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Title: Could We Revive King Alick's Old Song?
Post by: Bentley Bullet on June 24, 2024, 10:33:57 pm
Could we revive King Alick's old song and change the words to King Billy?

Weee'll, drink a drink a drink
To Alick Billy the king the king the king
The saviour of, the Rovers football team
For he invented, attacking football,
(I forgot the last line, after all, I was only a babe in arms!)

https://youtu.be/2x8D4T--0v4?si=tGeL_N-h0OYAqA09
Title: Re: Could We Revive King Alick's Old Song?
Post by: idler on June 24, 2024, 11:42:20 pm
Wasn’t it Gilly the pink back in the day BB?
I’m sure that I remember singing that.
Title: Re: Could We Revive King Alick's Old Song?
Post by: Bentley Bullet on June 24, 2024, 11:45:36 pm
Gilly as in Gilfillan? I'm not sure, mate. I only remember the Alick version.
Title: Re: Could We Revive King Alick's Old Song?
Post by: Bentley Bullet on June 24, 2024, 11:54:57 pm
Maybe Scawsby Steve could put some light on it but he was getting on a bit even back then, so perhaps not.
Title: Re: Could We Revive King Alick's Old Song?
Post by: idler on June 24, 2024, 11:56:06 pm
Yes Bob Gilfillan. Might have been more than the one version though. A shame that we didn’t kick on as we should have with that team. I never expected the decline to set in over the next few years. Frank Wilson would have been a far better option than Hubert Bates. The wrong one left.
Title: Re: Could We Revive King Alick's Old Song?
Post by: Bentley Bullet on June 25, 2024, 12:05:17 am
Absolutely. I remember we dabbled in a couple of promotions into Division 3 (League 1) around that time but didn't invest enough in the team to sustain the progress.

It was scandalous considering the gates we were getting at that time.
Title: Re: Could We Revive King Alick's Old Song?
Post by: scawsby steve on June 25, 2024, 07:17:46 pm
Maybe Scawsby Steve could put some light on it but he was getting on a bit even back then, so perhaps not.

You should be put on the "Scaffold"  for comments like that.
Title: Re: Could We Revive King Alick's Old Song?
Post by: ravenrover on June 25, 2024, 08:19:50 pm
Mindst you do like to drink a drink a drink