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Title: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: markecky on June 02, 2014, 12:45:22 PM: What's the first chant that sticks in your head from Alty matches, could be a generic one or an obscure one.

For me it's:

"we all agree, that Hughes is better than Timmons"

Would that be Mark Hughes coming in to replace John Timmons after the star striker had left?
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: bighairedmike on June 02, 2014, 12:48:32 PM: Half a pound of tupenny rice, half a pound of treacle. That's the way the money goes, I shagged your gran. Heard that aged 6 or so and have never forgotten it.

Apart from that... ZIGGER ZAGGER ZIGGER ZAGGER!
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: York Alty on June 02, 2014, 01:04:54 PM: She wore, she wore a scarlet ribbon in the merry month of May etc...

eeeeh, them were the days.
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: Paul Cain's Chip Pan on June 02, 2014, 01:24:56 PM: Quote from: markecky on June 02, 2014, 12:45:22 PM
What's the first chant that sticks in your head from Alty matches, could be a generic one or an obscure one.

For me it's:

"we all agree, that Hughes is better than Timmons"

Would that be Mark Hughes coming in to replace John Timmons after the star striker had left?

Didn't Timmons sign for Macc after he left us? Was probably in one of the derby games just after.
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: eightiesrobin on June 02, 2014, 01:27:41 PM: Oppo goalie taking a goal kick
Oooooooh,
You've got aids
And vd
You're not going to Wemberlee.

In the trophy winning year
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: York Alty on June 02, 2014, 01:44:01 PM: Quote from: eightiesrobin on June 02, 2014, 01:27:41 PM
Oppo goalie taking a goal kick
Oooooooh,
You've got aids
And vd
You're not going to Wemberlee.

In the trophy winning year

I LOVED THAT ONE!
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: Paul Cain's Chip Pan on June 02, 2014, 01:59:25 PM: Earliest song I can remember is:

"Nicky Nicky Nicky Daws, Nicky Daws, Nicky Daws, Nicky Nicky Nicky Daws, Nicky Nicky Daws!"
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: brian1925 on June 02, 2014, 02:40:13 PM: From the season we almost got promoted into the FL
To Harvey Lim, the Kettering Town keeper, "You can stick your sweet and sour up your a***" x2 (probably considered a bit racist now, but v funny at the time)
"Are you Merthyr in disguise" x2 to Barry Fry's Barnet once the 4th goal went in (a week after we scored 9 v Merthyr)
And of course the very great, "Zigger Zagger Zigger Zagger" courtesy of Kenny
So many great chants I can recall from my early days following Alty
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: Jezza on June 02, 2014, 03:26:27 PM: fourth division RUBBISH! or zigger zagger zigger zagger......one of the two...
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: York Alty on June 02, 2014, 03:42:03 PM: I remember "you can shove the football league up your arse" after one of the votes went against us.
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: B. 4D on June 02, 2014, 03:52:53 PM: Bertie Mee said to Joe Harvey,
Have you here'd of the north bank Highbury,
Joe said NO I don' think so, but I've here'd of the golf road Enders
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: Iateallthepies on June 02, 2014, 04:03:02 PM: All we need is radio robins
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: Derek Stubbs on June 02, 2014, 05:13:49 PM: we all piss in the green & white pot
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: thegazelle on June 02, 2014, 05:25:23 PM: i think i can confidently claim the royalties on fourth division rubbish and you can stick the football league up the arse

i suppose for me it had to be kenny's zigger ziggar

some that stick in the mind

with the sC**thorpe fans on one side of fthe gold road and the alty fans two feet away with one policeman looking on a tense atmosphere . sC**thorpe fans "there's only one united'' alty fans coutesy of (jed tootill i think) "and thats a chocolate biscuit" . it diffused the atmosphere for about 5 minutes but you may have to be old to understand that. There was something about sh*tting yourself and watching football.

i always loved the one where we taunted the keeper as heathcote lined a freekick up with different people shouting top left or top right . the winsford keeper held his hands in dismay when it went right in the top left corner just turned and glared to much hilarity

and who can forget celtic rangers celtic rangers
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: TheCultOfIanTunnacliffe on June 02, 2014, 05:42:58 PM: Quote from: Jezza on June 02, 2014, 03:26:27 PM

fourth division RUBBISH! or zigger zagger zigger zagger......one of the two...

Have to concur with both of those selections.

As for chants personalised for Alty players, I recall the 1970s as being simpler times:

"Jeff, Jeff, Jeff John-son!" perhaps?

Or cries of "Heath-cote, Heath-cote" whenever we were awarded a free kick on the edge of our opponents' penalty area.

A particularly bad foul on any Alty player other than our bearded captain customarily elicited the response of "Kingy's gonna get you!"

