The Demotion of the song Grand Old Team

[Lee Smith]

I don't like how camp the fans are when singing the "whoooooo" part. Instead of channelling their inner little Richard, they went full dale winton.

Full Dale Winton? Are you implying that Spirit of the Blues is in some ways camp? Ludicrous suggestion…

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

Support this.

Black and Irish civil rights song that was sung loudly at Goodison. That is a song to bring back,

 

[Lee Smith]

I would hazard a guess that most away game going fans have voted “No”.

Over the last few seasons, Spirit of the Blues and Goodison Gang have become by far the most popular chants sung in our away ends. They’re always sung loudly and everyone joins in, they tend to go on for a long time and gets the place bouncing.

Whilst I like GOT, it’s not the most uplifting of chants and tends to fizzle out quite quickly whenever it gets started.

 

[BullensRoad]

I would hazard a guess that most away game going fans have voted “No”.

Over the last few seasons, Spirit of the Blues and Goodison Gang have become by far the most popular chants sung in our away ends. They’re always sung loudly and everyone joins in, they tend to go on for a long time and gets the place bouncing.

Whilst I like GOT, it’s not the most uplifting of chants and tends to fizzle out quite quickly whenever it gets started.

Think it's just getting a bit daft talking about our reluctant neighbours.

Swerve it now on the tannoy before the games and just play spirit of the blues and we're for ever Everton.

 

[Paul Rideout]

The chords...

The beat...

The 'Woooo'

Play them off, keyboard cat

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Maybe a blend of differnet songs could provide a new standard but with a nod to the past, also. Something like:

And it's a Grand Old Team to play for,
And it's a Grand Old team to support,
So get your coat on and get moving,
Cos we don’t know the meaning of losing,

And if you know your history,
It's enough to make your heart go Woooooooo
Cos we’re hot on the trail,
And there’s no way we’re gonna fail,

And we'll fight fight fight
With all our might
For Patterson in the Royal Blue Jersey

Obviously it'll need a bit of work but I for one and am all for it.

Needs an altogether now...

 

[MrGrumpy]

Outdated and cringey? It's called tradition.

Is Z-Cars outdated and cringey?

Yes

 

[Exeter_Gently]

To suggest we've never shone so brightly is a lie.

 

[MrGrumpy]

It's an insult. "Everton, you never shone so brightly".

I mean FFS.

There's so much wrong with that song it's hard to know where to start with it.

At least GOT has the decency to stick to historical dimensions.

Better then

It’s a Grand old team to play for(no it’s not)
It’s a Grand old team to support(is it F)
An if you know your history( no one cares)
It’s enough to make your heart go(pop)
Always going to be a show(more like loss)
Play Beautiful football( HaHaHa)

 

[davek]

Better then

It’s a Grand old team to play for(no it’s not)
It’s a Grand old team to support(is it F)
An if you know your history( no one cares)
It’s enough to make your heart go(pop)
Always going to be a show(more like loss)
Play Beautiful football( HaHaHa)

We should just have no songs then?

 

[Mademan]

The version of GOT that they played before Z-Cars was horrific.

Get the Rocky music back from the mid to late 90s. Boss that.

Final fight music blasting and then Z-cars kicking in straight after was amazing. They brought it back for a bit in the early Moyes years.

 

[Milkman]

Imagine how depressing the lyrics would be if we could only accurately depict what it feels like to watch Everton every week.

Maybe we need a new chant that's more steeped in realism, where we sing about how much we all hate you, Everton.

 

[Toffe3m4n]

The version of GOT that they played before Z-Cars was horrific.

Get the Rocky music back from the mid to late 90s. Boss that.

Haha I remember that lol dunno if it'd work these days though.

 

[diggerdestroyer]

it would be fine if we could actually finish the song

 

[Toffeepot]

Imagine how depressing the lyrics would be if we could only accurately depict what it feels like to watch Everton every week.

Maybe we need a new chant that's more steeped in realism, where we sing about how much we all hate you, Everton.

Unfortunately Leonard Cohen died a couple of years back. He'd have nailed it