ramone Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 What are the origins of this? Were we the first and original barmy army? Was atkinsons the first barmy army? For me, it's my favourite chant but have never known where it comes from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkfieldowl14 Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Atkinson's Barmy Army the original and best. ATKINSON'S BARMY ARMY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorian gray Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 as far as i know (in footy) that is so... i believe the aussie press gave the label to the england cricket fans as an attempted insult, (not sure about the year) but they've been beaten over the head with it over the years since... same as in the ryder cup, the yanks have no chance with their sense of humour, whilst adapted british football songs will always make them look inferior... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asteener1867 Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Believe it was checked by Scientists and psychologists to start with.... they then checked the the stats regarding football fans , clubs and average attendances... the equation was summatt like Number of fans divided by average performance of club.. This was then equated to... Abject performances by said club and number of fans who watched crap club... this was then diffused put into a fookin' petrie dish an' left to fester for a year... When they removed the mouldy crap from the petrie dish, they found it was blue in colour and smelled to high heaven.. They then divided the number of mentalist football fans by the price you pay to watch muppets caper on a famous football ground.. they then decided .(.scientifically I might add) Who the foo.k would be barmy enough to watch such a shower of sh* te over a prolonged period..... WE won!!!!! BARMY ARMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkfieldowl14 Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Believe it was checked by Scientists and psychologists to start with.... they then checked the the stats regarding football fans , clubs and average attendances... the equation was summatt like Number of fans divided by average performance of club.. This was then equated to... Abject performances by said club and number of fans who watched crap club... this was then diffused put into a fookin' petrie dish an' left to fester for a year... When they removed the mouldy crap from the petrie dish, they found it was blue in colour and smelled to high heaven.. They then divided the number of mentalist football fans by the price you pay to watch muppets caper on a famous football ground.. they then decided .(.scientifically I might add) Who the foo.k would be barmy enough to watch such a shower of sh* te over a prolonged period..... WE won!!!!! BARMY ARMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nicely Put.BARMY ARMY!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAWAW Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Believe it was checked by Scientists and psychologists to start with.... they then checked the the stats regarding football fans , clubs and average attendances... the equation was summatt like Number of fans divided by average performance of club.. This was then equated to... Abject performances by said club and number of fans who watched crap club... this was then diffused put into a fookin' petrie dish an' left to fester for a year... When they removed the mouldy crap from the petrie dish, they found it was blue in colour and smelled to high heaven.. They then divided the number of mentalist football fans by the price you pay to watch muppets caper on a famous football ground.. they then decided .(.scientifically I might add) Who the foo.k would be barmy enough to watch such a shower of sh* te over a prolonged period..... WE won!!!!! BARMY ARMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Whey hey we won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorian gray Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Believe it was checked by Scientists and psychologists to start with.... they then checked the the stats regarding football fans , clubs and average attendances... the equation was summatt like Number of fans divided by average performance of club.. This was then equated to... Abject performances by said club and number of fans who watched crap club... this was then diffused put into a fookin' petrie dish an' left to fester for a year... When they removed the mouldy crap from the petrie dish, they found it was blue in colour and smelled to high heaven.. They then divided the number of mentalist football fans by the price you pay to watch muppets caper on a famous football ground.. they then decided .(.scientifically I might add) Who the foo.k would be barmy enough to watch such a shower of sh* te over a prolonged period..... WE won!!!!! BARMY ARMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if we won anything... it can't have been in the 70's... :st2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkfieldowl14 Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorian gray Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Dnt like it at all WHAT? i wish i could spell sacrilege... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fedor Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 (edited) The chant was copied from West Ham. They sang "Johnny Lyalls claret and blue army" all the way through the second half of a game I think they were losing. I think Big Ron called our fans the Barmy Army and the song then came about. Edited October 19, 2014 by Fedor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Señor Sam Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Pigs sang it before us. They chanted it at the BDM and we responded " Where's your Barmy Army now" Russian Warship.... Go fxxk yourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkfieldowl14 Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Pigs sang it before us. They chanted it at the BDM and we responded " Where's your Barmy Army now" Could have Sworn Terry Curran was singing that in front of the grunters when he scored the second goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WadsleyOwl Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 The chant was copied from West Ham. They sang "Johnny Lyalls claret and blue army" all the way through the second half of a game I think they were losing. I think Big Ron called our fans the Barmy Army and the song then came about. If you're on about that game during the promotion season when we both went up, it was sung before then, started during the relegation season IIRC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fedor Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 If you're on about that game during the promotion season when we both went up, it was sung before then, started during the relegation season IIRC Johnny Lyall left West Ham in 89 so it was sung by West Ham before that. Can't remember when exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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