Bob!
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- Jul 5, 2003
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Sing the second verse?
[Albion] The timing of the pre-match GOSBTS
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Sing the second verse?
Just kick off and force the ref to act
Is that the one about throwing the jocks into the sea? I'm IN!
Bob!
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- Jul 5, 2003
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Apparently it's the chorus, not the second verse.
Not found a reference to throwing anyone in the sea though.
For We're the men from Sussex, Sussex by the Sea.
We plough and sow and reap and mow,
And useful men are we;
And when you go to Sussex, Whoever you may be,
You may tell them all that we stand or fall
For Sussex by the Sea!
You disappoint me.
I have been living under an apparently false apprehension that the past was made from petty sectarianism and casual violence.
I was hoping more for this:
For We're the men from Sussex, Sussex by the Sea.
With sharpened pitchforks in our tiny hands,
And violent men are we;
And when you go to Sussex, if a sweatie you may be,
You may tell them all that we stand or fall
As we throw you in the sea!
medwayseagull reborn
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- Oct 12, 2022
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I see she has just won the world indoor 400 metres title.
The GOSBTS switch has worked imo.
Embrace change.
Embrace change.
Agreed. And it was supposedly led by the players, so who are we to disagree.
Monkey Man
Your support is not that great
The only thing I don't really like is the Richie Reynolds intro. We don't need to be told it's time to sing Good Old Sussex by the Seeeeaa!!
I'm not sure I like it but it's OK - I REALLY miss having GOSBTS playing as the teams come out - that part of the matchday experience is just nothing now. If it were up to me I'd commission Fatboy Slim to write a short new rousing anthem to be played just before kick off and return GOSBTS to its rightful place. Or just get him to record a short version of Praise you:
We've come a long, long way together
Through the hard times and the good
We have to celebrate you Albion
We have to praise you like we should
ALBION ALBION ALBION!
That would get the juices flowing just prior to kick off.
- Jul 7, 2003
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That's nothing to do with GOSBTS though: as if any Southampton players would have a clue. It's just gamesmanship, like they do at any stadium.
Everton under Dyche were absolute masters at it: including always, always changing ends if they won the toss so as to disrupt the home team's preferred routine. Then having a lengthy huddle which required Pickford to jog halfway up the pitch as miraculously he was never expecting it, and then waiting for him to adjust his towel and his socks and check his laces and then signal to the officials and do more of his performative bollocks shouting.
I like Dyche as a bloke, but as the manager of a team we have to play.....
to be honest, these days, I'd probably put my ticket on the exchange and have a nice afternoon at a National Trust place
Separately, GOSBTS is perfectly placed where it is now, in my enormous opinion.
Hometownglory
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- Jan 12, 2014
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Tbh he's a little corny in general isn't he?
- Oct 17, 2008
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Super Steve Earle
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Still don't like it having moved. It's just not the same anymore. Just feels contrived and must admit I don't sing it any more. But if it works for the players, good for them.
Agreed.
Still sing it, but I can’t see it has made any difference.
If the players like it fair enough, but hopefully their concentration levels are more on the game at that point.
John Byrnes Mullet
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We should still be walking out to GOSBTS. They can play what they like after that.
- May 8, 2018
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Prefer the change
Greg Bobkin
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- May 22, 2012
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To be fair, the words scroll across the advertising boards and people STILL get them wrong. So yes, I DO think people need to be told!