We’ll sing this song forever

[winsomeyen]

Aye aye yi yi
Thomas is better than Yashin
?????? Is better than Eusebio

Probably my earliest memory of a Burnley song

Thomas, Thomas, who the f'''k is Thomas ?

[Rowls]

Would someone please put camera/phone footage of our fans belting out the song. It’s for a Cape Town Claret, whose not on Facebook.

A video on X:

https://x.com/OfficialVizeh/status/1875850610467344850

Should be able to view without an account.

It's probably just a typo but a quick grammar point in case you didn't know:

Who's = "Who + is"
For example, "Zian Flemming is a footballer who's a Burnley player" = "Zian Flemming is a footballer who is a Burnley player."

"Whose" refers to belonging as in, "Who does this belong to?"
For example, "Whose shoes are these?"

An easy way to check which one to use in written English is to ask if it can be changed to two words: "Whose" cannot be changed to "who is" because "Who is shoes are these?" doesn't make sense. If it still makes sense when you change it to two words then it's "who's".

[Bfc]

Thanks Rowls, I take your point. I just looked back at what I had typed and Rowls was now reading as Rowling. Just shows, it’s best to re check, what has been typed.
I will pass on your advice to Cape Town Claret.

[Rowls]

Thanks Rowls, I take your point. I just looked back at what I had typed and Rowls was now reading as Rowling. Just shows, it’s best to re check, what has been typed.
I will pass on your advice to Cape Town Claret.

Lol. It obviously doesn't matter to a certain extent on a messageboard on the internet - we all knew what you meant. My grammar and spelling isn't perfect.

But, not knowing who you are 'in real life', thinking you might be a student or young whippersnapper I thought i'd make sure you knew. It will matter in certain circumstances.

I used to throw away CVs with poor spelling and grammar. Not because these skills were needed for the job but because they showed the person hadn't double checked their work.

[jos]

Thomas, Thomas, who the f'''k is Thomas ?

I was about four, so probably a tank engine.

[Stevie2112]

I first heard this at Hillsborough late '72.

We all love you, Martin Dobson - king.
...was how it went then.

Still sing this now!

[Vintage Claret]

Good song and sounded great on Saturday -well done to all those who were there singing it.

A Burnley song I liked that was sung a lot during the season under Stan in The Championship when we were in the mix for promotion for most of it (but ultimately just missed out on finishing in the top 6).

To the tune of Hey Baby by Bruce Chanel (or DJ Outzi)

Hey, hey, Burnleee, oooh, aaah
I wanna know, woa, woa, woa
If we're going up!

(Repeated a few times)

Would be appropriate for this season too

[morninbob]

Good song and sounded great on Saturday -well done to all those who were there singing it.

A Burnley song I liked that was sung a lot during the season under Stan in The Championship when we were in the mix for promotion for most of it (but ultimately just missed out on finishing in the top 6).

To the tune of Hey Baby by Bruce Chanel (or DJ Outzi)

Hey, hey, Burnleee, oooh, aaah
I wanna know, woa, woa, woa
If we're going up!

(Repeated a few times)

Would be appropriate for this season too

Remember singing that away at Preston 3 2 win, gnohere bagging 2.

[Bosscat]

Good song and sounded great on Saturday -well done to all those who were there singing it.

A Burnley song I liked that was sung a lot during the season under Stan in The Championship when we were in the mix for promotion for most of it (but ultimately just missed out on finishing in the top 6).

To the tune of Hey Baby by Bruce Chanel (or DJ Outzi)

Hey, hey, Burnleee, oooh, aaah
I wanna know, woa, woa, woa
If we're going up!

(Repeated a few times)

Would be appropriate for this season too

I am sure I heard that one for the 1st time at Hillsborough that season (am sure it was a night match but memory might be a bit hazy....) a small group of Lads started singing it and it quickly spread around the stand.

[BB4Claret]

Staying down forever,
Is what the B@stards said,
In 1987, they said our club was dead,
We won the league at Ewood,
Now everywhere we go,
We’ll sing this song forever,
And let the B@stards know
Allez allez allez, allez allez allez…

I think this is a brilliant song, and it was great to belt it out at Deadwood on Saturday.

I do think the end could be improved, though.
People don’t seem to know whether they’re supposed to be singing “olé olé olé, etc” or “allez allez allez, etc.”

Why not replace that line with “We are Burnley, We are Burnley”
(It could be pronounced either was, “Bu urnley” or “Burnaley”.

Thoughts ?

