read'n'yell Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 So caley have now been in the SPL for a few years and are an established team. But it gets on my nerves when people refer to them as "the jags". Their nickname is Caley. Today I heard a caley fan talk about their "new" song. Here it is.. "If you want to go to heaven when you die, you must wear your caley shirt, your caley tie" Is this a step too far? Not sure the origins of this song but to me their completely trying to take over our identity. Next thing they'll be wearing red and yellow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H Wragg Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 So caley have now been in the SPL for a few years and are an established team. But it gets on my nerves when people refer to them as "the jags". Their nickname is Caley. Today I heard a caley fan talk about their "new" song. Here it is.. "If you want to go to heaven when you die, you must wear your caley shirt, your caley tie" Is this a step too far? Not sure the origins of this song but to me their completely trying to take over our identity. Next thing they'll be wearing red and yellow. Not sure if any other clubs use that song but I'm fairly certain that there is no concentrated effort to undermine us in any way whatsoever. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicofan Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 Fake of a team...the real jags will be up there putting them to the sword soon enough 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jags on tour Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 next they will be wearing blurple....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Gekantawa Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 There are a number of "Thistles" in Scotland, most if not all of which use the nickname "the Jags". We are but one of these. This has always been so- I don't really see the problem. In Inverness's case, for fans of a certain age anyway, I would imagine that about half their fans prefer Caley and the other half prefer the Jags depending on which founder team they supported. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpool Jags Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 "Singing Ah'm no a Caley Ah'm a Jag", "singing Ah'm no a Jag Ah'm a Caley" ("Whit? feck off, we're called the Jags noo", "naw, you feck off we're the Caley, that's whit we agreed when we formed this club, remember", "look we're the Caley THISTLE, right!", "och come here ya bam". Cracking of jaw heard throughout the royal city of Inverness) Song doesn't get finished. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 I don't suppose a fair section of their fanbase like being called Thistle or Jags. For that matter it'll be likewise for those who came from an Inverness Thistle background when they get called "Caley". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peagreenboy Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 I really don't think there's any football song we can claim ownership on, is there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettingjaggy Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 This is one I actually understand, given that I got into football partly thanks to a "Caley Jag". I think it's because ICT were formed from the merger between Caledonian and Inverness Thistle. Inverness Thistle always called themselves the Jags, Caledonian were Caley. The natural nickname for the merged team was the Caley Jags. However, my mate who was a Caledonian fan calls ICT "Caley", never anything else. My other mate who was an Inverness Thistle fan calls ICT "The Jags", never anything else. I think they both have a bit of healthy rivalry over what they nickname it thanks to the "background" they came from before the merger. And yes, they both wind me up and try to get me to support the "real" Thistle instead of what they call the "kiddy-on Jags". I like to humour them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKennan Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 I think the convention is to refer to the Inverness team as Caley and our team as 'the Jags'. I know it annoys fans when Inverness is referred to as 'Jags' but really, there are larger matters around to deal with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 I always favoured the old Inverness Thistle, red and black striped strips, as a mate followed them. I remember going up to see us play an Inverness select at Telford street(?) and we were made very welcome at the Caley club afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernsoul Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 Clyde sing that song in a, you'll never have guessed anti-Thistle way. "you must wear a Shawfield bonnet with **** the Thistle on it if you want to go to heaven when you die" Bunch of losers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter of '63 Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 I'm certain the version Thistle fans sang back in the early 70's rhymed "Thistle Bonnet" with "F*** the Rangers on it". Fortunately in more enlightened times this evolved in to "F*** the Old Firm on it". Equal opportunities for bigots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
read'n'yell Posted December 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 "If you want to go to heaven when you die; you must keep the Red Flag flying high; Get yourself a red bonnet; and put 'F*** the Scousers' on it; If you want to go to heaven when you die" A quick google search has found one other team that sings this is Man Utd. Does anyone know how long this song has been about or it's origins? Our lyrics seem to flow better but I guess that can be put down to years of hearing it our way. Always find songs an interesting topic in football, especially when not discussing any bigotry or racial. P.S the jags thing is always going to be a minor irk to me but I accept it can be any thistles nickname. Would just of thought that their supporters, regardless of background, would want an individual nickname not already taken by a senior club. But I intended to make a point about the song, not the nickname. (Yet once again I find myself mentioning the nickname!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potty trained Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 St murn's bonnet has fck the Morton on it, apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicofan Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 I really don't think there's any football song we can claim ownership on, is there? Mary fae Maryhill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 Rave on Bobby Law···· Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Endell Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 A club to be filed alongside Livingston. I thought most Thistle fans refused to have anything to do with the merger and that the majority of the support consists of ex-Caley fans. I must admit it annoys me as well - it would have been different if Thistle had been admitted to the SFL in the '70s - which they should've been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bunny Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 Rave on Bobby Law···· Rave on Steve Lawless?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClydebankJag Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 Clyde sing that song in a, you'll never have guessed anti-Thistle way. "you must wear a Shawfield bonnet with **** the Thistle on it if you want to go to heaven when you die" Bunch of losers. You mean in the same way we sing a song about Kilmarnock when we are very rarely in the same league? Does that make us losers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potty trained Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 You mean in the same way we sing a song about Kilmarnock when we are very rarely in the same league? Does that make us losers? Suppose it does, yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpool Jags Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 I'm certain the version Thistle fans sang back in the early 70's rhymed "Thistle Bonnet" with "F*** the Rangers on it". Fortunately in more enlightened times this evolved in to "F*** the Old Firm on it". Equal opportunities for bigots You're spot on with this Wo63. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock Jag Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 Clyde sing that song in a, you'll never have guessed anti-Thistle way. "you must wear a Shawfield bonnet with **** the Thistle on it if you want to go to heaven when you die" Bunch of losers. That should really be "Cumbernauld bonnet". What a silly bunch those three are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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