the only time i heard the flute song this season was when the lads sang it in the bar after the northern rail semi(?)
don't really see whats wrong with it tbh.. you hear way worse walking down market street or getting a bus on a saturday afternoon, they're just words and its up to parents to teach their kids the rights and wrongs of language. in the days of south park and family guy, its actually pretty vanilla in terms of being taken as offensive

This is the last thing I am going to say about this. Those of you who think it's ok ask yourselves these questions. Would you sing it with your young children sat or stood at the side of you and would you be ok if your young children were singing it at a game? When I say young I mean under 14.

Would these same people take their children to see live premier league football? The pinacle of our national game.

depends on the situation, but probably yes..my dad sung it with me in his presence at hilton park


certainly not, i wasn't allowed to... its up to parents to teach the difference between right and wrong such as not to swear..


should we all give up drinking on the terraces in case kids wanna do it?

Well when I join in with it I always sing (well nearly always) STUFF WIGAN RUGBY.

All kids swear but normally not in front of their mams and dads.

Anyone who travels by public transport knows that I would have thought.

So it is ok for your dad to sing it with you now you are grown up , but not when you were a child ?

So is it alright for you to sing it in front of your kids ? And would your dad be happy to sing it with you in front of your kids ? ( I don't know if you have kids , or if your dad still attends games )

You mention right and wrong ? , in reality that isn't really the case , it's just what we do or don't want our stadium to be ? IMO

Well if we can't sing that then we may aswell ban the pogues Christmas song, fairytale in new York . It says faggot and .

my dad sung it when i was a child, he also taught me as a child that even though i may hear those words used i was not allowed to use them myself. i don't have children myself as i'm only 21 but i can draw on my experiences growing up with the flute song and personally i don't see it as that big a deal..as i said in my first post they're just words and its the intent behind them that counts, and the flute song has never come across as anything but lighthearted banter to me, as child or otherwise. its just a funny song with a single swear word in it.




you are right there..but one of my fondest memories watching leigh play is the 2000/2001 challenge cup quarter, about 6000 leythers belting out the flute song as we gave the pies a good scare...the flute song adds atmosphere and thats what i want our stadium to have.

I implore you do NOT bring back the flute song

Can we still sing the wigoon Family song ?

" Der der der der click click der der der der click click "

they come from scoles and whelley...

The wonder of you or Hi Ho Silver Lining (Leythers smiling) i would think would get the most participation as most if not all know the melody and with some simple re working of the lyrics, and some lyric sheets to start with should sound awesome being belted out