Aston Villa v Celtic Post-Match Thread

[Sexual Ealing]

114 years they'd waited for that. I'm still delighted for them!

[RamboandBruno]

Featuring Wee John McGinn not knowing the words.

Love that, really do.

[Monty]

114 years they'd waited for that. I'm still delighted for them!

It was a great week.

[LeeB]

114 years they'd waited for that. I'm still delighted for them!

It was a great week.

I watched it in Croatia on my phone, thinking it was on the bar wi-fi. It wasn't, and I ended up with a bill of about £350 for it when I got back, I probably paid more to watch it than anyone in the stadium.

[bill]

Amazing when an entire song is belted out. So much better than a chorus being sung repetitively. Pity Villa don’t sing ghost riders in the sky with its full Villa lyrics from the seventies. Remember a guy in a bar in Stoke singing it, fantastic, so long ago I just can’t remember them, although something about a Bluenose pushing up daisies rings a bell.

[PeterWithe]

Using republican songs is wrong in any context

Why?

Maybe I should have been clearer. Where it's intention is solely to cause offence.

The various Union Jacks there last night which aren't normally brought to Villa matches presumably were also only there to cause offence though.

Go onto Facebook and suggest that having a Union Flag and waving it in the UK is offensive. I double dare you.

[Dave]

I don't believe that it is offensive.

[Chris Smith]

Amazing when an entire song is belted out. So much better than a chorus being sung repetitively. Pity Villa don’t sing ghost riders in the sky with its full Villa lyrics from the seventies. Remember a guy in a bar in Stoke singing it, fantastic, so long ago I just can’t remember them, although something about a Bluenose pushing up daisies rings a bell.

The pushing up daisies line is from the one that begins “as I walked onto the steps of the Holte End…”.

[cdbearsfan]

If Risso was still posting, this would be a great opportunity to wind him up saying that it's actually "The Union Flag".

Spoiler for Hiden:

It isn't.

[martin o`who??]

I never went to the Hibs game but did go to the Celtic match, my lad went to both and says Hibs are still the best away fans he’s seen at VP, he’s 17 to give it some context

Some people may not like the song and at the time some villa fans around me were booing, flicking the Vs etc, but 8-0 down on aggregate, a few mins left and lashing with rain, the Hibs fans belting out Sunshine on Leith, as one, is the best thing Ive ever heard from away fans at VP and Im nearly 51 and have been going forever

John-E's lad is right - they were magnificent.

[Drummond]

If Risso was still posting, this would be a great opportunity to wind him up saying that it's actually "The Union Flag".

Spoiler for Hiden:

It isn't.

Both terms, "Union Jack" and "Union Flag," are used to refer to the national flag of the United Kingdom. There is no definitive answer as to which term is correct, and both are widely accepted.  

The term "Union Jack" is believed to have originated in the 17th century, when the flag was flown from the jack-staff of naval vessels. The term "Union Flag" is thought to have come into use later, in the 18th century.  

Today, both terms are used interchangeably, although some people believe that "Union Jack" should only be used when the flag is flown from a ship.  

The Flag Institute, the UK's national flag charity, has stated that both terms are correct and can be used interchangeably

[Dave]

...although some people believe that "Union Jack" should only be used when the flag is flown from a ship.

And as cd hints at, such people should be mocked mercilessly.

[The Edge]

Featuring Wee John McGinn not knowing the words.

Beat that. World class stuff.

It's brilliant. A proper full on anthem is something we've been crying out for for years. I was listening to Albion fans singing The Lords My Shepherd recently and it was excruciating. They were looking for an anthem and chose that. It sounds so forced and totally not a football anthem.

[Monty]

Said it before, Holte Enders In The Sky more than does the job for me. It's distinctive, it's Johnny Cash, it's hair-raising but a bit tongue-in-cheek (which is very us - leave the sentimental treacle to the Scousers), and it makes me think - as in the thread on this forum with the same name - of Villa fans of generations gone before us, the unbroken link back to the lamp post in 1874. If we can do all that in one musical phrase we don't need some poxy drawn-out song co-opted by the club higher-ups and blaring out of the tannoy. Let's keep that sort of thing where it belongs - at West Ham.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Amazing when an entire song is belted out. So much better than a chorus being sung repetitively. Pity Villa don’t sing ghost riders in the sky with its full Villa lyrics from the seventies. Remember a guy in a bar in Stoke singing it, fantastic, so long ago I just can’t remember them, although something about a Bluenose pushing up daisies rings a bell.

The pushing up daisies line is from the one that begins “as I walked onto the steps of the Holte End…”.

Ghost Riders In The Sky - sung by Frankie Laine - was my Dad's favourite song ever.
He didn't know the Villa version but he was totally Aston Villa....Uncle Frank and his boys obviously, but also Pongo Waring, Frank Barson etc
When we sang HEITS years ago I sort of imagined it was somehow related with my Dad.
When we sing it now I can't help but think of him and we're all singing my Dad's favourite song.
He passed away 30 years ago this year, so thank you all so much when you sing it!
It's very special.