Old chants you don't hear anymore.....

[Maldon Blues]

Ooh to
Ooh to be
Ooh to be a
SHRIMPER!

 

[McNasty]

Quote[/b] (Whatever @ Dec. 18 2005,11:21)]

Quote[/b] (Dave the Shrimper @ Dec. 18 2005,11:01)]No i think its a Mike thing...

We have had some bad ones...

Another I ehard a bit a few seasons ago was along the lines of

"Oh Southend piers - Longer than yours
Oh Southend piers Longer than yours
Its got a train and a gift shop
Oh Southend piers longer than yours"

Terrible

I remember that one.

It was truly terrible. Thank god it never caught on!

Caught on --- caught fire more like !

 

[dave cusaks nose]

Quote[/b] (Uxbridge Shrimper @ Dec. 18 2005,11:27)]

Quote[/b] (Whatever @ Dec. 18 2005,11:23)]

Quote[/b] (Uxbridge Shrimper @ Dec. 18 2005,11:16)]Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeellows!
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeellows!
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeellows!
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeellows!

That's far too 'Canvey' for my liking

Pah! We were wearing yellow in our kit when those cheeky upstarts were still in the Essex Senior League.

It was one of the main chants when I started going to Roots Hall 20 years ago and as such I'll always have fond memories of it.

Once again:

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeellows!
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeellows!
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeellows!

agreed


yyyeeeeeeeelllllllllllllllllllllllllooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwss

 

[BluePartridge]

Quote[/b] (Xàbia Shrimper @ Dec. 18 2005,11:45)]

Quote[/b] (The Bloke In The Pram Shop @ Dec. 18 2005,12:42)]There's only onnnne Arsene Wenger
Only onnnnne Arsene Wenger
With a packet of sweets and a cheeky smile....
Wenger is a f%&king paedophile

(Repeat)

Now obviously we all know that he isn't and that it's just childish banter but hearing c.100 blokes singing that at the top of their lungs after what you may recall was a pretty terrible day for us...it did make me laugh.....

Exchange Arsene Wenger with Barry Fry and you'll have 2,000 Shrimpers singing it at Peterborough a few years ago ...

WS

That's one of my early-ish memories of Southend charts. I went back home and sung it about people in my school...

 

[Xàbia Shrimper]

We have forgotten one crucial song from those glorious days standing on the North Bank. Matt the Shrimp would never forgive us:

You are my Southend OOH!
My only Southend OOH!
You make happy
When skies are grey
You never know just
How much I love you
Until you've taken my Southend away

** cue several seconds of leaping about, pushing, shoving, laughing, joking **

LA LALA LAAA LAAA
LA LALA LAAA LAAA
LA LALA LAAA LAAAAA ...

Last heard at Macclesfield Town c.2002 I think ...

WS

 

[sealion]

Southend on Sea
Southend on Sea
The longest pier-you'll ever see
Any more fires & this song will go the same way as the bandstand!

 

[Guest]

Most of these songs are still heard now. Well except the really old ones! That you are my Southend one is great!

 

[overseas shrimper]

In the North Bank:

Gonna surge in a minute...

And:

Let's all have a disco
Let's all have a disco
La la la la
La la la la

Or the other version:

Let's go f%&king mental
Let's go f%&king mental
La la la la
La la la la

Oh... and I remember once (at the end of the 80's) a big metal drum at the back of the North Bank was set alight (God knows how that happened) and we were singing:

We're on fire
We're on fire
We're on fire...

Try doing that again nowadays... let alone stand and raise your voice.

 

[Firestorm]

We've got Terry Terry Terry Johnson
On the Wing, On the wing.
We've got Terry Terry Terry Johnson
On the Wing, On the wing.
Terry , Terry Johnson
Terry Jonhson on the wing....


