Stockport Fans

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 10:00 am

A work colleague has just shows this in a book of "funny" football chants.

I know that playing Stockport is a distant memory but does anyone remember the morons singing this?

Loyalclaret · Post by **Loyalclaret** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 10:03 am

Would it not be more appropriate for a team like Hartlepool?

cutsy123 · Post by **cutsy123** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 10:04 am

UpTheBeehole · Post by **UpTheBeehole** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 10:06 am

One of the most bizarre things I've ever read.

I sincerely doubt it ever happened too.

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 10:15 am

Loyalclaret wrote:Would it not be more appropriate for a team like Hartlepool?

I think that was the reasoning behind the "well educated" comment.

They could've been singing it at Wembley but nobody would have heard it.

randomclaret2 · Post by **randomclaret2** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 10:18 am

Do they still exist ?

Culmclaret · Post by **Culmclaret** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 10:56 am

Keep taking the mercury....

piston broke · Post by **piston broke** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 11:00 am

I do like the Pompey one underneath....with a big ssshhhhhhhh!!!! at the end.

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 11:03 am

Saddest fans in the history of footie.

By a big margin.

randomclaret2 · Post by **randomclaret2** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 11:07 am

It would appear they do still exist and have a big game at Lancaster City tomorrow

RocketLawnChair · Post by **RocketLawnChair** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 11:13 am

So let me get this straight that was in a book of 'Funny Football Chants'?. ******* side splitting is that, where can I get a copy?

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 11:32 am

RocketLawnChair wrote:So let me get this straight that was in a book of 'Funny Football Chants'?. ******* side splitting is that, where can I get a copy?

All good charity shops I suspect. The book's called "One Ginger Pele" but that is credited to Spurs fans singing it to Gary Doherty.

Jeffbfc · Post by **Jeffbfc** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 11:37 am

Stockport, some bad memories of Friday night games there.
But in general

(I could go on).

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 11:50 am

What a weird song. It doesn't make one jot of sense. Did it really ever get sung and if so why? And what has French got to do with anything.
Interesting little story from the Wembley play-off. An article in the Daily something-or-other at the time was asking their fans why they weren't selling tickets for the play-off, one of them said 'It's bad enough being among 4 thousand of them, I'm not going anywhere where there's 40 thousand'.

mickleoverclaret · Post by **mickleoverclaret** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 12:27 pm

Belting this classic out at Leamington and North Ferriby these days.

boiledclaret · Post by **boiledclaret** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 12:34 pm

The only song I ever heard them sing was "we hate Burnley and we hate Burnley"
Over and over and over again until they went a goal down and then sat in silence.

Culmclaret · Post by **Culmclaret** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 12:36 pm

So what Paul Barnes was actually saying when pointing to his fingers was ‘un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq’.....

THEWELLERNUT70 · Post by **THEWELLERNUT70** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 1:00 pm

There was a comment from a County fan on the BBC Sport app regarding a Burnley article that went " Although we as Stockport County fans still see Burnley as our rivals..........." "but what they are doing is brilliant this season"

Ric_C · Post by **Ric_C** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 1:16 pm

I always maintain the arrogant totally classless way the Stockport chairman looked away when we lifted the Play off trophy put some karma curse on their club ever since.

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50 shades of Grey · Post by **50 shades of Grey** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 1:18 pm

Stockport fans inventing that rivalry thing with us was akin to the bas turds making one up against Man U.

They'd be much better singing songs about Droylsden or Runcorn.

Total non-entities.

UTC NNN.

Lord Beamish · Post by **Lord Beamish** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 1:25 pm

I file Stockport fans along with Carlisle fans. They were both wannabe rivals who are now so far in our rear view mirror that they don’t even register.
I could understand more the rivalry engendered by Halifax and Rochdale because of our proximity to them geographically, but Stockport and Carlisle just baffled me.

SparkyClaret · Post by **SparkyClaret** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 2:23 pm

Other than crowd trouble, was there any actual rivalry?

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 2:25 pm

Plenty on their side.

The Middlesborough of the day if you will.

Going into Lancaster to watch the Star Wars film tomorrow so Burnley hat is definitely going on!

UpTheBeehole · Post by **UpTheBeehole** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 2:28 pm

I've always wondered who the character in the bright orange blazer is

Braindead · Post by **Braindead** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 2:36 pm

UpTheBeehole wrote:I've always wondered who the character in the bright orange blazer is

Jeffbfc · Post by **Jeffbfc** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 2:56 pm

UpTheBeehole wrote:I've always wondered who the character in the bright orange blazer is

Always thought it was one of the Moore's family who owned Liverpool at the time.

piston broke · Post by **piston broke** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 3:31 pm

houseboy wrote:What a weird song. It doesn't make one jot of sense. Did it really ever get sung and if so why? And what has French got to do with anything.
Interesting little story from the Wembley play-off. An article in the Daily something-or-other at the time was asking their fans why they weren't selling tickets for the play-off, one of them said 'It's bad enough being among 4 thousand of them, I'm not going anywhere where there's 40 thousand'.

just for you Houseboy. The story of the poor monkey/ spy/
http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/Hi ... ol-Monkey/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

UpTheBeehole · Post by **UpTheBeehole** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 3:33 pm

Jeffbfc wrote:Always thought it was one of the Moore's family who owned Liverpool at the time.

He seems very happy Burnley won

Culmclaret · Post by **Culmclaret** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 3:41 pm

Nah Looks nothing like Ian Moore. Or agent Moore as the Stockport fans called him.

