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ils
11-01-2005, 06:12 PM
Has gone straight in at No. 17 in the charts ......

Tom Hark (We Want Falmer)" charted above the likes of Girls Aloud, Blue and Christina Aguilera.

All profits from the single are going towards Brighton and Hove Albion's efforts to build a new stadium at Falmer, on the outskirts of the city.

The single has been backed by the Skint record label of famous fan Fatboy Slim.


The lyrics of "Tom Hark (We Want Falmer)" have been written by poet Attila the Stockbroker, a lifelong Brighton fan and the club's poet in residence.

He also produced and sang on the record, which is a re-working of 1980s ska tune "Tom Hark" by The Piranhas, often adapted as a football chant by fans. The lyrics include: "Listen Mr Prescott as we tell you how/We need our Falmer stadium, and we need it now." & the cover of the single shows the proposed stadium design.

Brighton and Hove Albion have not had a permanent home since the Goldstone Ground closed in 1997.

The team played at Gillingham for two years before returning to Brighton to play at Withdean, a 7,000-capacity athletics stadium in the city.

The club wants to build a 22,000-seater stadium at Falmer, but the final decision on whether the scheme can go ahead rests with Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott.

He will make his ruling after the long-running public inquiry into the scheme re-opens in February.

Go out and buy it now and help the Seagulls get their new stadium! :)

Isis
11-01-2005, 07:25 PM
i heard it the other night on radio one and i thought of you hunnie! hope it does well!

Dolores
11-01-2005, 09:33 PM
for goodness sake ILS! sober up! you're making no sense at all!

ils
11-01-2005, 09:45 PM
you're making no sense at all!

Nothing new there, then :laugh: :laugh:

Flyo
11-01-2005, 10:10 PM
I've heard of this, Brighton should get a new stadium really... the withdean's a bit small for division 1. I'd buy it but I'm poor... and Brighton beat Preston earlier in the season... (not that I'm bitter about it or anything)

ils
12-01-2005, 04:35 PM
When I was at school Fly - Withdean was just for school sports days - it is just not suitable for league football :wacko:

Here are the very stylish lyrics: I know after you all have read them, you will be rushing out to buy it :laugh:



Prescott give us a ground! ''Prescott, Prescott give us a ground!' Prescott give us a ground!'


We want Falmer

We need Falmer

We need Falmer

We want Falmer


We Brighton fans are angry - we've been messed around

Since the ******* Archer sold the Goldstone Ground

We're stuck in an athletics track we really hate

Like playing in Albania Division Eight!

The whole thing's daft

We don't know why

We have to laugh

Or else we'll cry

Our ground's too small

The costs too high

Without Falmer

Our club will die

For years the planning process has dragged on and on

A paralytic snail wouldn't take that long

So listen Mr Prescott as we tell you how

We need our Falmer Stadium - we need it now!

The whole thing's daft

We don't know why

We have to laugh

Or else we'll cry

Our ground's too small

The costs too high

Without Falmer

Our club will die



We want Falmer

We need Falmer

We need Falmer

We want Falmer.....

Andrea
12-01-2005, 10:20 PM
brilliant, especially that it charted higher than all those others you mentioned:laugh:

ils
12-01-2005, 10:22 PM
I have got my copy now - in fact it is quite good :blink: