STOP singing Athenry

[superrugby]

I have long bitten my lip on this, but new season and new hope should include a fresh start all round. I am tired of the constant slagging about singing a song from another province. It is the only example in world sport where a team sings a song about and place where there a rival team is from.
The shear ridiculous of it doesn't warrant much discussion as its a laughable situation. I cringe when other teams ask me about this as it beggars belief. So please don't sing this song any more. Enough said.

[josephusdaniels]

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[deltared]

There is an Isle.

[Cowboy]

Too much said.

Any other songs you feel are appropriate Superrugbuy?

[Cowboy]

Joe Riddick was made to pwn this thread

[ListryMurphy]

WUM!

[josephusdaniels]

On a point of geography, I always refuse to sing Sweet Home Alabama when I hear it on the radio. It's not my place.

[Cowboy]

On a point of geography, I always refuse to sing Sweet Home Alabama when I hear it on the radio. It's not my place.

I propose that Leinster support cease singing come on you boys in blue. Granted their academy is a conveyor belt of talent but drico darce Ross reddan ISA are all fully grown men. Not boys. Come on ye men/goys in blue may be acceptable, but I am not in a position to determine.

[slatterg]

Looooowwwwwwwwww.......

[tedster]

I think stand up and fight is a good song, short and sweat and encouraging.

[josephusdaniels]

I propose that Leinster support cease singing come on you boys in blue. Granted their academy is a conveyor belt of talent but drico darce Ross reddan ISA are all fully grown men. Not boys. Come on ye men/goys in blue may be acceptable, but I am not in a position to determine.

Ah but you see we Leinster folk are comparative "boys" when it comes to European club dominance, unlike those veteran men in red down south. It is an inferiority complex of great burden.

And sure 'tis tradition, like.

[Cowboy]

Ah but you see we Leinster folk are comparative "boys" when it comes to European club dominance, unlike those veteran men in red down south. It is an inferiority complex of great burden.

And sure 'tis tradition, like.

Tradition counts for nothing NOTHING on this thread Joey and well you know it!! Also a Leinsterman telling us about inferiority complexes in Europe!!

[bankman]

Maybe we should also stop using the Cratloe Road on the way to TP.

[No. 16]

I always wondered how upsetting it must be for Leinster fans from such god forsaken places as Meath and Kildare to be forced to sing about a shellfish monger in Dublin's fair city. It must be sickening

[joeriddick]

I propose a stirring rendition of "Night Fever" by the Bee Gees. We can keep "Kung Fu Fighting" as an alternate.

[MrsMcGahan]

It's not about the geographical Athenry sometimes observed in the environs of Galway and never was.
Athenry is really a metaphor.
It's a metaphor for the universal angst of the tragic and dispossessed, aliens in their own land and eternally damned to be transported around the globe looking for the next bandwagon to hitch their loyalty to.
As such it's a natural anthem for the brave and the faithless.
It's also too melodic for the Connachtmen whose best contribution to our bardic culture is the wailing of Banshees, still invariably heard after another Pro Rabies match fiasco in the Sportsground.
Pete St John never even roamed as far as Islandbridge, never mind the Whesht. But he always said if he could choose to be reborn it wouldn't be Limerick. He had a soft spot for Hollywood. The pretentious git.

[oilean]

The Fields has served us well (awesome on the big days!) Why drop it now?

[Jenta]

The shear ridiculous of it

The spasticity of this thread has only been outdone by the spasticity of that sentence fragment.

[Sketchy]

The Fields has served us well (awesome on the big days!) Why drop it now?

Because it's WUMing season. I'm pretty sure Superrugby is a damsel in disguise.

[trixie]

I think its a perfect song for us, its a little bit haunting when its sung in a slow manner, you can see how it unerves the opposition sometimes, this low slow derge drifting from one section of thomond park to another, almost magic!

[blackwarrior]

I think stand up and fight is a good song, short and sweat and encouraging.

The SUAF lyrics were written by an American, based on a song originally sung in a Spanish opera but written by the great French composer Bizet.

FOA was written about the county of Galway (and partly about Sydney, Australia) by a true Dub, Pete St John.

The Liverpool anthem, "The Fields of Anfield Road", is based on St John's song, and of course, the original Anfield is just outside New Ross, Co Wexford, which I suppose, in Leinster.

So it's clear really isn't it! The OP is correct. Ban all songs at games. Great post.

[BOK]

I have long bitten my lip on this, but....

No Buts! Continue to bite it!

[the_dazz]

How about ****ing no!

Was talking to a buddy who played against Munster in a TP and said he never felt anything like it when the fields got into full flow, said he found it distracting.

[Balla Boy]

The song only really confirms that the protagonists visited Athenry. In fact, it suggests that they only visited it once. They could have been on a day trip from Kilmallock.

[jeepers]

I have long bitten my lip on this, but new season and new hope should include a fresh start all round. I am tired of the constant slagging about singing a song from another province. It is the only example in world sport where a team sings a song about and place where there a rival team is from.
The shear ridiculous of it doesn't warrant much discussion as its a laughable situation. I cringe when other teams ask me about this as it beggars belief. So please don't sing this song any more. Enough said.

Not half as mad as Galway winning the Leinster Final. Since when is Galway in Leinster ? (and they didn't even sing The Fields.

Did you know that Joe Canning says the greatest game he was at as a spectator was Munster v The All Blacks in Thomond. Bet he was singing The Fields that night!

[shk7619]

I have long bitten my lip on this, but new season and new hope should include a fresh start all round. I am tired of the constant slagging about singing a song from another province. It is the only example in world sport where a team sings a song about and place where there a rival team is from.
The shear ridiculous of it doesn't warrant much discussion as its a laughable situation. I cringe when other teams ask me about this as it beggars belief. So please don't sing this song any more. Enough said.

What team do you support? Judging by this thread and your previous comments it isn't Munster. WUM, (Leinster Lurker ?).

[deltared]

It's not about the geographical Athenry sometimes observed in the environs of Galway and never was.
Athenry is really a metaphor.
It's a metaphor for the universal angst of the tragic and dispossessed, aliens in their own land and eternally damned to be transported around the globe looking for the next bandwagon to hitch their loyalty to.
As such it's a natural anthem for the brave and the faithless.
It's also too melodic for the Connachtmen whose best contribution to our bardic culture is the wailing of Banshees, still invariably heard after another Pro Rabies match fiasco in the Sportsground.
Pete St John never even roamed as far as Islandbridge, never mind the Whesht. But he always said if he could choose to be reborn it wouldn't be Limerick. He had a soft spot for Hollywood. The pretentious git.

Thats pure poetry, it is!

[mr chips]

I'm going to allow this thread to stay open - it contains more win than a Leinster v Loike, Anyone, Roysh? match.

[sewa]

Not half as mad as Galway winning the Leinster Final. Since when is Galway in Leinster ? (and they didn't even sing The Fields.

Did you know that Joe Canning says the greatest game he was at as a spectator was Munster v The All Blacks in Thomond. Bet he was singing The Fields that night!

I so hope that is true, also is that the Bolt in your avatar? Because if so its a cracking picture

[RichardP]

Ah but you see we Leinster folk are comparative "boys" when it comes to European club dominance, unlike those veteran men in red down south. It is an inferiority complex of great burden.

And sure 'tis tradition, like.

Ahhhh - so that's why you use an English football chant - who knew?