And then there was that time-honoured favourite from the late 1970s until the mid-1980s of "Slob, Slob, Slob, Slob" directed at our old friend Dave Ryan during his annoyingly impressive tenure as the Vics' goalkeeper.

Was that last one another composition courtesy of the gazelle?
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: Sleepy the dwarf on June 02, 2014, 06:08:56 PM: Probably the earliest I remember is the 'Gola, gola gola league' at the Birmingham City game.

After the it's got to 'skip to the ball Paul Showler'.
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: Bath Alty on June 02, 2014, 09:51:28 PM: One from when I started going to southern matches more frequently, before a game at Kingstonian early in the season (mid 90's?)

We'll score again, don't know where don't know when,
but I know we'll score again some suuuuuunnnnyyyyyy day

made me smile anyway

(2-2 draw perhaps - Stu got sat on while they scored the second?)
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: wayno on June 02, 2014, 10:08:25 PM: Mine would vs zigger zagger I also used to like eieio up the conference league we go when we get promoted this is what well sing we are alty super alty Jonny is our king

One of my own fave chants ( how egotistical ) was away at barrow many years ago and singing to them " you've all been on crime watch la la la la "whilst they jumped up at a metal fence between us like rabid dogs

Even the local police laughed :)

Happy times
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: Brian Flynn on June 02, 2014, 11:25:47 PM: Quote from: Bath Alty on June 02, 2014, 09:51:28 PM
One from when I started going to southern matches more frequently, before a game at Kingstonian early in the season (mid 90's?)

We'll score again, don't know where don't know when,
but I know we'll score again some suuuuuunnnnyyyyyy day

made me smile anyway

(2-2 draw perhaps - Stu got sat on while they scored the second?)

August 1999.....4th game of the season after 3 defeats without scoring a goal. Kevin Ellison's first goal for Alty & Gary Talbot scored the second.

Ecky conjured up some highlights of this match a while back....but I can't find them.

Rather impressively, in my view, I managed a week's family holiday in Weymouth, neatly sandwiched between an away fixture at Yeovil & this game.
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: TheCultOfIanTunnacliffe on June 03, 2014, 12:30:45 AM: Quote from: Brian Flynn on June 02, 2014, 11:25:47 PM
Quote from: Bath Alty on June 02, 2014, 09:51:28 PM
One from when I started going to southern matches more frequently, before a game at Kingstonian early in the season (mid 90's?)

We'll score again, don't know where don't know when,
but I know we'll score again some suuuuuunnnnyyyyyy day

made me smile anyway

(2-2 draw perhaps - Stu got sat on while they scored the second?)

August 1999.....4th game of the season after 3 defeats without scoring a goal. Kevin Ellison's first goal for Alty & Gary Talbot scored the second.

Ecky conjured up some highlights of this match a while back....but I can't find them.

Rather impressively, in my view, I managed a week's family holiday in Weymouth, neatly sandwiched between an away fixture at Yeovil & this game.

Brian,

You owe me a G&T....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy-JDPXH72k (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy-JDPXH72k)
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: Jezza on June 03, 2014, 09:23:16 AM: wow what A VIDEO!!!

is that the world's most annoyingly southern commentator?

hey ho....what a great squad that was assembled on an absolute shoestring....the site of Leroy geeing the team up before kick off a joy to behold.....
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: Paul Cain's Chip Pan on June 03, 2014, 10:41:02 AM: Our capitulation that season was the stuff of legend. We beat Sutton United 3-0 at home in early March to go 10th and were seemingly cruising to a mid-table finish. However, we then failed to win any of our last 11 games and went down.

I still can't believe it to this day.
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: PaulClementsLaments on June 03, 2014, 12:08:19 PM: First chant I recall was when I first started watching Alty in 1976 - for some reason the crowd would regularly chant "Tommy Cavanagh" followed by clap clap clap-clap clap before the teams were on the pitch. All I remember about him was he was the son of the Man Utd trainer and the programme notes always said that "big things were expected of him".

Paul
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: Randy Konk on June 03, 2014, 01:03:14 PM: Quote from: Paul Cain's Chip Pan on June 03, 2014, 10:41:02 AM
Our capitulation that season was the stuff of legend. We beat Sutton United 3-0 at home in early March to go 10th and were seemingly cruising to a mid-table finish. However, we then failed to win any of our last 11 games and went down.

I still can't believe it to this day.

Nor me. Forest Green were dead and buried (or so it seemed) they seemed to win as many games as we lost at the back end of that season. They stay up, the rest is history.

First chant I can remember is zigger zagger although I have a soft spot for the simplicity of "We've got Colin Potts" to Franz Ferdinand tune.

Modern favourite - Crowded House Scott Leather song
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: York Alty on June 03, 2014, 01:34:58 PM: Classics include:-

We all p1ss in a green and white pot

When I was young with not much sense...

