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Without skipping Crewe...Who's going blackpool, Easter Friday?

Don't want to jinx it but the weather nerds are expecting it to be a scorcher!

Let's get every man and his dog over to Blackpool and make it almost like a home game!

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would it not be easier to ask who's not going?

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I'll be there :)

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Bucket and spade and Bikini at the ready ?.:D

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yer not borrowing my bikini again,

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Blackpool fans?

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Bucket & spade - yes maybe : Bikini - definite no-no! :eek:

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Could be a game where we actually outnumber the home fans for once

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Why couldn't it have been on the Saturday :( at a blooming wedding in Scotland on good Friday :( so not be there but my son will be :)

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I'm glad it's Friday as it's Blackpool Friday, Ibrox Saturday then Accy Monday. Unfortunately I can't get out of work on Tuesday so might have to watch how much bevvy gets consumed that weekend :D

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Don't want to jinx it but the weather nerds are expecting it to be a scorcher!

Let's get every man and his dog over to Blackpool and make it almost like a home game![/QUOTE]

this man and his dog will be there but don,t put your overcoats away yet. blackpool and bank holidays equal high winds and rain.

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Take it the supporters club coach will drop off at the ground.
Are there any away-fan friendly pubs in the vicinity?
Or do we hit the golden mile?????
Hourly express trains (53 mins) to Blackpool North from Accy for speed merchants.

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Have a look on the Football Ground guide website, there's recommendations on there for pubs near the ground

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Thanks Accymad!
Link as follows:
Bloomfield Road | Blackpool FC | Football Ground Guide

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Most Stanley heading for the Manchester Bar from noon I believe. I may partake of an extra bevvy for Deeayess as I'm making a weekend of it

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For those who prefer rail to road, Blackpool South Station is much closer to the ground.
Although this means using the Colne-Blackpool South 'boneshaker', which will be packed with families visiting the pleasure beach, being a bank holiday.
There's also a Wetherspoons pub - The Auctioneer; under 5 minutes walk from the south station.
The map on the website (previous post) shows locations of all hostelries near the ground.

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Making a day of it and Blackpool in the same sentence? Call me a complete snob but It's really not the place it was in the 1940s you know.

Altogether now...."with me little stick of Blackpool rock, along the promenade I stroll. It may be sticky but I never complain, it's nice to have a nibble at it now and again"

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True enough! Standards have certainly slipped.
You used to be able't catch train, spend all day on't pleasure beach, have a slap up meal in Harry Ramsdens & watch George Formby at t'Grand, all for 1s.6d.
Eeeeh eck! Them were't days.
But listen up Milord! If tha catches first boneshaker o'day from Colne on Good Friday, tha'll think it were still 1940!!!!

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the auctioneer has closed now chaps

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Us two are going making a day of it. Fish and chips as we stroll along the prom. Three points from match.....what more can we ask.

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I suppose we are lucky it's not this weekend. Northern rail have all but scuppered my trip down for Crewe with their train strike :mad:

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[QUOTE=Lord Stiffupperlip;1191549]For those who prefer rail to road, Blackpool South Station is much closer to the ground.
Although this means using the Colne-Blackpool South 'boneshaker', which will be packed with families visiting the pleasure beach, being a bank holiday.
if the weather is warm that might be the offer i,ll take up. roads could be very busy unless you get there before 10 in the morning and same coming home after the game. don,t usually do trains apart from york away but this could be one i might and leave the wolfdog at home.

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I found this from the Blackpool link above.......

"Nene Park Demolition Now Underway"
The demolition of Nene Park, the former home of Rushden & Diamonds is now underway. Nene Park which has been unused since 2012, was a nice ground, which was excellent by non-league standards and fulfilled Football League criteria."

Do have a look, it makes a good if somewhat sad read.....

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Great win today...Sets us up nicely for a day out next Friday!

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Only a day?! :D

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Looking at blackpools performance today and ours I can see this been a routine 3 points

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No such thing in league 2 but am optimistic :D

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Hope so, had me heart set on this game, but circumstance has prevented me going last tea-time i discovered, not a happy bunny, but sod all i can do.:(

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Pretty excited about Friday. Just been perusing the fixtures of Exeter and Carlisle who look to have easy games against our-of-form teams (Barnet and Hartlepool). It's looking like a must win.

The team will presumably pick itself, apart from JC tossing a coin again to decide on Husin v the Don? If Matty P has metamorphosised into Zinedene Zidane like I'm told he has then I think the Don will be back.

