We Are Killie Chant. Clap Killie Chant. Manuel Pascali Chant. Which is somewhat breathtaking in its arrogance, given that the people who tried and managed to destroy Rangers football club were those who ran it, those who stuck two fingers up at the normal rules applying to everyone else and decided to embark on a cunning wheeze to avoid tax liabilities thereby giving Rangers an unfair fiscal advantage over clubs like Dundee United.
The aim is to starve the Arabs of a cash boost from a full house, ignoring the fact that Rangers also stands to lose out on its share of gate money. Arithmetic is clearly not a strong point at Rangers. Punishing fans and other clubs might give a visceral short term thrill but does the whole game no good at all.
There will be a tat for this tit somewhere down the line. But then showing solidarity with the wee diddy clubs was never a priority for either half of the Old Firm. Thank goodness then, for the likes of Killie, my own club. Today, in a way only Killie could, it made a rare foray onto the sport section of Reporting Scotland.
Not for its footballing exploits but for its fans. Today the Killie fans had a date with Marie Osmond and the warmth of her reception surprised her. But not me. Paper Roses has been the unofficial anthem of the club — or at least, its supporters — since the 70s.
The reporter suggested no one knows why. Paper Roses was adopted by a group of supporters travelling on a bus to an away game at a time when violence and bad behaviour was beginning to dog Scottish football. Can anybody shed any light on why it was adopted? I know many popular songs and hymns have been adopted and adapted by football teams, but I was wondering if there was any story related to this.
Cheers, Iain. Re: Kilmarnock and Paper Roses Post by Snuff » Mon Dec 13, am Local legend has it that the fans started singing Paper Roses as a taunt towards the then club board - who were if you like: "fiddling while Rugby Park burned", making all sorts of unrealistic promises of better days ahead, while letting the club stagnate. The guys on the terraces recognised the board's promises as: "only imitation, like your imitation love for me Kilmarnock FC.
That's the authorised version anyway - maybe 'Scottish' has a different take. I have long felt the tipping point in the departure of the Lauchlan brothers and the then discredited board came during the slide into Division Two; cannot remember the game, it may have been Dumbarton or Montrose or another of the Angus "minnows" in a rare season in the First Division toying with Killie at Rugby Park.
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Feature - Marie Osmond sings 'Paper Roses'.
It reached number two in the UK charts in
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