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moribee

moribee

moribee
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Been non stop on family tree and found that Len Townsend is a relative. Also have got a load of early Woolwich Arsenal fans.
 

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my uncle wrote "nice one Cyril, nice one son" was a spurs fan obviously... he also wrote many other football songs including "Here We Go" for Everton and "Nice One Gazza" and a few other football songs.. he's passed now but his son wrote "We’re on the Ball" it became the official World Cup song in 2002 sung by Ant and Dec...
 

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bees66 said:
my uncle wrote "nice one Cyril, nice one son" was a spurs fan obviously... he also wrote many other football songs including "Here We Go" for Everton and "Nice One Gazza" and a few other football songs.. he's passed now but his son wrote "We’re on the Ball" it became the official World Cup song in 2002 sung by Ant and Dec...
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You must have musical gifts in the family
 

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bees66 said:
my uncle wrote "nice one Cyril, nice one son" was a spurs fan obviously... he also wrote many other football songs including "Here We Go" for Everton and "Nice One Gazza" and a few other football songs.. he's passed now but his son wrote "We’re on the Ball" it became the official World Cup song in 2002 sung by Ant and Dec...
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Here we go? I thought Bob Dylan wrote that.
 

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My mums cousins are the 'Francis' family...... George, Roy and Gerry.....
 

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My father's claim to fame is being the Northumberland Fusiliers' champion mop fighter! This seems to be a sport of some type involving two grown men sitting on a horizontal pole over water with mops in hand; the objective being to push your opponent off and be the last one on the pole!
 

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nick logan said:
Is it true Gerry is a Bees fan ?
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I remember reading in Shoot or Goal when he was England captain and played for that club down the road that he would like to manage Brentford one day
 

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Aged Uncle played inside left for Cruzeiro in Brazil in the 1950s [ my family are from Naples- he emigrated to Brazil]. Also a Cousin who played full back for Udinese
[ sadly he died a few years back].
 

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moribee is your Father young townsendwalker
 
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