Common 'advice' heard at Oakwell over the years

For a while my Mum, Dad & my little brother used to sit in the old West Stand. (When my Mum started attending, we migrated from the Brewery Stand (now East Stand for you young 'uns). My Dad thought there would be less bad language for my Mum to hear in the stand. (Not sure he was right on this).

There was a very loud woman who sat just to our right, with her embarrassed husband. Her favourite call out used to be directed at Alan "Animal" Little.

"GO ON ANIMAL, HAVE HIM".

 

My favourite, from a couple of seasons ago:

Charlton at home, 25 minutes into the game, winning 2-0, footballing them to death.

Dani Pinillos received the ball from Pinnock, and rolled it back to Davies

Middle aged geezer in the Ponte: "gerrit ******* forrad".

Davies plays it out to Cavare at right back:

Middle aged geezer: "Rubbish Barnsley"

Barnsley go on to set up an attack, and almost score a 3rd.

2 minutes later, the ball is back with Pinillos. Under pressure, he plays it back to Davies:

Middle aged geezer: "GERRRIITT FOOORRRAARRDD"

Davies knocks it long under pressure, it drifts through to the Charlton keeper.

Middle aged geezer: “FU(KING Wãnk BARNSLEY!!!"

 

You do know that having a pop at 'middle aged geezers will alienate 70% of this site. You would have been okay having a pop at the elderly (25%) or the young (definition - under 30) the remaining 5%!

 

Haha, I wasn't having a pop at middle aged geezers in general, just one specifically

By your definition, I'd fall into the middle aged category myself!

 

The late lamented Geoff Clarke (From the Ponty). " Too Tight, TOO TIGHT...... FCUKIN WNAK Barnsley...I told you it was too tight."

Or one of my 'Colleagues, again in the Ponty just before we take a free kick in a dangerous position. "Nar. ave watched em last week on the training field. Watch this...................... Fcukin wnak Barnsley - yer *****.)

There's a pattern emerging.

 

Also comes with the popular variant "IT'S THEEARRRR" every time a cross comes into the box.

 

They dunt want to go up

 

Get Rammell on!!

 

Get some studs in yer booits.

 

I'm getting paranoid about what I shout now!!

 

Sitting in the west stand lower means I obviously hear a lot of “advice” to whoever is running the line.

Also heard “dearne it”. I’m not sure if that’s the spelling for dearne? I think it means “get rid” as in clear your lines.

My favourite though is the woman who shouts “FORWARD” at least a couple of times a game. I don’t think anything else is shouted by her, just that.

 

I often hear a woman in the front of me shouting “look at the thighs/ar@e on that” could that be you Helen?

 

Two ladies that sit a few rows in front of us in the West Upper have 3 stock phrases they shout:

“GO FORWARD!!”
“NOOOOOOOO!!”
“WE’RE LOSING!!”

Never heard them say anything else.

 

FFS Ref.

 

One that make me laugh is,
Man on man on!! get bloody shut, get shut...!!.nnnnooo don’t just booit it any weir!

 

I remember many years ago an opposing goalie, on a very windy day, was stamping his heel to make a divot. A bloke behind me shouted " Gioor, there's men workin' darn theer."

 

I still miss the sound of @55&counting's Dad's familiar shouts of "Mek 10", "Mek 20" coming from a few seats behind me as players ran with the ball. Heard it for many years from my seat and still notice its absence occasionally during home games.

 

Watch art dunt sit in that pigeon ****!

 

Whereabouts in the ground was your Mr It'stheear? We had an old codger sitting behind us in the Ponty for several seasons from the late 90's onwards who said exactly that whenever the opposition had a shot at goal, no matter how tame. I remember one awful game at home to Stockport either during the tail end of Bassett or the Parkin era when they had an effort at goal, which was a proper pea roller. Just as Miller was about to gather the ball, Unlucky Alf as we'd nicknamed him shouted "it's theeeer!". At that exact moment, the ball hit a divot, and bounced past a wrong footed Miller into the net. I'm pretty sure if Unlucky Alf had been younger than 80 he'd have been set upon. The old tw@t.

 

Sat next t mi Mam one season, all I head was 5hit 5hit 5hit....oooor 5hit every time the opposition went on the attack, she kicked every single ball, bless her. Wish she could still go but that's gone forever.