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I've always thought it's a shame we don't have our own Club Anthem like most teams do. Been looking through youtube for footage of fans singing their anthems before matches and found Sheff Utd's 'chip butty song'. Quite amusing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ItcLORcntU

Whenever I hear 'marching on together' I actually want to be sick.

It haunts me. Our record against them is appauling. After weve lost to them, sometimes it will be ringing in my ears for quite a few nights while im trying to sleep.

Just hate it.

We're well overdue a win against Leeds.

I remember reading somewhere that they found Stoke to have the loudest fans in the football league. How they measured this i'm not quite sure. Plus Delilah is a shit song.

Delilah is an ace football song. Totally unique to Stoke and sounds great belted out by them.

especially the 'Ha ha ha' bit.

Something totally different.

My personal fave is this and they belt it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5daD7gjQUdo

 We did have an anthem....but it died out in the 60's.

 http://www.farmersboys.com/MAIN/regimental_music.htm

 It was the marching song of the Wiltshire regiment....with the demise of National Service, a generation grew up for whom it had no resonance.

The sun had sunk behind yon hill
Across yon dreary moor,
When wet and cold there came a boy
Up to a farmer's door.
'Can you tell me,' said he,'if any there be
Who will give me employ
     For to plow and to sow and to reap and to mow
     And to be a farmer's boy, boy,
     And to be a farmer's boy?

 

Our pre match build up is a joke now. Fucking Republica and Guru Josh Project.

 Back in the 60's always used to have a bit of a military band, along with The Moonraker, wandering about shaking hands...with er young kids.

Dad always tells me about the band Reg. And how we used to get about 20,000 for home to Orient!

They were the days!

I guess there is no vocals to that being regimental,we really could do with our song to sing,it would be good if we had something that relates to us rather than sing what everyone else does.

Agreed. A unique song about life in Swindon.

I'm sure Ben could write one for us. :D

The vocals are the words printed...with emphasis on the end bit

For to plough and to sow, to reap and to mow
And to be a farmer's boy.

In best Wiltshire accent...

Memories, eh Reg.  Do you remember the Post Horn Gallop, the horn player at one end of the ground and the rest of the band at the other.  Just abouit my earliest memories of pre-match entertainment, oh and the half-times being put up manually in the corner of the ground!!

Would need harmonizing tho,I can see people being out of tune,and maybe add something related to STFC to it.

So is ben good at this kinda stuff then ?

Flammable Ben designed the 'fans badge' so i'm sure he could work wonders with a song! :D

Maybe we should give some clues to what we feel should be included in such a song, famous things about Swindon...such as the Magic Roundabout etc etc

Trains and Roundabouts.

Honda

Lets make it to the Magic Roundabout Theme Tune.

Billie Piper.

Bloody hell it's hard to think what we are famous for bar the mentioned above  :(

I typed 'Magic Roundabout theme tune' into youtube and found the Drum and Bass remix of it!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZvbwaXCcK8&feature=related

Diana Dors.

Trains and Spitfires.

I remember reading somewhere that one of Bob Marleys ancestors was a Swindonian.

 Good work Ralphy...can we adopt this as the TEF anthem...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfMtOpGcK5A

DJ Coprophiliac? :eek: Friend of yours?

DJ Scat?

Two Ralphys, one cup?

Yeah worrying name. I wonder if he is a practicing Coprophiliac.

Or perhaps his girlfriend is TubGirl?   ewwwwwwwwwww <shudders cringingly emoticon.

Trains and roundabouts were a good suggestion, and perhaps we could chuck in something about Arkell's? It's local and they're practically a part of the club having been connected so long.

our theme tune/anthem should be red brick dream by xtc...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVNw4bjL_4E

I fucking love Red Brick Dream

I reckon that would be ace with some STFC themed lyrics.

Agree with that  :D

Just need some clever git whose good at song writing now.

andy partridge?