Hands across the Ocean

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Hands across the Ocean

by politico » 13 Jul 2008 08:05

Affordable Football Alliance http://www.mapfm.co.uk/afa

Hands across the Ocean

In this cynical world I thought it only right to share a good news story concerning the beautiful game, affordable football and Italian fans singing a Beach Boys song in tribute to a bunch of Mancunian Rebels.

How did this crazy event come about –well around a year or 18 months ago for reasons varied, fans of FC United started singing Sloop John B at the their games and it has grown into perhaps the favourite amongst our popular reportoire of twenty odd songs.
One of our number under the pseudonym of fcumpassion posted us singing this at a highly charged cup game on youtube-now seen by nearly 42,000 people-amongst them late last season a particularly off the wall and frankly bonkers group of Torino fans.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j941psnNiAI

So next thing –the Torino fans find the FC United fans website and open up a dialogue with us, apart from a couple of negative comments the vibe between the 2 sets of fans is brilliant, they really get where we are coming from and back fully our uncompromising alternative to mainstream football.

http://fcumforum.org.uk/mainforum/viewt ... no&start=0

We have now organised a large flag to present to the Torino fans when we get together to help further cement our relationship.

http://fcumforum.org.uk/mainforum/viewt ... orino+flag

And finally the most impressive part of this whole story for me is a video put together by the pazzo bus crew in Italy in tribute to our club-be sure to watch it all the way through and you will see how the whole end at one of their last games of the season joined in. The little rubber dinghy is a reference to our first ever game against Leigh RMI in 2005 when for no good reason we had a similar rubber dinghy bouncing around our end. Watch and enjoy and please use the unique power you hold to spread a genuine good news story in a scary and cynical world-yours
Rick/politico
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Re: Hands across the Ocean

by bobby1413 » 13 Jul 2008 08:16

You guys sure know how to have fun - that's what it's all about. Thanks for sharing the videos.


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Re: Hands across the Ocean

by Huntley & Palmer » 14 Jul 2008 12:07

Looks like spam to me

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