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 3:43 pm

piston broke wrote:just for you Houseboy. The story of the poor monkey/ spy/
http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/Hi ... ol-Monkey/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Thanks mate, I've heard that story before and it always makes me smile. I've also heard a version where it was a German spy but that seems a bit too recent. It ceases to be funny though if you believe the bit about it being a 'powder monkey'.
Do you know why Westhoughton is known as Cow Head City (pronounced Ca Yead City)?

piston broke · Post by **piston broke** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 3:58 pm

http://www.westhoughtonhistorygroup.org ... story.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

houseboy wrote: Do you know why Westhoughton is known as Cow Head City (pronounced Ca Yead City)?

I didn't but you intrigued me and I found this.

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 4:10 pm

piston broke wrote:http://www.westhoughtonhistorygroup.org ... story.html

I didn't but you intrigued me and I found this.

You learn something new every day. I always knew the story of the gate and the cow but I didn't know the cows head football story. Actually seems more plausible.

gandhisflipflop · Post by **gandhisflipflop** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 4:28 pm

houseboy wrote:What a weird song. It doesn't make one jot of sense. Did it really ever get sung and if so why? And what has French got to do with anything.
Interesting little story from the Wembley play-off. An article in the Daily something-or-other at the time was asking their fans why they weren't selling tickets for the play-off, one of them said 'It's bad enough being among 4 thousand of them, I'm not going anywhere where there's 40 thousand'.

Do you mean the daily mail?

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 4:58 pm

50 shades of Grey wrote:Stockport fans inventing that rivalry thing with us was akin to the bas turds making one up against Man U.

They'd be much better singing songs about Droylsden or Runcorn.

Total non-entities.

UTC NNN.

I loved the 'Man United are our rivals now' thing from the bitter blues. The baselessness of there arrogance was shown by the fact that at the time I worked with a load of United fans (proper ones who went to matches) and they thought the claim was hilarious, they didn't give a toss about them.

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 5:00 pm

gandhisflipflop wrote:Do you mean the daily mail?

Not sure, I think it was the Express cos a Burnley fan colleague of mine at the time was an Express reader and I think it was him that showed it to me.

Grumps · Post by **Grumps** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 5:10 pm

TheFamilyCat wrote:A work colleague has just shows this in a book of "funny" football chants.

I know that playing Stockport is a distant memory but does anyone remember the morons singing this?

Carnt be bothered to read the replies, but who actually cares, on either side, complete waste of a post

RocketLawnChair · Post by **RocketLawnChair** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 5:22 pm

UpTheBeehole wrote:I've always wondered who the character in the bright orange blazer is

It’s Mick Cookson former owner of Panama Joes nightclub. Considered himself a local celeb at the time.

timshorts · Post by **timshorts** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 5:24 pm

Culmclaret wrote:So what Paul Barnes was actually saying when pointing to his fingers was ‘un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq’.....

I know I'm getting forgetful but I dont remember our having a player called Paul Barnes.
Now Paul barnoix I can remember, jean francois up front. Francois caspere, Andre 'le cement' Gris. Alain Ouest, and our very own French Canadian Scot-Pierre Archamp.

ontario claret · Post by **ontario claret** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 7:42 pm

"They're all French"? I hope that Rowls hasn't seen this.

Top Claret · Post by **Top Claret** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 7:48 pm

Braindead wrote:

Is this Carl Oyston?

ontario claret · Post by **ontario claret** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 8:03 pm

Hey!!! Another great Canadian import!!!

ontario claret · Post by **ontario claret** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 8:04 pm

Dumb and Dumberer.

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 8:12 pm

Grumps wrote:Carnt be bothered to read the replies, but who actually cares, on either side, complete waste of a post

Yes, you'll never get the precious seconds it took you to type it back.

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 8:17 pm

SparkyClaret wrote:Other than crowd trouble, was there any actual rivalry?

There was on their side. It was stoked up by a local journalist called (I think) Steve Bellis who went into become (I think) chairman or CEO at Stockport.

I remember the No Nay Never fanzine printing press cuttings of his reports of Burnley v Stockport games. One of his lines was something like he'd rather eat cockroaches than be at Turf Moor.

ontario claret · Post by **ontario claret** » Fri Dec 15, 2017 8:25 pm

Were those homegrown cockroaches or imported?

SparkyClaret · Post by **SparkyClaret** » Sat Dec 16, 2017 12:55 am

TheFamilyCat wrote:There was on their side. It was stoked up by a local journalist called (I think) Steve Bellis who went into become (I think) chairman or CEO at Stockport.

I remember the No Nay Never fanzine printing press cuttings of his reports of Burnley v Stockport games. One of his lines was something like he'd rather eat cockroaches than be at Turf Moor.

Good to know. My first memory of Stockport was us winning at Wembley (think I’d have been about 10?) and not understanding why they’d not bothered to bring fans.

Ended up meeting a Stockport fan in 2002 when at uni. First day we moved in, on hearing me say the word Burnley he booed. Never understood how there was a rivalry.

evensteadiereddie · Post by **evensteadiereddie** » Sat Dec 16, 2017 9:35 am

And to cap it all, the mini bus taking all the Stockport fans to Wembley and back was rolled over in an M6 car park after the game, I believe. Alleged to have been the work of a troop (collective noun for monkeys?) of giddy Burnley fans.
If it's not a true story, it damned well should be.

Chester Perry · Post by **Chester Perry** » Sat Dec 16, 2017 2:21 pm

They are away at Lancaster City today - how they have fallen

Duffer_ · Post by **Duffer_** » Sat Dec 16, 2017 2:27 pm

Chester Perry wrote:They are away at Lancaster City today - how they have fallen

Yep, Lancaster City used to play in the Conference North. Quite a comedown for the Dollies.

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BurnleyFC · Post by **BurnleyFC** » Sat Dec 16, 2017 2:54 pm

Stockport and Oldham - two complete no-mark, shithouse clubs if ever there were.