[ClaretTony]

The No Nay Never came from the Longside in the early/mid 70s as Rovers slid to the old Division 3. Boxcar and his gang came up with the words with songsheets. Ken Furphy in the pub and Billy Bancroft sweeping Burnley's Longside. The irony now is Rovers have it has their entrance music played on their PA system.

Spot on. Introduced because they’d dropped two divisions below us. It’s laughable that they play it now.

[The Hung Juror]

Yes, loved it when we sang it on Saturday. And you could tell they hated it, and really grinded their gears.

[Tricky Trevor]

Ask somebody from Burnley their hometown and the reply is Bernli.

The two that need reviving are “when you’re smiling” and the long continuous “Buuurrrnnnllleeeyy”, that could go on for 10minutes or longer or until we scored. In the Dobo era we usually scored. The benefit was when all the Longside was doing it you could sneak a breath.

[karatekid]

‘You’re going home in a f***ing ambulance’ was a regular one in the early eighties.

[bfcjg]

‘You’re going home in a f***ing ambulance’ was a regular one in the early eighties.

It now refers to Mike Tresor every time he gets on the grass.

[Cirrus_Minor]

E I E I E I o
Up the football league we go
When we win promotion
This what we’ll sing
We Burnley we are Burnley
Martin Dobson’s King

I always get confused about how it is now sung on the last line.

Is it Scotty Parker king? Or who???

In the words of Bo Diddley, "who do you love?"

[Cubanforever]

Spot on. Introduced because they’d dropped two divisions below us. It’s laughable that they play it now.

CubanClaret RIP always maintained exactly the same story

[mybloodisclaret]

Would someone please put camera/phone footage of our fans belting out the song. It’s for a Cape Town Claret, whose not on Facebook.

These are the two best I have seen...... turn them up, sit back, enjoy them...... enjoy that 5 in a row feeling time and time again!!!!

https://x.com/kompany_ball/status/1875895091229016237

https://x.com/skysportsharry/status/187 ... rSPMFL6E9g

Fantastic stuff. UTC South Africa.

I've seen they said we were quiet...... I think they should book in for a hearing test. You'd have been able to hear that noise at Darwen Tower, Belthorn Village and Feniscowles.

[FCBurnley]

Lol. It obviously doesn't matter to a certain extent on a messageboard on the internet - we all knew what you meant. My grammar and spelling isn't perfect.

But, not knowing who you are 'in real life', thinking you might be a student or young whippersnapper I thought i'd make sure you knew. It will matter in certain circumstances.

I used to throw away CVs with poor spelling and grammar. Not because these skills were needed for the job but because they showed the person hadn't double checked their work.

Unless I am mistaken Bfc is far from a student or a whippersnapper

[Bfc]

Thanks for the clips mybloodisclaret, which I will message to Cape Town Claret. I’ve just watched them and I’m still as joyous as I was, watching the later showing of the match.
FCBurnley, I might have been in our young youth, but we were so busy creating our own football pitch/ground. Making goal posts and scrounging onion bags from the local greengrocer, which we fashioned into goal nets. That at a time we were crowned 1st Div Champions. Some clue of my age there for you Rowls.

[Rowls]

Buddy younguns and there bad grammar.

[Bfc]

Re my earlier comment of changing the finishing words of Allez Allez Allez. Continue the song from
And let the B@stards know (adding)
We won the league at Ewood

[Guitargeorge]

Early sixties songs were
2-4-6-8
Who do we appreciate
B-U-R-N-L-E-Y
Burnley

Or

1-2-3-4
3-2-1-4
Who 4 why 4
Who the hell do you think we’re for?
B-U-R-N-L-E-Y
Burnley

They don’t write em like they used to

[dougcollins]

‘You’re going home in a f***ing ambulance’ was a regular one in the early eighties.

It started as 'You're going home in a Lancashire ambulance'.

[dandeclaret]

I am sure I heard that one for the 1st time at Hillsborough that season (am sure it was a night match but memory might be a bit hazy....) a small group of Lads started singing it and it quickly spread around the stand.

I reckon it was Birmingham - I think Glen Little scored 2 crackers down the far end, and it was sung for most of the 2nd half.

[box_of_frogs]

I’d love to see is change each ‘Allez’ into ‘Burn-er-lee’

[Bosscat]

I reckon it was Birmingham - I think Glen Little scored 2 crackers down the far end, and it was sung for most of the 2nd half.

It was sung a lot that season but deffo 1st time I heard it was Hillsborough ...

That game at Brum was a cracking away match too ... My mate was working in MK at the time and we arranged to meet at the ground. I travelled down to Brum on The BFC Supporters Club coach, then we were travelling back in his car.

