One man went to mow

TSSeasider said:
I had a flashback the other day that we used to sing

One man went to mow
Went to mow down Preston
One man and his dog (called spot)
Went to mow down Preston

Two men etc etc

And it would go on for quite some time.

This isn't a false memory is it?
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It might be, but I remember it too. At least there’s two of us!
 
Yeah, I remember it too.

Also have a vague memory of us singing "No, we have no bananas... we have no bananas todaaaaaa-aaaaa-aaaay".
 
I think my favourite chant of ours ever, just because of how succinct it is:

He's shit, he's scouse, he'll rob your fuckin' house - David Eyres, David Eyres.
 
Mancpool said:
Most clubs chanted this song but changed the teams name.. But sad to say it originated at Stamford Bridge with the Chelsea lot.
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Spot on manc. Was working in South London 83/84. Went to Selhurst Park, Palace vs Chelsea. Chelsea had all what was then the main stand. Never heard it before & when they got to 10 men the whole stand jumped up as one. Very impressive.
 
The last time I can remember it being sung was at Huddersfield . Their last game at their old ground, although I'm sure someone can correct me.
 
One of the best renditions of Ten Men was in 1984, near the end of the 1983-84 automatic promotion season from the 4th Division.

Up at Feethams with Sam Ellis as manager, think we won 3 or 4-0.

It always built up in a crescendo from the one man line right up to the final ten men... and that day it went ballistic

That whole trip was weird as we went up in the back of a van, a random Leeds fan was there for some reason. After a scuffle he was thrown out the back in some country road.

And talking of chants Blackpool used to have.... Also YNWA. Was always sung on the Kop. The only video online is from Wembley and the playoff final win over Scunthorpe United with Billy Ayre. YNWA sung very loud.
 
TSSeasider said:
I had a flashback the other day that we used to sing

One man went to mow
Went to mow down Preston
One man and his dog (called spot)
Went to mow down Preston

Two men etc etc

And it would go on for quite some time.

This isn't a false memory is it?
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yep remember that one! and on the ten men bit….everyone jumped around and basically went skitz
 
Tanger said:
Sang it for most of the game away at Scunthorpe at their old (showground?) Ground. Piss wet through and a 1 nil victory, could have been in the fa cup. Memory makes a liar of me these days!
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wasn’t the fa cup a nil nil draw Tanger - i think they or maybe have been us missed a sitter at the death? we were from my faded memory on the side of i recall?
 
The "young uns" seem to have a preference for very long-winded songs these days so would think "one man went to mow" is definitely due a comeback!
 
SpionKop said:
wasn’t the fa cup a nil nil draw Tanger - i think they or maybe have been us missed a sitter at the death? we were from my faded memory on the side of i recall?
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Possibly was yes! I think Skully was playing we had some renditions of slap your head.
 
Bispham_Seasider said:
One of the best renditions of Ten Men was in 1984, near the end of the 1983-84 automatic promotion season from the 4th Division.

Up at Feethams with Sam Ellis as manager, think we won 3 or 4-0.

It always built up in a crescendo from the one man line right up to the final ten men... and that day it went ballistic

That whole trip was weird as we went up in the back of a van, a random Leeds fan was there for some reason. After a scuffle he was thrown out the back in some country road.

And talking of chants Blackpool used to have.... Also YNWA. Was always sung on the Kop. The only video online is from Wembley and the playoff final win over Scunthorpe United with Billy Ayre. YNWA sung very loud.
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40 and it was non stop, what a match that was! Was mayhem!
 
Thank you everyone for reassuring me.

Christ, being 50 everything gone by is a bit of a blur - it's great to have others remember it.

It such an easy chant, we need to relaunch it.
 
On the subject of songs the longest I can remember is:-

“We’re the lads from the Blackpool Spion Kop,
we’re called Blackpool FC
And today’s gonna be another victory
for Blackpool FC.
And I’m sure you’ll all agree
We’ll go down in history
We’ve won the cup and the the league too
And today we’ll hammer you
‘Cos we’re Blackpool FC

I think there were about 4 versus

Anyone remember it?
 
TSSeasider said:
I had a flashback the other day that we used to sing

One man went to mow
Went to mow down Preston
One man and his dog (called spot)
Went to mow down Preston

Two men etc etc

And it would go on for quite some time.

This isn't a false memory is it?
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Sure we used to sing this version

One man went to mow
Went to mow down Preston
One man and his supersonic sausage dog with a rubber Johnny on it's c*ck
Went to mow down Preston
 
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