Build a bonfire... (which is rarely heard anywhere these days)

We've been once, twice, three times to Wembley... (but I never want to hear that again cos we'll be playing Droylsden)
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: NauticaPete on June 03, 2014, 02:02:24 PM: Who Needs Paul Mcgrath, who Needs Cantona?
We've got Mickey Hayde, he's much better by far (or something along those lines).
The first time I heard it was at Winsford away in the 92-93 season; it must have been an FAT or FAC qualifying game. We lost 1-0.
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: JTH on June 03, 2014, 06:29:46 PM: Other than Kenny's zigga zagga, the first one I remember was midfield maestro Heslop's take on the hokey cokey featuring Joey Pritchard's left foot (circa 1974).
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: GRACEO on June 03, 2014, 08:10:19 PM: We're the BARMY ALTY ARMY na na na na na was a favourite during the early eighties. :D
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: Timperley The Best on June 03, 2014, 08:32:50 PM: Always wanted to change the words of and its altrincham ,altrincham fc were by far the greatest team the world has ever see to and its altrincham altrincham fc were by far the greatest team the league has never seen.
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: Bath Alty on June 03, 2014, 08:45:05 PM: I really like that - no matter how rose tinted the glasses the original doesn't really work at our level.

As a perpetual exile I like "we're here and we're from Altrincham..." especially at Weymouth when we 'went down'
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: Timperley The Best on June 03, 2014, 08:59:41 PM: Regarding that scunny game i dont think there was any segregation that night and considering a trip to anfield was at stake they didnt bring that many ?
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: markecky on June 03, 2014, 09:00:49 PM: I think with football chants you're allowed a little poetic licence to be honest.

"Eeeee I eeee I eeee io, up the Conference league we go, when we achieve a respectable finish based on crowds and wage budget and steering clear of injuries to key players, this is what we'll sing, we are Alty, above average Alty, Sinnott is our king subject to a sustained run of bad results" doesn't have the same ring.
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: wayno on June 03, 2014, 09:12:35 PM: Let's all do the conga lets all do the conga

Let's all have a disco lets all have a disco

Let's go f**king mental lets go f**king mental

La la la

You know what I have just realised we have gone boring !!
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: taxi Phil on June 03, 2014, 09:45:34 PM: We were just plain unsophisticated chantwise when I were a lad. I can't even remember us having a song for the legendary Jack Swindells. That's why Kenny's "zigger zagger" stood out in those days.
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: wayno on June 03, 2014, 10:00:19 PM: Kenny was a pioneer :)
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: RockyRobin on June 03, 2014, 10:18:29 PM: Quote from: TheCultOfIanTunnacliffe on June 03, 2014, 12:30:45 AM
Quote from: Brian Flynn on June 02, 2014, 11:25:47 PM
Quote from: Bath Alty on June 02, 2014, 09:51:28 PM
One from when I started going to southern matches more frequently, before a game at Kingstonian early in the season (mid 90's?)

We'll score again, don't know where don't know when,
but I know we'll score again some suuuuuunnnnyyyyyy day

made me smile anyway

(2-2 draw perhaps - Stu got sat on while they scored the second?)

August 1999.....4th game of the season after 3 defeats without scoring a goal. Kevin Ellison's first goal for Alty & Gary Talbot scored the second.

Ecky conjured up some highlights of this match a while back....but I can't find them.

Rather impressively, in my view, I managed a week's family holiday in Weymouth, neatly sandwiched between an away fixture at Yeovil & this game.

Brian,

You owe me a G&T....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy-JDPXH72k (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy-JDPXH72k)

Great video. There is a rather slimmer RockyRobin celebrating in the middle there - I am easy to spot as I was still just tall in those days.

First chants...

Let's all have a disco

Aids and VD

And of course Zigger Zagger

It seems Kenny has touched most of us and not in a Yewtree way which is refreshing, especially given the form of most things Hale at the moment.
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: B. 4D on June 03, 2014, 10:30:50 PM: Quote from: Romeo 48 on June 03, 2014, 09:45:34 PM
We were just plain unsophisticated chantwise when I were a lad. I can't even remember us having a song for the legendary Jack Swindells. That's why Kenny's "zigger zagger" stood out in those days.

We did sing,
jackie Swindells,
Clap clap..clap clap clap,
jackie Swindells
Clap clap..clap clap clap.

Very hard to put in writing.

Also Going back to those days, and that team.
We did sing,
We've got a tank called Halliwell,
twice as good as Colin Bell,
etc etc etc
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: Alty Rock God on June 04, 2014, 07:23:22 AM: "Kenny, give us a song, Kenny Kenny give us a song..."

followed by...

"She'll be coming round the mountain when she comes..."

