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Just a Bus Stop in Greenwich? Insult or Praise?
Weegie Addick
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Palarse fans at the women’s match yesterday mustered this as an insult: “You’re just a bus stop in Greenwich.” Some of us were quite proud of that fact. Perhaps we should adopt it?
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That’s a weird take on that chant. Don’t teams normally sing “you’re just a bus stop in [insert name of rival team/locality]”? I.e you would taunt Fulham fans by telling them they are a bus stop in Chelsea.Weegie Addick said:Palarse fans at the women’s match yesterday mustered this as an insult: “You’re just a bus stop in Greenwich.” Some of us were quite proud of that fact. Perhaps we should adopt it?
“You’re a bus stop in your home borough” seems more statement of fact rather than inflammatory.13 -
"You're just a football team in England"7
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I think that any chant that associated us with public transport is most complimentary, thank you fans of Crystal Palace.
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At haringey borough they sing "bus stop in Tottenham, we're just a bus stop in Tottenham", which makes sense, although they'll be a couple of divisions closer next year fingers crossed
Dont think i've ever heard it as an "insult" towards another team. Especially weird if the bus stop is in a Royal Borough and there is no connection to another team. Odd.
Bus stop in Croydon lol0 -
Surely the chant from Palarse should be 'bus stop in London' - that way they know we can't repeat it back to them. We would be forced to amend it to 'bus stop in Surrey'11
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We wouldn’t be forced to do anything, especially by a bunch of stripy Nigels.bobmunro said:Surely the chant from Palarse should be 'bus stop in London' - that way they know we can't repeat it back to them. We would be forced to amend it to 'bus stop in Surrey'0 -
Just stupid really. Should have sung Oh South London back. The place they like to pretend to be from.Weegie Addick said:Palarse fans at the women’s match yesterday mustered this as an insult: “You’re just a bus stop in Greenwich.” Some of us were quite proud of that fact. Perhaps we should adopt it?
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Funnily enough I’ve never heard that one sung at a women’s matchThe Red Robin said:
Just stupid really. Should have sung Oh South London back. The place they like to pretend to be from.Weegie Addick said:Palarse fans at the women’s match yesterday mustered this as an insult: “You’re just a bus stop in Greenwich.” Some of us were quite proud of that fact. Perhaps we should adopt it?
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"It's got the Thames, The Valley and Charlton..." 😜Weegie Addick said:
Funnily enough I’ve never heard that one sung at a women’s matchThe Red Robin said:
Just stupid really. Should have sung Oh South London back. The place they like to pretend to be from.Weegie Addick said:Palarse fans at the women’s match yesterday mustered this as an insult: “You’re just a bus stop in Greenwich.” Some of us were quite proud of that fact. Perhaps we should adopt it?
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“It’s got the Thames, Charlton but not Palace” 😉sammy391 said:
"It's got the Thames, The Valley and Charlton..." 😜Weegie Addick said:
Funnily enough I’ve never heard that one sung at a women’s matchThe Red Robin said:
Just stupid really. Should have sung Oh South London back. The place they like to pretend to be from.Weegie Addick said:Palarse fans at the women’s match yesterday mustered this as an insult: “You’re just a bus stop in Greenwich.” Some of us were quite proud of that fact. Perhaps we should adopt it?
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Have they seen their own gaff? Their so called stadium is between the middle of nowhere and the back end of beyond. An area so awful that living in a cardboard box.would be more appealing.
Their eternal problem is the money they would need to spend to get the stadium built elsewhere, or to upgrade Selhurst Park, which would be a lipstick on a pig manoeuvre.4 -
They about to start applying the lipstick I believe?jose said:Have they seen their own gaff? Their so called stadium is between the middle of nowhere and the back end of beyond. An area so awful that living in a cardboard box.would be more appealing.
Their eternal problem is the money they would need to spend to get the stadium built elsewhere, or to upgrade Selhurst Park, which would be a lipstick on a pig manoeuvre.0 -
They have succeeded in buying up houses next to the main stand - they are now boarded up and awaiting demolition.paulsturgess said:
They about to start applying the lipstick I believe?jose said:Have they seen their own gaff? Their so called stadium is between the middle of nowhere and the back end of beyond. An area so awful that living in a cardboard box.would be more appealing.
Their eternal problem is the money they would need to spend to get the stadium built elsewhere, or to upgrade Selhurst Park, which would be a lipstick on a pig manoeuvre.
I'd remembered Selhurst was a dump but hadn't quite realised how bad that main stand was. Of course, my seat had a pole right in the way...0 -
Hope you handed out a few Glasgow kisses for their trouble, Weege1
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Greenwich is the centre of planet Earth. The whole world takes its time and calendars from it as a base point at any given moment. Charlton is in Greenwich and, in fact, the only club in the EFL/PL pyramid in the borough so technically is the pinnacle football club that Palace and every other club in the world has to follow, literally. By singing ‘bus stop in Greenwich’ they effectively are acknowledging their place on the pecking order behind us. Fair play to them. Every nano-second counts.8
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Absolutely classic palace taking a well known chant and not being able to make their own version properly.3
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Nobody ever takes the dagger to our soul that is available: that but for Herr Hitler we'd be one of the powerhouses of world football. Although 'you were gonna be huge, but World War 2 fucked it up' doesn't make for a catchy chant2
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We've got a time zone, we've got a time zoneletthegoodtimesroll said:Greenwich is the centre of planet Earth. The whole world takes its time and calendars from it as a base point at any given moment. Charlton is in Greenwich and, in fact, the only club in the EFL/PL pyramid in the borough so technically is the pinnacle football club that Palace and every other club in the world has to follow, literally. By singing ‘bus stop in Greenwich’ they effectively are acknowledging their place on the pecking order behind us. Fair play to them. Every nano-second counts.
You've not, you've not.2 -
"We set your clocks for you, we set your clocks for you"To the tune of "we pay your benefits"7
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"we're the closest team to the Greenwich meridian, you'll never sing that"0
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Not just a bus stop, but a train station as well!
(for the spotters!)1 -
Proximity to the meridian really isn't ours to sing about. Boston United and Bromley are also closer than we are. Lewes are pretty much just as close as Orient are, it's actually very difficult to tell which is the champion0
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Oh wait, further Google Maps research has revealed the unbeatable champion: a team whose pitch appears to be in both hemispheres:Leuth said:Proximity to the meridian really isn't ours to sing about. Boston United and Bromley are also closer than we are. Lewes are pretty much just as close as Orient are, it's actually very difficult to tell which is the champion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louth_Town_F.C.1 -
Another twist! They don't play there any more. The search for the winner goes on...Leuth said:
Oh wait, further Google Maps research has revealed the unbeatable champion: a team whose pitch appears to be in both hemispheres:Leuth said:Proximity to the meridian really isn't ours to sing about. Boston United and Bromley are also closer than we are. Lewes are pretty much just as close as Orient are, it's actually very difficult to tell which is the champion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louth_Town_F.C.1 -
Holbeach Bank, in the Boston Workforce Unlimited Saturday League Division Three, have taken over as closest...0
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NABBED by Swavesey Spartans of the Cambridgeshire Womens & Girls County Football League Women Division 3! We're currently at 0.002 degrees off the meridian. A stone's throw!fenaddick said:
Busy day today?Leuth said:Holbeach Bank, in the Boston Workforce Unlimited Saturday League Division Three, have taken over as closest...5
