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The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Gratuitous swearing.
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on: February 13, 2018, 14:37:13 pm
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Having read the many comments over the last couple of days on this thread, a lot of posters seem to be under the misapprehension that the alternative to the prolonged bouts of what I called 'gratuitous swearing' is a flat atmosphere reminiscent to the silence in a library. But the same fans responsible for these chants are also responsible for the wonderful songs, which I join in with- like Fields of Green, John Joe O'Toole, NTFC, etc., which must inspire the team. The louder the better, and I have only praise and admiration for the enthusiasm of those who start such chants and songs. There is no finer sound at an away game than supporters getting behind the players in full voice. As for agricultural language, of course it's been around forever, and there have been hundreds of examples over the years where I've been amused by chants and shouted comments which have been both funny, profound and profane. I just think the prolonged swearing can't particularly inspire the team, manager and anyone proud to be a Cobblers fan.
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The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: MK City v Cobblers programme wanted
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on: February 12, 2018, 13:12:53 pm
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I wondered if you're still looking for this programme. The reason I ask is that I met an old friend in a bar in Soho after the Wimbledon game and he used to be a big noise in the City and made a packet buying in the dips during the last Crash, but now he's retired with time on his hands, but still has a lot of contacts up north who may be able to help in this matter, and is willing to help, and he won't take a single buck, and no sell-on clause. Don't get me wrong-he's no Jay Gatsby, he hasn't killed anyone and he definitely didn't fix the World Series, but these sorts can go places where we can't, they're not like us-he has a nose for sniffing out stuff and I don't mean in the Kerry Katona sense, and he once found the first FA Cup Final at Wembley issue in some widow woman's recess in Harrogate, which hadn't been disturbed since her old man passed in a 'boating accident' and his father had second sight especially after a few drinks, and his ma was a medium till a predilection for chocolate digestives turned her into an extra large, and if he does find the MK programme he'll stick it in cellophane in a hollowed out tree on the Racecourse and I'll collect it and pass it onto you. But if you've obtained a copy already, ignore this message, and have a nice day.
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The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Gratuitous swearing.
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on: February 11, 2018, 11:40:36 am
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Great result yesterday. Sam Hoskins and Matt Crooks caught the eye, but a lot of ugly stuff done by the defence, repulsing all those long balls into the box very impressive. Being able to stand near the half-way line reminiscent of the old days. The win however was tarnished by the constant chants of swearing by an admittedly small- but very loud-minority of Cobblers fans nearby. The fact that no-one mentions it presumably means this is a normal part of the away day 'experience' and not worthy of comment. I felt embarrassed for both managers and the 4th official just in front of it, and hardly think it reflects well on the club. Heaven knows what impression it gives to women and children present. I was cringing at the unedifying chanting, and can't but think if a hundred or so were swearing in unison at the top of their voices on the market square at 330pm on a Saturday afternoon that they would be arrested for a breach of the peace. However it seems par for the course at a football ground. I love the 'Fields of Green' and ' John Joe O' Toole' songs. But just chanting, 'You're f.....g s..t' every few minutes is not acceptable to any decent follower of the Cobblers.
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