Also keeping an eye on the weather. Why does it have to be bloody Blackpool on Easter Friday? Hopefully the dismal weather may persuade people that there's better things in life than a tray of soggy chips and getting cold on a crumbling pier. I would consider going there early to avoid traffic, but what is there to do?. I've been there several times in the past (presumably must have been nagged rotten by one of the kids, or just a severe mental aberration of not remembering how awful it was the last time) and always come away feeling hugely depressed. I quite like faded seaside glamour, but I'll make an exception for Blackpool.

Maybe if I was 18 and out for beer and scrapping, or 90 and in the mood for bingo and nostalgia....god, it's hard being grumpy middle aged.

Anyway, nowt makes you change your mind about a place like 3 points. Come 5pm and you might witness a deleriously drunk old dodderer dressed only in a kiss me quick hat, undies and Stanley scarf splashing happily about in the sewage and seaweed shouting "in't football brilliant".

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Don will start on the bench, Husin will be replaced with brown other than that same squad

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'Why does it have to be bloody Blackpool on Easter Friday?'
A bit harsh. It could have been Stevenage. Still if its good enough for the Stone Roses..

Try watching Funny Bones before you go to get in the mood of the place.

'If Matty P has metamorphosised (sic)into Zinedine Zidane like I'm told he has then I think the Don will be back.'
Think more Roy Keane.

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I would rather be going to Blackpool good Friday rather than southports away game at Dover.

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" god, it's hard being grumpy middle aged.".....

Lord.Didsbury!....fast forward say 15/20 or so years...OK ?...
Right ?..now listen carefully to my protestation !...

YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET ! :end::help:

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Initial allocation of tickets sent to Accy have now been sold to the Red Army!!

Blackpool are making a further 1000 + tickets available from the away ticket booth ( near the away turnstiles), but it's cash only!!

Suspect this will be the largest ASFC away following ever.:)

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What was the allocation Mark?

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Anybody know the biggest Away following we've taken anywhere?

Chester first game back in Football League?

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800ish to Leeds 1st time
961 iirc at Bury in 2006

I dont know Chester but from memory it was nowt special

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There wasn't an "allocation" as such they just sent us 2 big bundles of tickets as their printer packed up half way through the 2nd run.

It's fixed now and we're just working things out at this end; cira 600

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Anyone else finding it hard to concentrate on anything apart from the big match tomorrow? Not a chance in hell that we won't win. I reckon our entire season has been a dress rehearsal for the glory of these last five matches.

600 tickets? what the blazes will the other 30,000 residents be doing tomorrow? Washing their cars and going to the Trafford centre? Insanity. This is history in the making.

Us to win by a huge margin. Not a shred of doubt.

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Me and the missus will be there !!!
This game for me is the defining one,they score goals,we score goals,get something here and we can start believing.
Clean sheet and we will win,simple really KTF

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There's every chance there'll be more of us than of them, Anti- Oyston feeling is very high

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Can't wait for this one, first ever visit to Bloomfield Road & our lads are on fire - now, let me see - have I done everything?
Bag packed - check; match ticket - check; train ticket & times sorted - check!
Yep, I think that's it - cheeky small glass of vino & off to bed, ready for tomorrow - COYR!!

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A message I have recieved from an oyston FC fan

ethical boycott by home fans on tickets and merchandise......please show solidarity by not buying food/drink/programmes from there. OYSTONS OUT

Obviously your choice what you do

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BLACKPOOL TICKETS SOLD OUT

Dream on, maybe the fan of less than two years can be honest on the website rather than putting fans off going away with a disingenuous headline.

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Interesting Blackpool v Accrington Stanley Preview:
AVFTT | AVFTT

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But as it also says 1000 more available on the day

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[QUOTE=st06nc2;1192185]A message I have recieved from an oyston FC fan

ethical boycott by home fans on tickets and merchandise......please show solidarity by not buying food/drink/programmes from there. OYSTONS OUT

apart from programmes we could help em by not buying anything in the ground. plenty of places there to buy food and drink pre match. will not buy a programme myself today for the first time in my life.

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That is why the headline is very misleading, and if you travel back for the game and see that you are in for a shock.

At least the weather should make sure the trains have room, just enough rain.

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Just to confirm, I couldn't get a ticket yesterday. Can Accy fans buy them using cash at Blackpool (near away turnstiles) before the game today?

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Sorry there's an update on the website. You can buy on the day at Blackpool.

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Whilst I have sympathy for the Pool fans who blame the Oyston's for their fall from Premiership to league 2, today is about supporting our team.
Remember, the boycott bully boys were the same ones who were calling for a total boycott of our home game earlier in the season.
Thankfully, it didn't happen, but they would have been happy to see zero Pool fans at the Wham - and blow the consequences for the home club!
This is our first league visit to Bloomfield Road and it seems hypocritical to ask our fans not to buy match programs or pies just to spite the owners.
It's up to each individual to follow their own conscious, but if buying a souvenir program or a Pukka pie adds to your enjoyment of the day, then so what!
If bankruptcy is their aim, I can't see a few program & pie sales keeping em afloat!

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yes !!!:)

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Same line up as the 2nd half vs Crewe so Matty stays in midfield and brown gets a place on the bench

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Sick as a parrot can't be there today :( come on you red men

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Same here mab.:(

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We're second best here, being outplayed in midfield, Matty and Seamus need some support. Would take a point now.

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Get Husin on. Matty is not Roy Keane. It's official!

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We have been 2nd best according to the radio report, Blackpool should be ahead

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Penalty saved by rodak

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Good point.

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1014 from Stanley

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It was a good point and a more even second half. Blackpool lost some of their fluency which tempted us forward a bit more and, penalty apart, we had the best chance of the game. Matty found himself clean through, took a heavy touch, and then went down as he tried to round the keeper. We all howled for a pen and a more fussy ref might have given one, but not this ref, and the chance was lost. One of our forwards would have walked it in. Brilliant away support, sang throughout and cranked up the volume in the last 10 minutes as we pushed for the winner.

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The next best thing to a victory is a clean sheet scoreless draw.
Considering the opposition & a brilliant penalty save, I think todays result was top-notch.
Most of the teams above drew. Who'd have thought doomed Orient would get a 2-2 draw at Luton, and Morecambe did us a big favour beating Satanage!
Unbeaten in 14 - the dream goes on.

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One of the best 0-0 I've seen for a while.
Two evenly matched teams and end to end football.
Blackpool had the edge in wide areas and played some decent football but I always felt we had the measure of them.
No team gave an inch in terms of competing and there was some great battles,especially Tom and Billy.
Thought Shay would cause them a lot of problems,but it just never went his way.
Thought Matty did ok and was unlucky with the penalty decision going against him,think he just run out of legs after bursting away from the half way line.
Take the point and move on

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Not the best performance but a good second half. We had some chances (esp Sean early on, and Matty P who raced clear but mis controlled it).
Decent point. A win would have been mega.
Still hanging on in there.

What an atmosphere though. 1000 fans.

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has brett ormerod said on the radio the ref had the whistle in his mouth and forgot to blow

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My opinion for what it's worth, and it may have been clouded by the odd whisky or two, was it was a stick on penalty but never the less a good point and other results more or less went our way

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The ref bottled it - end of. He had his whistle in his mouth but I think the linesman was chuntering in his ear piece.
Draw a fair result.

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Stand out players? Young Harvey, the Don....Omar and Hughes also did ok. Just never really clicked former the rest of them. Kee was a target man for a succession of high balls he could never win and Clark and Seany were observers for much of the match. Matty P actually had a decent second half.

Would you have used any subs? Edwards possibly for Kee? I would have liked Husin to come on but with Matty growing into the game probably no point.

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Fair result, as usual with a coley team i was impressed how we went for the win second half(at the risk of conceding) against a quick Blackpool team who could counter attack. Impressed the way Tom aldred came over to the Stanley end like he did at the end of game.
it must be hard as a blackpool fan at the game, remembering how they had it bouncing in the Holloway era compared to now where the away end make most of the noise and their fans are spread sporadically around the ground.

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Let's see how many of the 1000 fans return to the wham for a non derby match

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Not being cruel when I say this but we needed a cultured midfielder not combative. They bossed the middle of the park for long periods.
One of those things when the best two chances fell to Pearson.
McCartan McConville Clark or Kee would have buried the one on one.

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Much as I would have preferred the more cultured Husin in midfield (especially the first half) I think credit is due to Matty P for getting the chances in the first place. Didn't he also create a chance with a header back at the far post? It's probably a bit simplistic to assume the other players would have buried the one-on-one at the end of a sprint from the half way line.

In the first half Matty appeared a bit slow to me. Anyone agree? I thought it was probably that he's not as quick off the mark as Brown, say, or maybe can't read the midfield quickly enough.

Don't really know why I thought he did better second half. Maybe because the game opened up a bit more for him, or just because we were going forward more?

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Not sure I agree with you there, jon

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you and mab didn,t really miss much especialy first half. in raymond chandler speak it was more the big sleep than fairwell my lovely. second half better and the referee mark brown his usual give stanley as little as possible performance. roll on monday afternoon. in for a boring no football saturday infront of me.

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think I was at a different match. I found it boring with the very odd patch of excitement, Good penalty save though. Bringing on subs may have helped us.

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Here we go again ....... who the ****** is Jon ?

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greeny - I thought it was one of the duller matches this season. Too much high ball stuff.

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For my two pennyworth I thought Blackpool were better & quicker than us in the first half, cagey at times with both teams setting out not to lose.
Second half was much better from our lads,overall a draw was probably a fair result but if that super strike of Billy's had gone in & the ref hadn't been so inept regarding our penalty it could've been a very different story.
Other results were kind to us though & with some of those around us playing each other on Monday, if we win who knows what could happen?
Last word for our brilliant support - fantastic to be a part of it, I didn't hear anyone booing Tom but if they did I agree there was no need, the lad always gave 100% for us & he showed the regard he still has for the club & our fans at the end.

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Decent day out, but I prefer away days without a drum and borderline homophobic chanting.

I thought the ref had given the free kick/pen, but it was a shocking touch just before that giving the goalie an even chance.

The pathetic Arsenal fans would have been better not turning up.

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What's this about Arsenal fans? I wasn't there yesterday

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What are you talking about young man?

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I was but I still don't know what he means?? :confused:

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Saw a picture of a wenger out banner but wasn't aware of any arsenal fans or the borderline homophobic chanting

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What even is borderline homophobic? Surely it's homophobic or it isn't!

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Why don't you like me ?
I'm a lovely guy - and Im not called Jon.

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Young man - like that ! I'm 60.

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I think they mean the one about the turkey

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Got to disagree about Mattys performance yesterday,despite being out numbered in the middle of the park in the first half,he constantly tried to influence the game in terms of attack and defending.
Out of all the central midfielders (both sides),who created more chances ?
Very hard to get near good players when they have an extra man,but he worked hard to get dragged around whilst retaining shape,which in turn limited their chances.
One thing about the lad,playing well or not,he doesn't go hiding!!!

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Seriously?! It's been sung for years & not just by us, can't recall anyone taking exception before

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I have to admit that I've never heard it sung by anyone else. I wouldn't say it bothers me but I can see why it does bother others given it's now the 21st century

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Lowered the tone somewhat, but when you've got that many fans on the pop before the match it's probably predictable. Not sure why it's sung: A tired old insult that's neither funny nor insulting really. Just a bit embarrassing for those daft enough to sing it.

On the positive side, loads of great upbeat singing and drumming and general all round good behaviour as per usual.

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Lord, I'm not even familiar with the song, can you give a brief synopsis?

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It's only asking them if they do its not like they're outright saying that the person is homosexual

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Maybe it's cos the weight is stated in imperial measurements :rolleyes::D

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I've heard songs sung elsewhere, not by accy fans, saying certain players peel bananas with there feet. Does that just relate to eating fruit?

Thankfully that one died out a while ago.

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Don't think that's the same at all to be fair, that one us blatantly racist - most song/chant lyrics are just a bit of banter & usually received in that spirit.

Personally, the Jim Harvey one makes me cringe much more than the turkey song - too near the knuckle for me

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I agree but it's all a matter of perspective. Years ago that would have been fine to some but not now.

It's the same with that song as it is blatantly homophobic, we just haven't accepted it yet as such because homophobia hasn't reached the same focus.

If it's that innocent and banter, would you sing it at Andy Woodward if he was playing and if not why not?

I've sang far worse many years ago in a different time that I wouldn't anymore as times change and so does what's acceptable.

I agree about the Jim Harvey one, that is bad!

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Sorry if I'm a bit thick but who's Andy Woodward?

As far back as I can remember the turkey song hasn't been sung to someone who's known to bat for the other side so to speak, but usually to someone who's pee'ed off our fans, e.g. Paul Cook, Paul Ince, etc., etc., . . . . . . . . Oh, & Tony Roberts who used to love it & played to his audience :)