I gather the Mackems had a natty new chant on Saturday - something about willing Bobby Robson to die! Real nice people.

As I've been away for a while would any of the 'lurkers' care to elaborate on this timeless masterpiece - just out of interest, leyk?

-- Anonymous, August 21, 2001

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The full words are somewhere on TOTT message board, posted today. It is to the words of Robson Wonderland. It is just sick. Something funny on TOTT though - someone talking about the Makem boycott of Coke, someone else posts that they didn't realise we advertised soap as well. I had to think about it though!

(BTW you can tell I've got nowt to do at work. I keep replying to all these questions. Sad)

-- Anonymous, August 21, 2001

Something like............The Magpies are crying, Bobby Robson is dying, and i don't know the rest. It's gone too far now hasn't it?

-- Anonymous, August 21, 2001

Well, that should keep up the number of arrests at SJP. Go on Clarky, you say it..................

-- Anonymous, August 21, 2001

.....scumbags!

-- Anonymous, August 21, 2001

Scum. Not the Mackems of course - just lowlife who would demean themselves to sing that. I trust that all good Mackems (I'm sure there are many) were appalled. If Robson was the Sunderland manager (that's like saying if the Pope was the Archbishop of Canterbury) there are Geordies who would sing that and they'd be scum too.

Remember not to tar all Mackems with the same brush.

-- Anonymous, August 21, 2001

I don't Jonno - and I'm sure there were no more than a few hundred despoiling their footy Club by singing such mindless, disgusting, moronic cr@p.

-- Anonymous, August 21, 2001

I wouldn't worry about it....you guys stress too much....it's football banter designed to get a prescribed response which seems to be exactly what it's getting....it most certainly can't be personal....

-- Anonymous, August 21, 2001

... you're probably right Gav.

Must lighten up... must lighten up... must lighten up... must...................

-- Anonymous, August 21, 2001

Thats better ;))

-- Anonymous, August 21, 2001

Aye, but Peyta Reed's still got a.............................Submarine

-- Anonymous, August 21, 2001

Let him without sin cast the first stone!

-- Anonymous, August 21, 2001

Me Kev, me !!!!!!!

Well okay maybe not me !!!

-- Anonymous, August 21, 2001

Ahha! Superkev - are you a man of the cloth? More tea Vicar? (;o)

-- Anonymous, August 21, 2001

If the Mackems start singing that on Sunday there will be hell on.

-- Anonymous, August 21, 2001

I never heard the song in question on Saturday, which goes to show how it was received by the fans as a whole if it was indeed sung.

I know it does exist I'm afraid because someone posted the lyrics on RTG, something like "what a wonderful way to pass a Saturday, watching Bobby Robson pass away". I can't find the irony in it, it's just sad.

I wouldn't be surprised if it was sung on Sunday. Stupid things happen at derbies when the young and impressionable are involved: I remember with some shame joining in with "I'd rather by a Paki than a mag" at SJP in 1990.

-- Anonymous, August 22, 2001

Thanks ML#3 - the report I read suggested the chant was widespread at the Flatpac.
As you say, you simply can't legislate for the morons - and sadly we had plenty at SJP last night who really p***ed me off, big-time.

-- Anonymous, August 22, 2001