In the ground I found him chatting to a bloke on the concourse and the bloke shoved a bit of grit under my nose when I introduced myself ... "Lancashire Cheese ... I have carried that bit to every game since 1974" I struggled to contain my laughter and he wondered off doing the same to several other Clarets on the concourse ...

[PhiladelphiaChris]

It started as 'You're going home in a Lancashire ambulance' I remember it as " You"re going home in a red cross ambulance"

[Folkestoneclaret]

Such a pity we never signed Bobby Zamora. I guess it was QPR or Fulham who came up with...

When you're up in row Z
And the ball hits yer head
Its Zamora

It never sounded the same with Steve Davis

[claretcarrot93]

Has the Zian Flemming song took off yet?

[bodge]

Iron, Lion, Zian ?

[Claret Till I Die]

It started as 'You're going home in a Lancashire ambulance' I remember it as " You"re going home in a red cross ambulance"

St Johns wasn't it?

[PhiladelphiaChris]

St Johns wasn't it?

Yes it was, i knew it didn"t sound right.

[TomtheClaret]

What is b@stards version of No nay never? Cant tell cause cant hear them?

[Pickles]

I’d love to see is change each ‘Allez’ into ‘Burn-er-lee’

Instead of French it should be "ey up, ey up, ey up"

[blatherwickstattoos]

It’s Up the football league we go

How can you go up the football ?

Does my head in people singing that wrong (the majority these days)

[Claretforever]

Originally sung by Walsall but good nonetheless

Walsall sing the Allez Allez Allez ohh song, but have never heard of them singing this?

This tune was started by Italian side, L’Aquila, who were the first side to sing it, and is based on a mid-1980’s disco hit (edit: just found the song name - L’Estate Sta Finendo).

Napoli were certainly singing it before Liverpool, definitely Atletic Madrid too, and also Rangers in Scotland too with their “Every Saturday We Follow”.

Liverpool nicked it after one of their European games.

It’s a decent tune but lots of clubs use it now.

[ClaretsPadiham]

Bertie Bee said to Bill Shankly

End of chat.

[dougcollins]

Bertie Bee said to Bill Shankly

End of chat.

Was Bella out at the time?

[expoultryboy]

As well as the ambulance song , I remember when the longside used to sing " you're going home like Sandy Richardson " !!

[Rowls]

While the very best taste songs are being aired I'd like to venture with:

Harry Roberts is our friend
Is our friend
Is our friend

A classy tune if ever there was one.

[Dyched]

Was Bella out at the time?

Ran off with Bumble for a while

[wilks_bfc]

One of my favourite moments was driving back from PNE after beating them and listening to Radio Lancs and their fans calling in apoplectic about us singing “We are superior” back at them

[fatboy47]

While the very best taste songs are being aired I'd like to venture with:

Harry Roberts is our friend
Is our friend
Is our friend

A classy tune if ever there was one.

Tbf, Rowls, that particular song was a general thing throughout the juvenile world...school playground, local parks, street corners etc as well as occasionally on the terraces if the boys in blue were making their presence felt.

[Blue Skies]

It would be interesting to hear three verses of Blackburn's version of No Nay Never. I haven't heard them singing Frank Teesdale sweeps Ewood's Riverside or seeing Brian Miller with all his money spent. It just isn't their song full stop. Neither is "Wings of an Angel", "Come to Ewood".

[Buxtonclaret]

Would someone please put camera/phone footage of our fans belting out the song. It’s for a Cape Town Claret, whose not on Facebook.

One here off Tiktok someone sent me.
Link will just take you there. Turn sound on at the bottom.

https://www.tiktok.com/@awaydaysfc/vide ... 5855163680

[Colburn_Claret]

Surprised this one hasn't been mentioned

Burnley score, Burnley score,
Cos when you score one you score more.
There'll be a commotion when we win promotion,
So score Burneley score.

2nd verse
...............
...............
There'll be an assembly when we get to Wembley
So score Burnely score.

[AlargeClaret]

For some reason this struggles to really spread from the CFS when sung at home , though the allez allez is pretty sh1t .its the kind of song that works brilliantly ,BUT only once imo . Though there’s so few songs we sing these days , need to be grateful for anything really .
To think that we used to sing “ you’ll never walk alone “ in the early mid 80’s .

Can’t help Falling in love with you was a good chant back in the day

[TomtheClaret]

Connor Roberts is our friend
Is our friend, Is our friend
Connor Roberts is our friend. He's a shithouse! (As second verse He's From Swansea)

[Herts Clarets]

We'll score again
Don't know where
Don't know when
But I know we'll score again some Saturday*

*other matchdays are available