Psst, Standee is a Hull fan.

Got him muddled up with that Saints dude who really, really dislikes Wigan.

Abide With Me at the Cup final is one of my favourite parts of the year, however apart from the microphone fault, this year my experience of Abide With Me was standing up and sitting down as some tools walked past with beers and shouted loudly to their mates that they had brought the order in. Then some other lad blew on a fking vuvuzela.

Rather than having just one singer with a microphone why not have a choir sing it, that male voice choir would have done it well, it sounds better with multiple voices.

That narrows it down then.

I thought Abide with me was so funny it was untrue, apart from the obvious cock ups that were pointed out above the only time the fans seemed to sing was when it came to the bit "Abide with me" then we would have all the other words inbetween then again the fans would sing the short bit "Abide with me" lol

Well thats what it was like in the Warrington end where i was, i presume it was similar around the stadium as i didn't hear much singing going on during the verses.

"Abide with me"

How many other times a year do you sing it ?

That's exactly how it was around the whole stadium, with humming / mumbling inbetween ...

I remember a brass band doing it at Wigan before a GB vs Aus match (might have been the one when Morley lasted 7 seconds). That was tear inducing, absolutely brilliant.

I'm also old enough to have a vague recollection of Windsor Davies leading it at Wembley. Did I hallucinate that?

Abide with Me is a strong tradition that should be continued. Pity about the mic yesterday - the sound engineer wasn't worthy of some of the sheds my band plays in getting that wrong. As for the words, for years we sang the first and the sixth verses, now they changed the sixth for the eighth ( and last ) verse so I need to see them to sing 'em. Wouldn't want to go without it, though.

2009 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg3gCw5mm7c (uploaded by Hayley Westenra's website before you kneecap it)

2009 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg3gCw5mm7c (uploaded by Hayley Westenra's website before you kneecap it)

When the lady was singing Abide With Me we did have a few fans around us singing get your t1t5 out for the lads,sad really.

V sad that again like i said why not ban boose at RL finals would be worth a try if you cant go 2hr without a drink you have got a problem as we are classed as a "family game" not any more i think.