Bye bye bye Delilah, my song's better
SINGER-SONG-WRITER Glyn Evans is re-releasing a football
song which he claims is better than Stoke City anthem
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Glyn Evans thinks his Stoke City anthem is great
Delilah.
Glyn, of Clover Road, Wolstanton, wrote the song Britannia
Stadium – The Place I Long To Be in 1997 to mark the Potters'
move from the Victoria Ground to their current home.
The 55-year-old performer says the song was a big hit when
it was first released, with some supporters preferring it to
Tom Jones's Delilah.
Now Glyn is releasing the song again as a charity
record.
Glyn said: "When the song was first released, the feedback
was incredible.
"People would stop me and ask me to sing it or I would hear
people humming the song. It was a very catchy tune.
"I think the song has a lot more to do with the club and the
city than Delilah does."
Glyn is working his way around pubs and clubs in
Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle and is giving away copies of the
song to landlords.
The idea is that if punters like the song, they will be able
to buy their own copy for £2, with £1 going to the pub or
club's favourite charity.
A lifelong Stoke City supporter, Glyn has also penned the
Phil Taylor Blues for North Staffordshire's world-renowned
darts player, which received airplay on Sky television.
And Glyn believes the re-release of his song could spur the
Potters on to a mid-table finish in their first season in the
Premier League.
He said: "I think Stoke will surprise a few people.
"I've got £5 on Stoke to win the league at 5,000/1.
"It might sound crazy but I play the Lottery every week and
that has even longer odds.
"If the fans like the song that will be great, but the main
aim is to raise funds for charities."
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by jamie, packmoor
Tuesday, October 21 2008, 11:27PM
“No song could ever replace delilah, even if it is better, i cant imagine a match with out it, it would be like tryin to drive your car with out fuel, it just wouldnt work... oh year n all these vale scum bags tryin to take the p*ss out of stoke are just jealous cause we went up n they went down n we beat villa n spurs n they could even beat mac town hahahahahahaha... COMMMMON YOU RIP ROARIN POTTERS!!!!!!!”
by john watson, meir
Friday, October 03 2008, 10:03AM
“wots goin on with the tanoy system at stowk am i the ownly one who cant understand a word thats being sed or wot arv peed gud muney to wotch stowk it wood bey narce to ere the teems bayin red ite seriously the club paid a fortune for a new system at close season i would have the fitters back to put it right we are becoming the laughing stock also surely it is a health and safety issue also
keep up the good work lads
we are staying up
watto”
by NEILingdown, newcastle
Friday, August 29 2008, 6:53AM
“I was talking to Taffy last week, he said you were going to sort the link out. Still no joy, what's the problem?. PS or have I gone deaf!!!.”
by bilko, Longton
Tuesday, August 26 2008, 11:51AM
“Anything is better than that dreadful row bawled out ,with obscenities,by a tone deaf mob”
by Richie, under the bed!
Thursday, August 21 2008, 10:41AM
“the link doesnt work anymore!”
by Michelle, stoke on trent
Wednesday, August 20 2008, 10:19AM
“Well the song can not be that good? i have tried several times to listen to it and i just keep getting transferd back to the same page over and over, they must have taken it off the site so i cant be botherd with it any more. Ill just carry on singing delilah.”
by Warren, Stoke on Trent
Friday, August 15 2008, 10:53AM
“NEILingdown, your right , he is a s*** fan, he's chreeing on the Vale, shame on him.”
by rog, Longton
Friday, August 15 2008, 10:00AM
“UG UG, me caveman, me from Stoke, UG, me not want to sing this song at match, UG UG, me still sing Delilah and use bad words at ref, UG UG, me take old brown teapot my nana kept life saveings in to Bolton, UG, If ref no good I will smash it on refs head UG, me go now, little green van at cave enterance.”
by Potters and Red Devels Fan, Very Confused on Boxing Day
Friday, August 15 2008, 9:49AM
“I've just clicked to hear the song, about 2 million pages of old sh** came up on my computer. If them are the words, I'll stick to Delilah, thank you very mutch.”
by NEILingdown, newcastle
Friday, August 15 2008, 8:08AM
“Jim Tenerife. Is that Jimmy the dog?,if so Ithought you were a -hit fan”