Match Atmosphere

[Benwell Lad]

Blaydon Races sang properly is great but in the old Leazes End, by far the loudest and greatest singing section we've ever had, You'll never walk alone was probably the most popular song, it was brilliant and of course back then the scousers hadn't retrospectively copyrighted it and decided to be offended by anyone else singing it.

My personal favourite was "In Newcastle's fair city" sung to the tune of Molly Malone with the unforgettable line "as she wheels her wheel barrow from Walker to Jarrow".

Best days ever and best place ever to be a Newcastle fan the old Leazes End.

[TheBrownBottle]

2 hours ago, TheGuv said:

I cut this together a few years back. I’ve been banging on about it for a good few years it seems…

 

I’d say you can start to hear it speeding up a bit by the early 90s but still wayyyyy better than the early 00s when I started going. 
 

 

I think that’s from the FA Cup match at Anfield in ‘84

[TheBrownBottle]

1 hour ago, Benwell Lad said:

Blaydon Races sang properly is great but in the old Leazes End, by far the loudest and greatest singing section we've ever had, You'll never walk alone was probably the most popular song, it was brilliant and of course back then the scousers hadn't retrospectively copyrighted it and decided to be offended by anyone else singing it.

My personal favourite was "In Newcastle's fair city" sung to the tune of Molly Malone with the unforgettable line "as she wheels her wheel barrow from Walker to Jarrow".

Best days ever and best place ever to be a Newcastle fan the old Leazes End.

The scousers are quite odd about it all.  It’s from a famous American musical, it’s hardly a local folk tune. 

[et tu brute]

I miss the little white bull, used to be class with the bloke in his butcher jacket standing on the terraces in the gallowgate (used to know his name but lost in my memory over time - Tommy is in the back of my mind)

 

 

Edited 10 hours ago by et tu brute

[gotham town]

7 hours ago, et tu brute said:

I miss the little white bull, used to be class with the bloke in his butcher jacket standing on the terraces in the gallowgate (used to know his name but lost in my memory over time - Tommy is in the back of my mind)

 

 

 

 

Tommy Crane.

Sadly departed 2016 aged 70.

[TwoForJoy]

I did my first away of the season on Wednesday night. I was genuinely shocked by how bad the support was. The lads in front of us kept turning round in bewilderment when we were starting songs off. Not a peep out of them for 90 mins. As soon as the team came over at full time they came alive and it was all scarf waving and "who's that team we call United" Bizarre.

 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by TwoForJoy

[TheGuv]

10 hours ago, Benwell Lad said:

Blaydon Races sang properly is great but in the old Leazes End, by far the loudest and greatest singing section we've ever had, You'll never walk alone was probably the most popular song, it was brilliant and of course back then the scousers hadn't retrospectively copyrighted it and decided to be offended by anyone else singing it.

My personal favourite was "In Newcastle's fair city" sung to the tune of Molly Malone with the unforgettable line "as she wheels her wheel barrow from Walker to Jarrow".

Best days ever and best place ever to be a Newcastle fan the old Leazes End.

What’s the lyrics to the Molly Malone version? Never heard of that but know Molly Malone well (more of an Irish rugby song generally)

[Lush Vlad]

13 hours ago, TheGuv said:

I cut this together a few years back. I’ve been banging on about it for a good few years it seems…

 

I’d say you can start to hear it speeding up a bit by the early 90s but still wayyyyy better than the early 00s when I started going. 
 

 

 

Still seems like 'ganning along the Scotswood road' is still being sung twice.  So that goes all the way back to the 80's?!

[jack j]

Just now, Lush Vlad said:

 

Still seems like 'ganning along the Scotswood road' is still being sung twice.  So that goes all the way back to the 80's?!

I've been going since about 2004 properly and it's always been sang that way since then (wrong)