Oh Gary Gary
Gary Gary Gary Gary Gary Moore
Also used for Billy Best

Bertie Mee said to Bill Shankly
Have you heard of the North Bank highbury
Shanks said no
I dont think so
But I've heard of the Southend aggro

 

[Kent Shrimper]

Who put the ball in the Bury net, Benji, Benji
Who put the ball in the Bury net Ian Benjamin



She Wore, She Wore, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
She Wore a Yellow ribbon in the merry month of May

And when i asked her why she wore that Ribbon
She saids for the southend and were going to Wembley



Weve got Paul Sansome Number 1, weve got Paul sansome Number 1, weve paul sansome number 1
Weve got the best team in the Land,

Weve got Dean Austen Number 2, weve got Dean Austen Number 2, weve Dean Austen Number 2
Weve got the best team in the Land

(This is when normal 1-11 numbering was the norm)

 

[canveyshrimper]

We are only warming up,
We are only warming up.

After Billy Best got his 5th and Southends 10th against Brentwood FA Cup 1968.

He's here, he's there, he's ever f***ing where,
Billy Best, Billy Best

Or in these sanitised times he's not allowed to swear.

"Elton John is a homosexual"

The following penned by the late John Welham & brother Charles to the tune of "Bye Bye Blackbird"

Brentford promotion's not for you it's going to the boys in blue,
Bye Bye Brentford.
We play hard all season through, we play so much better than you.
Bye Bye Brentford
Have you anyone to match our goalie,
all the credit must go to Arthur Rowley.
So pack up all your kit in one, third division here we come,
Brentford Bye Bye

 

[dedwards]

To the tune of " Laughing Policeman "

Ther was once a policeman
His name was PC Ginn
He came up Southend North Bank
And got his head kicked in
He got his helmet knocked off
And then to his surprise
Some nasty little skinheads they kicked him in the eye
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha


Circa 1969 North Bank " Pak "

 

[N'Zamba Legend]

Other Police related:

He aint done nothing
He aint done nothing

and

Margaret Thatcher's private army

In terms of good new ones I heard some kids singing a song about Jamal campbell Ryce to ' always look on the bright side of life'- sterling work but how does it go?

Also I will never forget 50,000 Shrimpers singing 'One Johnny Neilson' after he scored that FA Cup final winner against Spurs at Wembley in 97.

 

[Mad Cyril]

My favourite was the short lived chant:

Gridelet - just a little bit.

 

[Rusty Lee]

Hooter Man
Hooter Man
Hooter Man

A north bank legend, also the ball being thrown around b4 the game, and glass showering down on you, ahhhhh the good old days

 

[BLUEBLOOD]

The 'Lets go F*cking Mental' and 'You are my Southend' chants from the North Bank were awesome, and the jumping about that ensued was bl00dy dangerous... BUT GREAT GREAT FUN !!!
Sanitised all-seater stadia have made these virtually obsolete, i mean you try 'going mental' and just skinning your skins on the seat in front of you everytime... IT HURTS

 

[Hawkwell Blue]

"Southend 1 West Ham 0" was quite nice!

"One Jocky Wilson" to a steward in the North Bank late 80s,

 

[Shrimper in India]

'What's it like to smell of fish?'.

North Bank to Grimsby fans on the open south terrace as the heavens opened, 1993.

We won 1-0 courtesy of Sir Stan.

Great to reminisce about North Bank and the Eric Nixon banter...those were the days...

 

[Guest]

'Let's Go F*cking Mental' and 'Let's all have a disco' are both still sung by us at away games, especially when we are allocated terracing.

 

[Suffolk Blue]

And at Derby in 1975...

Lee Bums George
George Bums Lee
Dave Makay Has Got VD
La La Lala La Lala La La

(Francis Lee and Charlie George were Derby's two biggest-name players; Mackay was their manager).


and one more from the Pak that I never heard anywhere else...

F.
U.
FUC.
FVCK.
FVCK OFF.

Or when the old Bill were on an eject-fest...

F.
U.
FUC.
F you see me walking down the street, and I start to cry, each time we meet...