Questions: Where does this North London Forever **** come from? Was it a fan thing

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Originally Posted by Sir C

They were going to Rome to see the pope when I started going in 1978. I’d say that qualifies as ‘back in the day’, no?

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Indeed it does. Proper lyrical banter and a far better offering than some turgid, cockney, dewey eyed cack that even has a passage glorifying that plate of culinary horse**** that is pie, mash & liquor. Good grief.

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Originally Posted by Sir C

They were going to Rome to see the pope when I started going in 1978. I’d say that qualifies as ‘back in the day’, no?

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I first heard it I'd say about '74. I am convinced it didn't start with "The wánky Tottenham Hotspur". Is my memory playing tricks on me C? How is your menagerie btw? Has it expanded even further or did you get bored with the flea-ridden wee ****s and flog 'em to Maccy D?

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Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman

I first heard it I'd say about '74. I am convinced it didn't start with "The wánky Tottenham Hotspur". Is my memory playing tricks on me C? How is your menagerie btw? Has it expanded even further or did you get bored with the flea-ridden wee ****s and flog 'em to Maccy D?

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It provokes a question. Not about C’s nags but when the bantering rivalry actually began. My young ears weren’t tuned into it during those games against Leeds in the late 60’s when the old man first took me along to Highbury. He used to tell me of when he was a kid, during those post war groundshare days, getting passed over shoulders to the front and how he’d schlepp along to see Arsenal one week and Spurs the next. Unthinkable nowadays of course.

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Originally Posted by 7sisters

It provokes a question. Not about C’s nags but when the bantering rivalry actually began. My young ears weren’t tuned into it during those games against Leeds in the late 60’s when the old man first took me along to Highbury. He used to tell me of when he was a kid, during those post war groundshare days, getting passed over shoulders to the front and how he’d schlepp along to see Arsenal one week and Spurs the next. Unthinkable nowadays of course.

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Unnaffordable for one thing

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Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman

I first heard it I'd say about '74. I am convinced it didn't start with "The wánky Tottenham Hotspur". Is my memory playing tricks on me C? How is your menagerie btw? Has it expanded even further or did you get bored with the flea-ridden wee ****s and flog 'em to Maccy D?

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I do have a recollection of it being, “the famous Tottenham Hotspur”, now you mention it.

3 cats, 3 chickens, 1 dog, 4 horses. I’m ****ing knackered.

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Originally Posted by 7sisters

Indeed it does. Proper lyrical banter and a far better offering than some turgid, cockney, dewey eyed cack that even has a passage glorifying that plate of culinary horse**** that is pie, mash & liquor. Good grief.

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I’m not averse to the sentimentality of the thing, but the bloke’s accent bothers me a bit. No whan torks like that, surely?

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Originally Posted by 7sisters

It provokes a question. Not about C’s nags but when the bantering rivalry actually began. My young ears weren’t tuned into it during those games against Leeds in the late 60’s when the old man first took me along to Highbury. He used to tell me of when he was a kid, during those post war groundshare days, getting passed over shoulders to the front and how he’d schlepp along to see Arsenal one week and Spurs the next. Unthinkable nowadays of course.

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I think it was about getting away from the wife for a few hours and getting a few pints in.

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Originally Posted by Peter

I think it was about getting away from the wife for a few hours and getting a few pints in.

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Encapsulated here, to perfection.
https://youtu.be/yqve-jFpAhc?si=2tsLZSeFe4VJEClx

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Originally Posted by Sir C

I’m not averse to the sentimentality of the thing, but the bloke’s accent bothers me a bit. No whan torks like that, surely?

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This is where we are, sadly. Change is as inevitable as a sh1t advert from Malteser’s, I suppose.

London, together with it’s accent has evolved more culturally in the last 20 years than the previous 120, perhaps longer. It’s the pace of change that’s difficult to take in.

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Originally Posted by 7sisters

This is where we are, sadly. Change is as inevitable as a sh1t advert from Malteser’s, I suppose.

London, together with it’s accent has evolved more culturally in the last 20 years than the previous 120, perhaps longer. It’s the pace of change that’s difficult to take in.

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Sign of age, that. :-)