Chants, Banners etc for November 14

"We'll beat Bahrain, we'll go to Africa" during the game.

"We beat Bahrain, we're going to Africa" afterwards at 3am on Courtney Place.

Banner idea (stolen Kanye lyric 'Good morning'):

ON THIS DAY WE BECOME LEGENDARY
linds2009-10-13 01:13:29

We'll beat Bahrain & go to Africa!.

Love the Velvet Underground number too.

how bout a variation of the clash song White Riot?

or.. if someone wants to be creative and add a truely kiwi touch. a variation on supergrooves Your White Shirt would be fitting

Probably will be a sell out which is fantastic......the big problem will be getting any coordinated chanting going with such a big crowd. It will most likely be like the Beckham crowd...big and noisy. The chants will stop and start all over the ground.....I guess the only one that wil work is the old Milo chant(sigh) coz its simple.

If you wanna raise the hair on the back of your neck and sing something that everyone knows then adapt when the saints go marching in

The only way people could buy in the zone was if they knew about it through here zinidane so hopefuly we've avoided that.  Ticketek were also asked to warn people that the zone will involve standing, noise and potentially drunks.

That was never managed for the Beckham game.

I think a decent vocal workout during the Saturday afternoon or even Friday lunchtime in Midland Park before the game might go down a treat. A lot of people in the zone who will of never been to AW games before so will need to hear the chants, only get one shot at this on the Saturday night so we don't want to take till halftime for the zone to get in full voice.

Rent a choir ?
Rent a choir ?
RENT A CHOIR ?

That's a banning.

Besides, Saturday afternoon we'll all be at Freestyle then at TeeDubs vs Auckland City.

Look, Greene is away and someone has to be deliberately antagonistic on his behalf..

But honestly, it is impossible not to make these things look contrived and embarassing if they are done outside the stadium environment.  It works because it's spontaneous and you're not going to get the couple of hundred it needs to look or sound credible in these sort of settings.

I've been there and I've seen it done and it just looks awkward which isn't going to encourage people it's going to make them less inclined to get stuck in.

Get the media going ... youtube was a match when Greece made the WC.. you say it's called the ring of fire...  if you copy you can be assured plenty of media...

Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9Nl2rwd8QU&feature=player_embedded


Midfielder2009-10-13 14:33:03

For the Chorus:

Its time to repeat nineteen eiiiighty two
Theres nothing 11 men and Herbert cannot do
We'll beat bahrain and go to africa!
We'll beat bahrain and go to africa!

Africa, by Toto.

Have we Really sunk so low folks.

This from the people that sing Oh, Smeltzie... it's a HUGE step down.

Coops: save us!

He's torn... he'd love to help but as a Green and Gold Army stooge he is conditioned to the damned.

We definitely to bring back "Ricki's Magic Hat": Smithy2009-10-13 16:03:22

Could even keep the Archie line... Otorohanga born and all.

We love you Smeltzy, we love you the most, we love you Smeltzy, even on the Coast, we love you Smeltzy, because you're Kiwi through and through (except at club level you traitorous w**ker).

To Victoria "Pretoria, thats where we're going next year, going next year"

How bout The Clashes - White Riot
 White riot I wanna riot
 White riot I wanna riot
 White riot I RIOT ON MY OWN!

Well be going
Well be going
WELL BE GOING TO THE CUP
when you hear the cheers of the all white boys
WELL BE GOING TO THE CUP!

We're heading for the top,
And aiming for the future,
And we won't ever stop,
While we are in controooooooool.

His flashy boots tell us he's Greek, Bertos Bertos

This one took a while...to Dobbyn's LOYAL:

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

Learn it, love it - we expect everyone to know:

We're heading for the top and aiming for the future
and we won't ever stop while we are in control

We'll fight until we drop and always will remember
To play the game as best we can, to reach our final goal.
Hard News2009-10-13 16:42:52

Amazingly enough, Ray Woolf is still alive, any chance we can get him down to lead us?

I added value with the second post... and if you ban me you have to run things.

Yes! I have been pushing for that song, since it was posted on here a couple months back. Grade A song.

HEADING FOR THE TOP!!

(Who has Ray Woolf's email?)

That is f**king quality smithy.
There wont be a dry eye in the stadium..

the whole crowd should do the haka after the national anthems...that'll be a culture shock for bahrain!!!!darkhorse2009-10-13 21:20:44

Dear god no.

Some half decent chants on here, some of which will work in the White Noise scheme of things (love Pretoria!), However, if we want some mass stadium chanting it's going to simple things that will work.

It's awful, but something like "ole, ole, ole, All whites, All whites" will work (and non regulars will join in) and could be very loud and still 100% more tuneful than what All Blacks crowds seem to come up with (I know its popular with Waikato & South African crowds, but that just proves that anyone can do it).

Can anyone think of a better massed chant, just a step up from the above example? Apart from the milo clap clap clap thing.

OMG, what if there's netball sticks? Perish the thought.

And one other thing. We need to arrive early at the ground to build atmosphere, and move there en masse (chanting) as much as possible.

This is an opportunity to really put our sport on a pedestal and make it an unforgettable experience. We all have to do our bit!