One Ginger Pele Review


By BBC 2
September 27 2008

TheLongside are pround to review "One Ginger Pele", a book of OVER 180 Terrace chants from clubs across Britain. Have you ever watched a live game on TV where you sit there trying to workout what the fans are singing? Yes ? Well Chris Parker has travelled the length and breadth of Britain to bring you the best and the worst,

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He has made them available to you at a back pocket price (The book retails at £4.99).

It doesn't matter who you are, every football fan will find the book full of humour.
From the Ipswich fans taking the proverbial against Norwich City director Delia Smith, when the Ipswich Fans sang
"Theres only one Gordon Ramsey, One Gordon Ramsey".
Or the Manchester City fans replying to the Sheffield United choir with the chant of "We hate Wednesday, and we hate Wednesday...." to the " We hate Saturday and we hate Saturday..." sometimes you just have to be there to appreciate the real humour.
Stockport County, whose hatred for Burnley is totally one sided, as we Burnley fans dont give two flips about this liitle Cheshire Town team.
The Stockport little barmy army sang, to the tune of "Frere Jacques"

Go to Burnley,
Go to Burnley
Take some rope
Take some rope
It's a town full of Monkeys
It's a town full of Monkeys
They're all French
They're all French"
Now hand on heart, what the bloody hell are they on
about? it beats me.

Some of the chants in this wonderful book are just pure class.

Like the Arsenal Chant in 2007, sung to the tune of
"Salt'n'Peppers Lets talk about sex"

Let's talk about Cesc baby
Let's talk about Flamini
Lets talk about Theo Walcott, Freddie Ljungberg,  and
Henry,
Let's talk about Cesc!

I know Manchester United have some fantastic terrace songs, but another one from Arsenal which made me laugh is this one about their former midfield Maestro Emmanuel Petit.

To the Tune of "Quartermasters Store"

"He's Blonde
He's Quick
His names a porno flick
Emmanuel, Emmanuel!"


Without copying the enire book, you should by now be getting the
point, it's a Christmas stocking filler for any football fan young or old, the author takes the humour of the fans and compiles them in a book that is just brilliant, it is a book you can leisurely read and laugh out loud.

Chris Parker has done something, almost all other books dont do he unites the football fans from Manchester to Cheltenham  with a presence to laugh, reminisce, and thoroughly enjoy the real words to the songs we hear while watching our beloved game.

A big thank you goes out to "New Holland Publishers" who have donated  a copy to TheLongside to have as one of the  prizes
at this seasons bash, and as I am the one who has read through and totally enjoyed the banter, I must say if  you dont win this at the bash, then go out and buy it (or, due to the credit crunch) Buy it, read it, then wrap it up as a Christmas present.

This is the second Book reviewed by the Longside
team.The first being found at the following

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http://www.thelongside.info/

Coming soon to be reviewed, will be Dave Thomas No Nay
Never volume one.

Read here for the Information to buy Dave's newest book No Nay Never Volume II

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One Ginger Pele Review
Discussion started by TheLongside.co.uk , 27/09/2008 00:09
TheLongside.co.uk
27/09/2008 00:09
One Ginger Pele Review

Dave Thomas
27/09/2008 08:44
The Ginger Pele was our very own Billy Ingham

burnleybeerandchips
27/09/2008 08:49
Yeah he was, but the author only heard it sung to Gary Doherty.


I was gonna add that, but wasnt sure if we sung that exact version

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BBC 2
27/09/2008 09:52
Its big
Its Thick
Its bigger than his d***
Pato's Nose, Pato's nose


A song about Dudek, but would sufice for Pato

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