After the cup game in '69 for the whole of the seventies you could hear this: "We took the north bank, we took the north bank, we took the north bank highbury"
"Knees up Mother Brown!" was a standard in the early seventies- with over-exuburiant jumping up and down on away terraces!
Also if the police got a bit frisky then this old standard would rise up: "There was this fat old policman" "His name was PC JIm" "He walked around the covered end" "and got his head kicked in" "he wore his brand new helmet" "and much to his suprise" "a dirty little skinhead come and kicked him in the eyes" "hahahahhahaha" to the tune of the laughing policeman
Anyone else remember to the tune of "I would like to teach the world to sing" (the coke adverts) I can only remember two lines of it: "I would like to teach the world to go to the Va...lley" "And see the talents of Ray Treacy and David Shipperly"
[cite]Posted By: Harry Gregory[/cite]After the cup game in '69 for the whole of the seventies you could hear this:
"We took the north bank, we took the north bank, we took the north bank highbury"
"Knees up Mother Brown!" was a standard in the early seventies- with over-exuburiant jumping up and down on away terraces!
Also if the police got a bit frisky then this old standard would rise up:
"There was this fat old policman"
"His name was PC JIm"
"He walked around the covered end"
"and got his head kicked in"
"he wore his brand new helmet"
"and much to his suprise"
"a dirty little skinhead come and kicked him in the eyes"
"hahahahhahaha"
to the tune of the laughing policeman
Anyone else remember to the tune of "I would like to teach the world to sing" (the coke adverts)
I can only remember two lines of it:
"I would like to teach the world to go to the Va...lley"
"And see the talents of Ray Treacy and David Shipperly"
Great post, H !
'Knees up Mother Brown' was always sung as our goal celebration just after we scored...."Oh my what a rotten song....."
On the terrace under the old Covered End, we'd all form long chains singing & doing the knees up - and then go spilling down the terrace and end up in a big crush against the fence behind the goal.
When we won a corner the chant would go up,"Ooh, it's a corner! Ooh it's a corner!......." straightaway followed by a big bellowing of, "In the net! In the net!" and if we scored from it, the roar lifting off the roof of the Covered End and straight into 'Knees Up Mother Brown".
Today, somehow with an all seater North Stand it feels strangely sanitized with no dancing and hugging and spilling down the terraces when we score.
Harry Gregory, I'd forgotton the fat old policeman song.....brilliant. Proper songs weren't they and sung with humour.
"Who's that copper with the 'elmet on, doo dah..." - then some eejit would knock his helmet off for a laugh and the OB would pile in while everybody else whistled the Laurel & Hardy theme tune as more coppers ran round to join in from other parts of the ground.
If we were invaded by away supporters the chant would go up,"Agro time, la la la....Agro time, la la la" - and everybody would bundle forward. It could get a bit hairy at times but it all seemed a normal part & parcel of the game back then.
But win or lose, you really felt you'd had a good day out.
Remember when we were home to Sheff Utd early 70's. They were top of the league and let's say we were nowhere near - and they had just been relegated from the 1st Division.
They had their classy England midfielder Tony Curry playing for them and were running the show a bit. Ref awards them a heavily disputed penalty and as Curry steps up to take it - the whole Covered End roars out "Chicken Curry! Chicken Curry......!"
I can't remember now if he scored or missed but it was funny at the time.
Oggy, according to H+A, the penalty was saved by Charlie Wright. It was given for Bob Curtis punching out a shot. We lost 2-0 though. Feb 71, att 12,562.
Thanks, AFKA - I'd remembered the score but I couldn't be sure about the penalty. These days Curtis would have been sent off, I don't think he was even booked back then.
So Wrighty saved that penalty. "Sir Charlie Wright, Sir Charlie Wright, Charlie....."
Good keeper. Capable of the spectacular, the ridiculous and the sublime.
Famed for occasional gaffs like letting the ball gently slip between his legs.
But on his day, was as good as any keeper in the country.
Even though Scottish, at a time when international capped players were rare at Charlton,
his claim to fame was being an Hong Kong international.
A couple of years ago, I'm sure I remember him on the Valley pitch at half time with the Valley Gold draw.
Legend!
