically all across the country at the time and is still very popular at Wycombe.
 






Silverhatch

Silverhatch

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Feb 23, 2009
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Preston Park
deletebeepbeepbeep said:
Originated with Chelsea?
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Contentious. The author Rob Merrills in his Dicks Out football songs books, reckons it started at Brighton. Was part of the Caveman Crew initiation to have a stick of celery stuffed up your arse on the Palace Pier in the middle of the night! Was never corroborated however (I published Dicks Out 2), but Rob who was an anthem statto - definitely attributed it to the Albion first.
 




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