Legend!
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: York Alty on June 04, 2014, 01:16:23 PM: Quote from: Alty Rock God on June 04, 2014, 07:23:22 AM
"Kenny, give us a song, Kenny Kenny give us a song..."

followed by...

"She'll be coming round the mountain when she comes..."

Legend!

OH YES!!! :D
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: bumble on June 04, 2014, 02:58:30 PM: Quote from: Timperley The Best on June 03, 2014, 08:32:50 PM
Always wanted to change the words of and its altrincham ,altrincham fc were by far the greatest team the world has ever see to and its altrincham altrincham fc were by far the greatest team the league has never seen.

I like that far better.
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: wayno on June 04, 2014, 03:54:18 PM: Quote from: York Alty on June 04, 2014, 01:16:23 PM
Quote from: Alty Rock God on June 04, 2014, 07:23:22 AM
"Kenny, give us a song, Kenny Kenny give us a song..."

followed by...

"She'll be coming round the mountain when she comes..."

Legend!

OH YES!!! :D
what was the swallowed a fly one he used to sing as well ?
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: Paul Cain's Chip Pan on June 04, 2014, 04:03:34 PM: "I know an old lady who swallowed a fly, I don't know why she swallowed a fly, perhaps she'll die"

:)
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: wayno on June 04, 2014, 05:07:46 PM: Quote from: Paul Cain's Chip Pan on June 04, 2014, 04:03:34 PM
"I know an old lady who swallowed a fly, I don't know why she swallowed a fly, perhaps she'll die"

:)

thats it !! Perfect thanks :)
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: York Alty on June 04, 2014, 07:41:52 PM: Quote from: wayno on June 04, 2014, 05:07:46 PM
Quote from: Paul Cain's Chip Pan on June 04, 2014, 04:03:34 PM
"I know an old lady who swallowed a fly, I don't know why she swallowed a fly, perhaps she'll die"

:)

thats it !! Perfect thanks :)

once ended with that unmistakable voice of his shouting out "she's dead" as the last line.
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: Brian Flynn on June 04, 2014, 10:48:40 PM: Quote from: TheCultOfIanTunnacliffe on June 03, 2014, 12:30:45 AM
Quote from: Brian Flynn on June 02, 2014, 11:25:47 PM
Quote from: Bath Alty on June 02, 2014, 09:51:28 PM
One from when I started going to southern matches more frequently, before a game at Kingstonian early in the season (mid 90's?)

We'll score again, don't know where don't know when,
but I know we'll score again some suuuuuunnnnyyyyyy day

made me smile anyway

(2-2 draw perhaps - Stu got sat on while they scored the second?)

August 1999.....4th game of the season after 3 defeats without scoring a goal. Kevin Ellison's first goal for Alty & Gary Talbot scored the second.

Ecky conjured up some highlights of this match a while back....but I can't find them.

Rather impressively, in my view, I managed a week's family holiday in Weymouth, neatly sandwiched between an away fixture at Yeovil & this game.

Brian,

You owe me a G&T....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy-JDPXH72k (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy-JDPXH72k)

Thanks for that Barry....it will be my pleasure to avail you of this beverage of choice at the next opportunity.
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: Brian Flynn on June 04, 2014, 10:55:46 PM: Quote from: BerlinAlty on June 03, 2014, 02:02:24 PM
Who Needs Paul Mcgrath, who Needs Cantona?
We've got Mickey Hayde, he's much better by far (or something along those lines).
The first time I heard it was at Winsford away in the 92-93 season; it must have been an FAT or FAC qualifying game. We lost 1-0.

FA Trophy, January 1993. Darren Sheridan scored the only goal with a free kick after about 70 minutes.

Depressing day!
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: hsmith1 on June 04, 2014, 11:00:16 PM: All i can remember is A LT R I N C H A M, A L T R I N C H A M chanteed very slowly, and Jonny Rogers give us a wave.
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: Jezza on June 05, 2014, 01:13:53 PM: anyone else remember heathcote heathcote flick us the V....heathcote...flick us us the V.

originated I think when after a particularly lazy looking performance he was subbed by tony sanders, the crowd cheered and he turned round and showed his appreciation to the crowd...

may have been the same game when after a truelly dreadful pass Rick shouted sarcastically into the silent apathy "oh good ball heathcote" which got a similar retort....
Title: Re: First Alty Chant You Remember....
Post by: ManagementGuru on June 05, 2014, 01:22:01 PM: Oh Alty, Alty, Alty Alty,Alty Altrincham

Tobin, Tobin, Tobin for a fringe centre half adopted by a chunk of the fans

And on the coach to Rotherham and Doncaster for the FA Trophy semi final replays with Scarborough

"In the Scarborough slums, in the Scarborough slums they look in the dustbins for something to eat; they find a dead rat and they think its a treat; in the Scarborough slums" to the tune of My Liverpool home