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Just a Bus Stop in Greenwich? Insult or Praise?

Weegie Addick
Weegie Addick Posts: 17,075
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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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  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,606
    edited March 30
    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?

    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. 

    “You’re a bus stop in your home borough” seems more statement of fact rather than inflammatory. 
  • CAFCTrev
    CAFCTrev Posts: 6,200
    "You're just a football team in England"
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,587
    I think that any chant that associated us with public transport is most complimentary, thank you fans of Crystal Palace.
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 29,245

  • YTS1978
    YTS1978 Posts: 1,767
    edited March 30
    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 lol
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 21,511
    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'
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 16,217
    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'
    We wouldn’t be forced to do anything, especially by a bunch of stripy Nigels. 
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 27,301
    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?

    Just stupid really. Should have sung Oh South London back. The place they like to pretend to be from. 
  • sammy391
    sammy391 Posts: 4,011
    Weegie Addick said:
    The Red Robin said:
    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?

    Just stupid really. Should have sung Oh South London back. The place they like to pretend to be from. 
    Funnily enough I’ve never heard that one sung at a women’s match 
    "It's got the Thames, The Valley and Charlton..." 😜

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  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,298
    sammy391 said:
    Weegie Addick said:
    The Red Robin said:
    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?

    Just stupid really. Should have sung Oh South London back. The place they like to pretend to be from. 
    Funnily enough I’ve never heard that one sung at a women’s match 
    "It's got the Thames, The Valley and Charlton..." 😜
    “It’s got the Thames, Charlton but not Palace” 😉
  • jose
    jose Posts: 1,145
    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.
  • paulsturgess
    paulsturgess Posts: 4,228
    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.
    They about to start applying the lipstick I believe?
  • InspectorSands
    InspectorSands Posts: 5,249
    paulsturgess said:
    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.
    They about to start applying the lipstick I believe?
    They have succeeded in buying up houses next to the main stand - they are now boarded up and awaiting demolition. 

    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... 
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 9,018
    Hope you handed out a few Glasgow kisses for their trouble, Weege
  • letthegoodtimesroll
    letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 11,202
    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.
  • Diebythesword
    Diebythesword Posts: 712
    Absolutely classic palace taking a well known chant and not being able to make their own version properly. 
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,855
    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 chant 
  • Swindon_Addick
    Swindon_Addick Posts: 1,919
    letthegoodtimesroll 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.
    We've got a time zone, we've got a time zone
    You've not, you've not.
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 21,511
    "We set your clocks for you, we set your clocks for you"

    To the tune of "we pay your benefits"

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  • CAFCTrev
    CAFCTrev Posts: 6,200
    "we're the closest team to the Greenwich meridian, you'll never sing that"
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,855
    CAFCTrev said:
    "we're the closest team to the Greenwich meridian, you'll never sing that"
    Except West Ham are closer, and Leyton Orient closer still
  • Stuart_the_Red
    Stuart_the_Red Posts: 1,988
    Not just a bus stop, but a train station as well!

    (for the spotters!)
  • CAFCTrev
    CAFCTrev Posts: 6,200
    edited March 31
    Leuth said:
    CAFCTrev said:
    "we're the closest team to the Greenwich meridian, you'll never sing that"
    Except West Ham are closer, and Leyton Orient closer still
    "Were the closest team to Plumstead, you'll never sing that"

    Take that Leyton Orient. 


  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,855
    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 
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,855
    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 
    Oh wait, further Google Maps research has revealed the unbeatable champion: a team whose pitch appears to be in both hemispheres:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louth_Town_F.C.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,855
    Leuth said:
    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 
    Oh wait, further Google Maps research has revealed the unbeatable champion: a team whose pitch appears to be in both hemispheres:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louth_Town_F.C.
    Another twist! They don't play there any more. The search for the winner goes on... 
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,855
    Holbeach Bank, in the Boston Workforce Unlimited Saturday League Division Three, have taken over as closest... 
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 17,343
    Leuth said:
    Holbeach Bank, in the Boston Workforce Unlimited Saturday League Division Three, have taken over as closest... 
    Busy day today?
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,855
    fenaddick said:
    Leuth said:
    Holbeach Bank, in the Boston Workforce Unlimited Saturday League Division Three, have taken over as closest... 
    Busy day today?
    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! 

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