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Would be more obviously different to 'play up pompey' if a different choice of replacement word was used rather than 'pay'. Otherwise it just sounds the same as the opposing team's supporters singing 'play up pompey' to wind us up....well, that's how it comes across on TV anyway, which I assume was the intended audience?

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Would be more obviously different to 'play up pompey' if a different choice of replacement word was used rather than 'pay'. Otherwise it just sounds the same as the opposing team's supporters singing 'play up pompey' to wind us up....well, that's how it comes across on TV anyway, which I assume was the intended audience?

 

I was there and joined in with the chant - funny stuff - although did think at the time that it might come across on TV as the opposition fans winding us up!

 

That was definitely not the case - didn't hear a peep out of them all game! Saints won the battle both on the pitch and off!

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and loads of us waving £10 and £20 notes in the air. Anyone know what the row of lads waving their shoes in the air were singing and the relevance to the shoes.

 

Isn't it the ultimate insult to an Arab to show him/her the soles of your shoes? In which case it was a very clever way of insulting our 'friends' owners ... well done who ever thought of it!

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Would be more obviously different to 'play up pompey' if a different choice of replacement word was used rather than 'pay'. Otherwise it just sounds the same as the opposing team's supporters singing 'play up pompey' to wind us up....well, that's how it comes across on TV anyway, which I assume was the intended audience?

 

Agreed, not a great song. Much prefer the "Pompeys going down with no money in the bank" one.

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Isn't it the ultimate insult to an Arab to show him/her the soles of your shoes? In which case it was a very clever way of insulting our 'friends' owners ... well done who ever thought of it!

Thanks for clearing that up for me, a lot were saying the relevance was to Sol Campbell but that was too tenuous for me.

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and loads of us waving £10 and £20 notes in the air. Anyone know what the row of lads waving their shoes in the air were singing and the relevance to the shoes.

 

We were singing "Shoes off if you love the Saints, shoes off if you love the Saints......"

 

Very amusing - nothing to do with the Arabs at Pompey I'm afraid

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Isn't it the ultimate insult to an Arab to show him/her the soles of your shoes? In which case it was a very clever way of insulting our 'friends' owners ... well done who ever thought of it!

 

Seems a bit too remote a link there,showing your soles to insult arabs.

 

Sure it was not more like a group of saps copying Luton ?

 

Thanks for clearing that up for me, a lot were saying the relevance was to Sol Campbell but that was too tenuous for me.

 

That would have involved showing their 'r.soles' rather than anything to do with shoes.

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Isn't it the ultimate insult to an Arab to show him/her the soles of your shoes? In which case it was a very clever way of insulting our 'friends' owners ... well done who ever thought of it!

 

I've seen kids doing it at Salisbury. "Shoes off if you loves salisbury"

 

I doubt that its got anything to do with Pompey's owners

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I watch from home and couldn't work out if it was "pay up pompey, pompey pay up" or "wind up pompey, pompey wind up" Personally I think both are very good

 

Wind up is definately the better of the two. 'Pay up', was first sung by Arsenal fans, sounds far too much like 'Play up', and doesn't have a the same double meaning that 'Wind up' does.

 

Also, in three weeks time it'd be great to be able to sing 'Wound up' :)

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Talking of away chants, did I hear some muppets sing WHU Bubbles song at Millwall. Very, very wrong.

 

You did :(

 

Shameful - singing the song of the rivals of the team you're playing is on a par with ringing a bell and chanting wordless dirges all game.

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Would be more obviously different to 'play up pompey' if a different choice of replacement word was used rather than 'pay'. Otherwise it just sounds the same as the opposing team's supporters singing 'play up pompey' to wind us up....well, that's how it comes across on TV anyway, which I assume was the intended audience?

 

winde up pompey?

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Wind up is definately the better of the two. 'Pay up', was first sung by Arsenal fans, sounds far too much like 'Play up', and doesn't have a the same double meaning that 'Wind up' does.

 

Also, in three weeks time it'd be great to be able to sing 'Wound up' :)

 

Its a natural proggression

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