Also remember.... for certain away supporters. In your northern slums you look in the dustbin for something to eat you find a dead rat and you think it's some meat,in your northern slums.
Late 60's, to the tune of 'Distant drums', aimed at away supporters:
"I hear the sound ..." (heavy clapping) "........of distant bums,
OVER THERE! OVER THERE!"
"And do they smell.
Like F*kcn HELL!"
OR:
"You're a knockneed chicken, You're a bow legged hen,
We ain't lost a fight since I don't know when.
We took on the Millwall, we beat up the Kop,
'Cos we are the Charlton BOOT BOYS!"
Bit fanciful because we always came off worse against Millwall.
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was this in the fact or fiction section?
Pompey are a load of s**t
On the night we tonked the undefeated league leaders in torrential rain 4-1.
Plus, of course,
"Who's undefeated?"
"We took the north bank, we took the north bank, we took the north bank highbury"
"Knees up Mother Brown!" was a standard in the early seventies- with over-exuburiant jumping up and down on away terraces!
Also if the police got a bit frisky then this old standard would rise up:
"There was this fat old policman"
"His name was PC JIm"
"He walked around the covered end"
"and got his head kicked in"
"he wore his brand new helmet"
"and much to his suprise"
"a dirty little skinhead come and kicked him in the eyes"
"hahahahhahaha"
to the tune of the laughing policeman
Anyone else remember to the tune of "I would like to teach the world to sing" (the coke adverts)
I can only remember two lines of it:
"I would like to teach the world to go to the Va...lley"
"And see the talents of Ray Treacy and David Shipperly"
Great post, H !
'Knees up Mother Brown' was always sung as our goal celebration just after we scored...."Oh my what a rotten song....."
On the terrace under the old Covered End, we'd all form long chains singing & doing the knees up - and then go spilling down the terrace and end up in a big crush against the fence behind the goal.
When we won a corner the chant would go up,"Ooh, it's a corner! Ooh it's a corner!......." straightaway followed by a big bellowing of, "In the net! In the net!" and if we scored from it, the roar lifting off the roof of the Covered End and straight into 'Knees Up Mother Brown".
Today, somehow with an all seater North Stand it feels strangely sanitized with no dancing and hugging and spilling down the terraces when we score.
And no 'Knees up Muvver Brown....!"
"Who's that copper with the 'elmet on, doo dah..." - then some eejit would knock his helmet off for a laugh and the OB would pile in while everybody else whistled the Laurel & Hardy theme tune as more coppers ran round to join in from other parts of the ground.
If we were invaded by away supporters the chant would go up,"Agro time, la la la....Agro time, la la la" - and everybody would bundle forward. It could get a bit hairy at times but it all seemed a normal part & parcel of the game back then.
But win or lose, you really felt you'd had a good day out.
They had their classy England midfielder Tony Curry playing for them and were running the show a bit. Ref awards them a heavily disputed penalty and as Curry steps up to take it - the whole Covered End roars out "Chicken Curry! Chicken Curry......!"
I can't remember now if he scored or missed but it was funny at the time.
So Wrighty saved that penalty. "Sir Charlie Wright, Sir Charlie Wright, Charlie....."
Good keeper. Capable of the spectacular, the ridiculous and the sublime.
Famed for occasional gaffs like letting the ball gently slip between his legs.
But on his day, was as good as any keeper in the country.
Even though Scottish, at a time when international capped players were rare at Charlton,
his claim to fame was being an Hong Kong international.
A couple of years ago, I'm sure I remember him on the Valley pitch at half time with the Valley Gold draw.
Legend!
In your northern slums you look in the dustbin for something to eat you find a dead rat and you think it's some meat,in your northern slums.
Late 60's, to the tune of 'Distant drums', aimed at away supporters:
"I hear the sound ..." (heavy clapping) "........of distant bums,
OVER THERE! OVER THERE!"
"And do they smell.
Like F*kcn HELL!"
OR:
"You're a knockneed chicken, You're a bow legged hen,
We ain't lost a fight since I don't know when.
We took on the Millwall, we beat up the Kop,
'Cos we are the Charlton BOOT BOYS!"
Bit fanciful because we always came off worse against Millwall.
"Who's yer father, who's yer father, who's your father, referee?
You ain't got one, you're a b@stard,
You're a b@stard referee"