The Red Red Robin .. A Rival

Lincsaddick

.. comes bob bob bobbin along .. Hull Kingston Rovers Rugby League Club has got to the Rugby League Cup Final at Wembley for the first time since God was a boy. Yesterday morning, the Radio Humberside roving reporter got the fans queuing for tickets outside Craven Park to sing the 'club song' .. and guess what ?

.. YES .. it's our beloved anthem .... who then can claim first rights to use this venerable ditty as their own ?

I never knew before that CAFC had so much in common with the oval ball supporting fans in the next City of Culture .. come on you Rovers ((:>)

sammy391

I know we use the Billy Cotton version of 'The Red Red Robin' because he supported us.

Lincsaddick

sammy391 said:

I know we use the Billy Cotton version of 'The Red Red Robin' because he supported us , so presumably we were playing it before that version came out ?

wakey wakey !! ((:>)

Henry Irving

sammy391 said:

I know we use the Billy Cotton version of 'The Red Red Robin' because he supported us , so presumably we were playing it before that version came out ?

I believe he recorded that version for us. The song goes back the 1920s

Lincsaddick

Strange that Billy Cotton was an Addick as he played for Brentford as a young man

se9addick

Lincsaddick said:

Strange that Billy Cotton was an Addick as he played for Brentford as a young man

Did you go straight to Wiki too ?

iainment

Lincsaddick said:

Strange that Billy Cotton was an Addick as he played for Brentford as a young man

It's a little known fact but all Brentford players are Addicks.

Starinnaddick

se9addick said:

Lincsaddick said:

Strange that Billy Cotton was an Addick as he played for Brentford as a young man

Did you go straight to Wiki too ?

And me

Lincsaddick

se9addick said:

Lincsaddick said:

Strange that Billy Cotton was an Addick as he played for Brentford as a young man

Did you go straight to Wiki too ?

I did .. in the back of my mind was that Billy C played for Chelsea .. but he was never that bad ((:>)

shirty5

Rovers have been singing it for years.

Henry Irving

http://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/67480/charlton-and-the-gallipoli-campaign-on-the-bbc/p1

Lincsaddick

It's a slow afternoon .. so .. Our beloved Wiki list these clubs as laying claim to 'The Robins' nickname ...

Sport[edit]
Brooklyn Robins, name between 1914 and 1931 of the baseball franchise now known as the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Shochiku Robins and Taiyō-Shochiku Robins, two former names of the Yokohama BayStars, a Japanese NPB team
The Robins, a nickname for Altrincham Football Club, based in Greater Manchester, England
The Robins, a nickname for Bracknell Town Football Club, based in England
The Robins, a nickname for Bristol City Football Club, based in England, because of their red playing kit
The Robins, a nickname for Cheltenham Town Football Club, based in England, because of their red playing kit
The Robins, a nickname for Evesham United Football Club, based in Worcestershire, England
The Robins, a nickname for Hull Kingston Rovers, the English Rugby league club, because of their red playing kit
The Robins, a nickname for Ilkeston Town Football Club, based in Derbyshire, England
The Robins, a nickname for Swindon Town Football Club, based in England, because of their red playing kit
Swindon Robins, English Motorcycle Speedway team
Brighton Robins, Australian rules football club based in Tasmania
Kermandie Robins, Australian rules football club in Tasmania
Peekskill Robins, formerly the Stamford Robins, American collegiate baseball team playing in an NCAA summer league

I wonder how many followers of the listed clubs sing 'The Red Red .. ' in the shower ?

se9addick

Lincsaddick said:

se9addick said:

Lincsaddick said:

Strange that Billy Cotton was an Addick as he played for Brentford as a young man

Did you go straight to Wiki too ?

I did .. in the back of my mind was that Billy C played for Chelsea .. but he was never that bad ((:>)

Apparently Wimbledon too in later life, must have been a West London boy at heart.

Lincsaddick

se9addick said:

Lincsaddick said:

se9addick said:

Lincsaddick said:

Strange that Billy Cotton was an Addick as he played for Brentford as a young man

Did you go straight to Wiki too ?

I did .. in the back of my mind was that Billy C played for Chelsea .. but he was never that bad ((:>)

Apparently Wimbledon too in later life, must have been a West London boy at heart.

where would we be without Wiki ?? .. ((:>)

Lincsaddick

Henry Irving said:

http://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/67480/charlton-and-the-gallipoli-campaign-on-the-bbc/p1

very interesting life that Bill Cotton had .. and Mehmet !

rananegra

Lincsaddick said:

It's a slow afternoon .. so .. Our beloved Wiki list these clubs as laying claim to 'The Robins' nickname ...

Sport[edit]

The Robins, a nickname for Bracknell Town Football Club, based in England
The Robins, a nickname for Bristol City Football Club, based in England, because of their red playing kit
The Robins, a nickname for Cheltenham Town Football Club, based in England, because of their red playing kit
The Robins, a nickname for Evesham United Football Club, based in Worcestershire, England

The Robins, a nickname for Swindon Town Football Club, based in England, because of their red playing kit

I have a family connection on my other half's side to Cheltenham, but what is striking is how unimaginative West Country fans are. Is it every team who play in red along the M4/A40 who have the same nickname?

ricky_otto

sammy391 said:

I know we use the Billy Cotton version of 'The Red Red Robin' because he supported us.

I always thought it was Nick Cotton.