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Lew Needham

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Chant
« on: April 30, 2009, 11:25:26 AM »
Anyway tell me the origins of the "I owe Alty, Alty I owe" chant?

I know Portsmouth sing "play up Pompey, pompey play up"

When did we start singing it? What does it mean?
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RedWhiteRedWhite

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Re: Chant
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2009, 12:15:32 PM »
County sing this one as well. (Obviously a County version thereof...)
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ArmchairAlty

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« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2009, 01:22:29 PM »
I've been wondering about this for ages too  :)
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Jezza

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« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2009, 02:54:55 PM »

started by Gerry Berman?
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Re: Chant
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2009, 02:59:15 PM »
I thought it was :-

I O Alty Alty I O
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Lew Needham

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« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2009, 03:21:07 PM »
Quote from: ellisapple on April 30, 2009, 02:59:15 PM
I thought it was :-

I O Alty Alty I O

Well i thought it may have been that as well, just wasn't sure.
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Bazbatteria

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« Reply #6 on: April 30, 2009, 03:38:01 PM »
I reckon it's 'I O' as in acapella (vocal music) rather than a suggestion of being indebted to Alty for some reason, unless it was tradtionally chanted by members of the crowd who'd gained access to the ground without paying! well I feel indebted to Alty for all the joy they bring me! :)   
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Jenga

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« Reply #7 on: April 30, 2009, 04:50:41 PM »
Quote from: Bazbatteria on April 30, 2009, 03:38:01 PM
I reckon it's 'I O' as in acapella (vocal music) rather than a suggestion of being indebted to Alty for some reason, unless it was tradtionally chanted by members of the crowd who'd gained access to the ground without paying! well I feel indebted to Alty for all the joy they bring me! :)   

creep  ;D
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« Reply #8 on: April 30, 2009, 04:58:28 PM »
Probably originally were real words but was transformed into this by drunken slurring.
« Last Edit: April 30, 2009, 07:42:39 PM by SlakaJ »
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Re: Chant
« Reply #9 on: April 30, 2009, 06:03:13 PM »
I after todays anouncemnet  it's 'I O Alty'  and 'I owe County'
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« Reply #10 on: May 01, 2009, 12:45:15 PM »
Quote from: Bazbatteria on April 30, 2009, 03:38:01 PM
I reckon it's 'I O' as in acapella (vocal music) rather than a suggestion of being indebted to Alty for some reason, unless it was tradtionally chanted by members of the crowd who'd gained access to the ground without paying! well I feel indebted to Alty for all the joy they bring me! :)   

good explanation, so what is "zigger-zagger, zigger-zagger" all about then? ;)

perchance only the legend that is Kenny knows  :)
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York Alty

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Re: Chant
« Reply #11 on: May 01, 2009, 12:59:01 PM »
Kenny - a true Alty legend. 
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« Reply #12 on: May 01, 2009, 01:06:53 PM »
I always thought that zigger zagger was an old fashioned chant  (40's , 50's) and that kenny had kept it alive for years,
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« Reply #13 on: May 01, 2009, 02:01:49 PM »
Quote from: ellisapple on May 01, 2009, 01:06:53 PM
I always thought that zigger zagger was an old fashioned chant  (40's , 50's) and that kenny had kept it alive for years,


it isan old chant (60s) and it was quite common in the 70s but i believe it was originally a chelsea chant
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/2336/greenaway.html
which was taken from a ska song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rhE5MxPxUU
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Re: Chant
« Reply #14 on: May 01, 2009, 02:17:45 PM »
Quote from: jiminlondon on May 01, 2009, 02:01:49 PM
Quote from: ellisapple on May 01, 2009, 01:06:53 PM
I always thought that zigger zagger was an old fashioned chant  (40's , 50's) and that kenny had kept it alive for years,


it isan old chant (60s) and it was quite common in the 70s but i believe it was originally a chelsea chant
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/2336/greenaway.html
which was taken from a ska song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rhE5MxPxUU


It was originally a Liverpool chant from the 60s - there was even a 'Play for Today' on the telly about football hooligans which was called that.
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