The Barmy Army

[Langeveldt]

Love them or Loathe them??

At least Aussies now know what a "chav" is...

 

[steds]

Love 'em.

 

[Langeveldt]

I love the way cricket has attracted "The masses" - But can't stand their noise, why do they have to chant like they're watching football?

 

[PhoenixFire]

At least Aussies now know what a "chav" is...

There not really chavs, they can't afford to do stuff like this. They're just passionate.

 

[andmark]

You've got to love the great Barmy Army.

 

[steds]

I love the way cricket has attracted "The masses" - But can't stand their noise, why do they have to chant like they're watching football?

Love their noise. I wish they'd come up with some proper songs instead of sticking to boring, universal soccer chants, though.

 

[andmark]

Whats so bad about the Barmys songs.

 

[PhoenixFire]

On Sky today, there seemed to be one excessivley drunk bloke, shouting at the top of his voice (I couldn't understand what he was saying), did anyone else hear him?

 

[Langeveldt]

Sky had the FX mikes turned up waaay too high.. It was like being in a pub

 

[PhoenixFire]

Sky had the FX mikes turned up waaay too high.. It was like being in a pub

I was thinking that about the stump mikes. FX?

 

[BoyBrumby]

In the coverage I heard right at the end there was an obviously refreshed punter who kept yelling, "Freddie doesn't like you, Stephen." after Harmy wasn't given the new cherry.

 

[UncleTheOne]

Legends, England fans, cricket and football (the good ones) are the finest support going. Always come back for more, singing louder than ever, and they annoy the Aussies so what more do you want?

The Fanatics? Pfffttt. Amateurs.

 

[superkingdave]

It made me chuckle after lunch when Holding was commentating and they were talking about the fanatics but Mikey kept referring to them as the fantastics

 

[Matteh]

The fact they kept cheering even though England were getting pretty hammered is fairplay to them.

 

[Great Birtannia]

The Fanatics? Pfffttt. Amateurs.

They started out as tennis supporters, what do you expect. Singing at the cricket is just wrong. Cricket Australia commissioned Greg Champion to come up with songs to combat the barmy army, thankfully I haven't heard any of his work, there's no doubt they would be cringeworthy to begin with but after they have been been through the censors at CA, I shudder at the thought.

 

[Craig]

It made me chuckle after lunch when Holding was commentating and they were talking about the fanatics but Mikey kept referring to them as the fantastics

One too many rums?

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

The fact they kept cheering even though England were getting pretty hammered is fairplay to them.

Yeah. I don't mind them or the noise, though I usually associate the songs and so on more with ODI cricket than test cricket. It's funny watching older test cricket clips, even into the early 90s, because of how quiet the crowd is compared to these days. I was watching the 1989 Ashes the other day, and the crowd was just dead silent until a boundary was hit or a wicket fell, in which case there was polite clapping.

ODIs from the 80s are the opposite though.

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

Yeah. I don't mind them or the noise, though I usually associate the songs and so on more with ODI cricket than test cricket. It's funny watching older test cricket clips, even into the early 90s, because of how quiet the crowd is compared to these days. I was watching the 1989 Ashes the other day, and the crowd was just dead silent until a boundary was hit or a wicket fell, in which case there was polite clapping.

ODIs from the 80s are the opposite though.

Funny you should say that, I find it's completely the opposite in England. There is generally more going on in the field at a faster pace in ODIs, so there is less banter, songs, chants etc from the crowd.

 

[pasag]

Anyone listen on radio when they interviewed one of the Barmy Army and they dropped the F word. Awkward radio. Made me laugh stacks.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Funny you should say that, I find it's completely the opposite in England. There is generally more going on in the field at a faster pace in ODIs, so there is less banter, songs, chants etc from the crowd.

That may be the case now, but I don't think it used to be. If you watch older videos of cricket the crowd is always quieter and more dignified in test cricket, particularly in England, while ODI cricket is usually quite noisy. The exception to this is the West Indies, where the crowd always seems to have made a hell of a lot of noise.