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The_Laughing_Mariner	August 31, 2020, 9:42am
Brandy Drinker Posts: 2,842 Posts Per Day: 0.47 Reputation: 78.02% Rep Score: +17 / -5 Approval: +1,047 Gold Stars: 10	There is a story on bbc news/ sport website, sorry i can't post a link, looking into the origins of the " Sheffield United anthem" greasy chip butty. They say they have been singing it from the early 80s.  We have been singing itfrom the mid 70s haven't we? <'(((((< When I was a little boy I asked my daddy what would i be would I be United, would i be Leeds Here's what he said to me Oh Grimsby Grimsby Whatever will be will be You'll follow then faithfully Oh Grimsby Grimsby Tell me Mam me Mam I dont want no tea no tea I'm watching the Grimsby Tell me Mam me mam
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sam gy	August 31, 2020, 11:00am
Cocktail Drinker Posts: 1,797 Posts Per Day: 0.33 Reputation: 83.91% Rep Score: +18 / -3 Approval: +5,478 Gold Stars: 56	It’s definitely their song, we stole it. [img]https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xla1/v/t1.0-9/12039761_10156639571185103_2884197968019429473_n.jpg?oh=184cac2706832a1b1dd4d6a0420a6f87&oe=574C5F4F[/img]
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Boris Johnson	August 31, 2020, 1:22pm
Table Wine Drinker Posts: 900 Posts Per Day: 0.56 Reputation: 35.65% Rep Score: +2 / -15 Approval: -2,797 Gold Stars: 4	Well given its based on John Denver's Annie's Song..certainly around from 1974 onwards....
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Stadium	August 31, 2020, 6:02pm
Champagne Drinker Posts: 2,346 Posts Per Day: 0.77 Reputation: 87.77% Rep Score: +6 / 0 Approval: +1,926 Gold Stars: 19	Quoted from The_Laughing_Mariner There is a story on bbc news/ sport website, sorry i can't post a link, looking into the origins of the " Sheffield United anthem" greasy chip butty. They say they have been singing it from the early 80s.  We have been singing itfrom the mid 70s haven't we? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-53908567 "Modified versions of the song are also sung by supporters of Burton Albion (where the references to Magnet and Woodbines are replaced with Marston's Pedigree ("Peddi") and Walkers), Grimsby Town (where Magnet is replaced by Tetley's) and St Helens R.F.C. (where the beer is Greenalls and a kebab replaces cigarettes)" “There's nothing wrong with the car except that it's on fire.”- Murray Walker
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Jackie Lewis	August 31, 2020, 7:43pm
Shandy Drinker Posts: 61 Posts Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 81.78% Rep Score: +1 / 0 Approval: +75	Never sung at Town before the mid 80s at the earliest
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supertown	September 1, 2020, 9:27am
Vodka Drinker Posts: 5,386 Posts Per Day: 0.90 Reputation: 74.86% Rep Score: +25 / -9 Approval: +3,471 Gold Stars: 53	Quoted from Jackie Lewis Never sung at Town before the mid 80s at the earliest No way. I recall singing it earlier than that. I reckon I was 15 so that’s 1980
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somersetmariner	September 1, 2020, 3:23pm
Table Wine Drinker Posts: 885 Posts Per Day: 0.17 Reputation: 61.82% Rep Score: +7 / -7 Approval: +253 Gold Stars: 4	Charming song you can take the boy out of grimsby......but you can't take grimsby out of his soul, his blood, his semen!
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Boris Johnson	September 1, 2020, 3:53pm
Table Wine Drinker Posts: 900 Posts Per Day: 0.56 Reputation: 35.65% Rep Score: +2 / -15 Approval: -2,797 Gold Stars: 4	its a bit old hat isnt it we need some more songs, the last one I liked was about Podge.. need to be more original....no more we are Town or Fish, Fish, Fish bit more of a tune and 3 lines wouldnt go a miss
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GollyGTFC	September 1, 2020, 6:02pm
Whiskey Drinker Posts: 3,978 Posts Per Day: 0.69 Reputation: 67.2% Rep Score: +19 / -11 Approval: +6,066 Gold Stars: 359	Quoted from Boris Johnson its a bit old hat isnt it we need some more songs, the last one I liked was about Podge.. need to be more original....no more we are Town or Fish, Fish, Fish bit more of a tune and 3 lines wouldnt go a miss Do you know any Hitler Youth tunes we can change the words to?
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It Bites	September 1, 2020, 6:11pm
Champagne Drinker Posts: 2,324 Posts Per Day: 1.46 Reputation: 48.89% Rep Score: +4 / -10 Approval: +2,217 Gold Stars: 266	Danny Danny Rose .... To the tune of Daddy Cool by Boney M . Spurs sang it for the other one
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