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Does anyone ever think we will belt out Ed Sheeran's tune about Suffolk in the same way Hibs fans belt out the Proclaimers song about their part of Edinburgh?
Castle on the Hill/Sunshine on Leith on 14:08 - May 21 by ElephantintheRoom
Given the location of the people who own 90% of the debt that bought the club, maybe Ohio by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young would be a better song?
Strange rumours from Nixon's writing We're no longer on our own This summer we've players coming Signed straight from Ohio
Gotta get down to it Players had taken us down Should have been done long ago What if you knew him And found him up at the ground? 100 points don't you know?
Castle on the Hill/Sunshine on Leith on 17:23 - May 21 by Bluedandy
It makes sense to the thousands of Ipswich fans who come from Suffolk or further afield and not Ipswich itself.
If Town relied for its support purely on the people of Ipswich coming through the gates then we would be a genuine third division club in terms of attendances.
Ipswich Town represents Suffolk as much as Norwich represents Norfolk.
It's called the East Anglian derby because the fanbases encapsulate both counties in their entirety.
[Post edited 21 May 2021 17:24]
Just watched the Hibs fans anthem of this song on Youtube. Tremendous stuff and incredibly poignant lyrics. Big thanks for posting about it.
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Castle on the Hill/Sunshine on Leith on 06:43 - May 22 with 882 views
I love all kinds of music though largely lean towards the Indie stuff - but am not too much of a music snob to recognise a cracking tune when I hear one which I think ‘Castle on the Hill’ is. It’s a song about memories which I’m sure as fans we can relate to, looking back on good days past and whilst not about Ipswich it’s by a massive Ipswich fan about Suffolk! What do people want? Someone born outside the corn exchange to write a song about the marina? ‘We’re on our way We still remember When Warky could play And Bobby had all the answers And I miss the way you make me feel Cos it’s real We watched the Ipswich and we all support them still!!
Needs work but someone cleverer than I could make a great anthem out of it that is actually ours!
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Castle on the Hill/Sunshine on Leith on 07:16 - May 22 with 869 views
I hope not, all this stuff is a bit too cheesy for smaller clubs in my opinion, if it’s an identity thing then we should have demanded “moneys too tight to mention” when ME was in charge.
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Castle on the Hill/Sunshine on Leith on 08:30 - May 22 with 837 views
My Scottish team is Hibs because of connections to Sunshine on Leith that I've found out about in the last 10-20 years. Both of my dad's parents were born in Leith, and my mother went to the same school in Fife as the Proclaimers, although about 30 years earlier.
I've loved Sunshine on Leith since I first heard it about 30 years ago because it is such a stirring and emotional song. And whilst I am no fan of Ed Sheeran, I love Castle on the Hill which is equally emotional because it brings back memories of growing up in Ipswich/Suffolk during the Bobby Robson years and of the warm feelings I get whenever I venture back these days.
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Castle on the Hill/Sunshine on Leith on 09:12 - May 22 with 798 views
Castle on the Hill/Sunshine on Leith on 06:43 - May 22 by slaughteredskipper
I love all kinds of music though largely lean towards the Indie stuff - but am not too much of a music snob to recognise a cracking tune when I hear one which I think ‘Castle on the Hill’ is. It’s a song about memories which I’m sure as fans we can relate to, looking back on good days past and whilst not about Ipswich it’s by a massive Ipswich fan about Suffolk! What do people want? Someone born outside the corn exchange to write a song about the marina? ‘We’re on our way We still remember When Warky could play And Bobby had all the answers And I miss the way you make me feel Cos it’s real We watched the Ipswich and we all support them still!!
Needs work but someone cleverer than I could make a great anthem out of it that is actually ours!
That sounds pretty good to me. It would be unique to us and I can see the Lower North belting that out.
It's a shame that some put Eds music down so much. I have been lucky enough to have seen many bands of all genres live and his concerts are definitely some of the best I've been to for crowd participation and uplift.
Castle on the Hill/Sunshine on Leith on 09:44 - May 22 by Heathlander
That is quite emotional.
There’s no reason we couldn’t adopt Castle on the Hill as our anthem.
No need to change the words. It’s a homage to Suffolk.
Imagine 40 thousand banging that out at Wembley.
Ed joining in from the Royal box as our new Captain goes to lift the Johnstone paint Trophy.
Fantastic.
Heathy.
We could change the words, it's a fairly simple tune (the chorus anyway) but like you I don't see why we would need to. However, if the music snobs won't sing the original then mjaybe Blue Action could work their magic.
We're on our way Walking in thousands down Sir Alf Ramsey Way Towards statue of Sir Bobby And we miss the way it made Us feel It was real The sun on the trophies And us singing loud on the Cornhill
Castle on the Hill/Sunshine on Leith on 10:31 - May 22 by Bobbychase
We could change the words, it's a fairly simple tune (the chorus anyway) but like you I don't see why we would need to. However, if the music snobs won't sing the original then mjaybe Blue Action could work their magic.
We're on our way Walking in thousands down Sir Alf Ramsey Way Towards statue of Sir Bobby And we miss the way it made Us feel It was real The sun on the trophies And us singing loud on the Cornhill
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I'm on my way to Port-man Road and then Sir Alf Ramsey Way salute Bobby Robson Cause I miss the way they made, me feel it's real As we watch the Town rise Over the fortress on the hill.
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Castle on the Hill/Sunshine on Leith on 11:29 - May 22 with 663 views
Castle on the Hill/Sunshine on Leith on 19:23 - May 21 by You_Bloo_Right
Strange rumours from Nixon's writing We're no longer on our own This summer we've players coming Signed straight from Ohio
Gotta get down to it Players had taken us down Should have been done long ago What if you knew him And found him up at the ground? 100 points don't you know?
Kn ew it would work! I wonder if Edward's songs will stand the test of time as well as Neil Young's?
Castle on the Hill/Sunshine on Leith on 14:09 - May 21 by J2BLUE
It would make zero sense. What does a song about Framlingham have to do with Ipswich? We aren't Suffolk FC.
Come on, it's Suffolk's one and only professional football club and the fanbase is Suffolk wide and , of course, further afield (like me) but most fans are Suffolk based. Having said that, I acknowledge the fantastic support ITFC gets from Essex. I think the idea of adapting an Ed song or of him writing one for us is great. Age has nothing to do with it. We want our own great song.
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