"On Stanley On"

[Haggis316]

According to Jon Anderson of Yes Fame the song went:

"On Stanley, on lads, on Stanley on, we'll never quit yet, until we get that ball into the net, and so it's on Stanley on lads, we'll fight until we've won, we'll never ever la la la la..so it's on Stanley on'. He'd forgotten the rest of the song.

Based on the soundtrack of my Football Phoenix video where clips of the old record are to be heard that's about as much as I know though I thought the word "quit" was "rest".

Does anyone know the song in full or if the old record is available on DVD?

[Tin Monkey]

Originally Posted by Haggis316

"On Stanley, on lads, on Stanley on, we'll never quit yet, until we get that ball into the net, and so it's on Stanley on lads, we'll fight until we've won, we'll never ever la la la la..so it's on Stanley on'. He'd forgotten the rest of the song.

The bit towards the end should be "we'll fight until we've won, we will never be downhearted, so it's on Stanley on'

I actually have a copy of a cassette by Red Dawn with the song on, which was re-released in the late 80s (I think). I know ex-Stanley official photographer Terry Slinger was involved in that project.

[melonhigh]

As I remember it, it went
On Stanley On lads,
On Stanley On,
We'll cheer our heads off
When we get that ball into the net
And so it's On Stanley On lads
We'll fight until we've won
We'll never ever be downhearted
So it's On Stanley On

Stirring stuff, eh?
I seem to recal my dad having it on an old 78rpm record, so there could still be copies around. Have I also heard it played at the Crown ground or is that my aged imagination?

[maccawozzagod]

Terry Slinger produced it and would probably be able to have it remastered should anybody want a copy.

[Tin Monkey]

Didn't it go, "Accrington Go! Accrington Go! Accrington Go!" in a really bad Scandanavian accent?

[maccawozzagod]

if you go to Engerlund, you'd better go up north
theres a town called .......


on 2nd thoughts maybe not.

[ossy kid]

Sung it lots of times and don,t remember a line that says "We,ll never be down hearted". What I remember the last two lines being were
" So on Stanley on lads
On Stanley On"
But it,s a looong time ago so!!!

[Haggis316]

This is off the record played on my old Football Phoenix Video:

"[B]Stanley's a team that we all[B][so admire*]
Their name and fame are spreading far and wide
They're on the path.......#

Chorus:
On Stanley on lads on Stanley on
We'll cheer our heads off
When you get that ball into the net
So its on Stanley on lads
We'll fight until we've won
Be sure we'll never be downhearted
Cos we've [got to score+]"

Bold = definitely what was sung.
* bit indistinct
# too faint to hear under narrator's voice
+ fades out so these words indistinct. Word "score" is guess work on my part.