Welcome back to WWYATS?

The last printed Where were you at the Shay? was a celebration edition following Stan Ternent's championship in 1997. It was never meant to be the last one, it just sort of happened that way. We'd laughed and moaned through several seasons and when all of a sudden you've been to Wembley and then had two consecutive promotions it seemed a little churlish to keep complaining.

Of course if we'd known what was to follow we'd have probably kept going, two seasons in the (real) 2nd division - now the Championship to those of you under 15 - the fall of Hugh Eaves, SOS, administration, BASE (remember them?), relegations, not to mention the combined mismanagement of Messers Warnock, Preece, Barrow and Casper have all gone without the barbed but considered comment of WWYATS?

In the world of the internet it is difficult, if not verging on the impossible, to produce a football fanzine that is reactive to current issues and come up with a different view, as dozens of people will have posted their thoughts on the message board(s) of their choosing within moments of them becoming common knowledge.

Hopefully this blog will allow the old team to sharpen its claws again, without the need to stand outside Gigg Lane in all weathers working out if we've broken even on the latest edition, and maybe even allow a new contributor or two to raise their head and have a say. The old favourites will be resurrected and a few new ones developed, and there'll be an opportunity for some WWYATS? gold with some classics from the old fanzines posted up for your enjoyment again.

Thanks for visiting, please pop back regularly and enjoy the blog.

Up The Shakers.

Sunday, 13 January 2013

Les Miserables? They've got nothing on us.


Occasionally our hardy band of contributors would turn to adapting the lyrics of popular tunes in the feature 'Gigg Lane Rock Lyrics'. Included in these were 'Gigg Oddity', 'A Town called Bolton' and a Beatles inspired tune called 'Tony Rigby'.

As the musical Les Miserables hits the big screen this weekend, it seemed appropriate to mix an old favourite with latest events and borrow the best tune from that show.

(If you don't know the song, here's a link to the original http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwM8fSDsgLI )


Do you hear the Shakers sing?

(With apologies to Claude- Michael Schoenberg)

FOLK OF GIGG

Do you hear the Shakers sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who’ve been asked for cash again!
When the sinking of your heart
Echoes the cemmy ender’s drum
There is a crisis about to start
When tomorrow comes!

BOARD

Will you join in our crusade?
Who will buy next season's ticket now?
Beyond the embargo
Is there a player you long to see?
Then join in the fight
That will give us some funds for a free!

ALL

Do you hear the Kevin sing?
Singing a song of angry bloke?
It is the music the only guy
Who didn't know we're broke!
When the bleating of his voice
Tells you the same stuff every time.
There’d be a season about to start
If the swear box was full.

KEVIN

Will you give all you can give
So that my win rate may advance,
We were 14 points adrift you know
Who cares about the facts?
We can’t fill a bench
But the fault lies with everyone else.

ALL
Do you hear the Shakers sing?
Singing the songs we always will?
It is the music of a people
Who love Lucketti, Farrell and Hill.
When the beating of your heart
stirs as you walk up Manny Road
There is a game that's about to start
When a matchday comes!

Up the Shakers

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