Walking Down Warwick Road
Wednesday, 10 October 07, 08:00 AM
I was trying to make a short video of the song "United Road" as sung at Old Trafford. But then I checked on You Tube where I found three earlier versions, so no point in doing a bad repeat. But why not do a short film with the actual road - a cross between a road movie and a football anthem. There is the remains of the real United Road which goes behind the North Stand. You can no longer drive along it though.
Football songs live on even after the people and places have gone. As when Dynamo Zagreb fans turned up one year when their team had been renamed Croatia Zagreb. They had a good chant of "Dee-na-mo, Dee-na-mo". As the word Croatia is not a Croatian word the club reverted back to Dynamo.
So you still sing "Walking down Warwick Road to see Matt Busby's aces" to the tune of Blaydon Races (c. 1862 George Ridley but based on an existing tune) where you are going to win the "First Division". Sir Matt is still remembered, but the Warwick Road is Sir Matt Busby Way, a bit is still called Warwick Road and that leads to Sir Brian Statham Way (famous Lancashire & England cricketer), and Warwick Road Railway station by the cricket ground is now Old Trafford tram stop. The Blaydon Races were last run by horses in 1916.
The songs live on...
See the regular blog www.biffagigital.org/footie.com for the usual Manchester United, FC United, and references to non-league and Italian
football.
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lorenzo23
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