https://k8s-accounts-01.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/files/original/14417d7cf1b7893cb068e24d5a6baaaa.pdf 67ae497a4591483427eed7d5138e5aa3 PDF Text Text UP Standing storybook_Layout 1 04/12/2013 11:07 Page 6 A Different Song Jim Rainey When the Troubles began, a Northern Ireland football match was seen as an opportunity for fans to show their Britishness, and that they wouldn’t be defeated by this new regime and the new Troubles that were coming along. As a result it was mainly British emblems that were in the kop (spectator stand). The colour of the kop was red, white and blue even though the team on the pitch was playing in green and white. So in the 70s and 80s the football song we sang at Northern Ireland matches was “Hello, Hello, we are the Billy Boys,” and there was a line in it which read “we’re up to our neck in Fenian blood.” You didn’t really think about it at the time; you were just singing it; that’s what you sang at football matches even though the guy beside you was a Catholic. I began to think about it - what about the guys on the pitch, the players there, half of them are representing Northern Ireland and half of them are Catholics and how do they feel when we’re singing songs like that? I said to myself- that can’t be right let’s try and change it. We had been building up the “Football for All” project and it was going really well. We were trying to encourage other groups to come in, people who wouldn’t traditionally support Northern Ireland, just to show them that the atmosphere was changing. Everything was going quite well until the night that Neil Lennon, who had previously signed for Celtic, was booed each time he caught the ball. There is nothing much that you can do when a crowd of 50 start chanting - it’s not a case of where you can challenge people and say don’t be doing that, or knock that on the head. 6 �UP Standing storybook_Layout 1 04/12/2013 11:07 Page 7 I felt let down by the Northern Ireland fans. I had been trying to encourage others to come along and support football; putting out this message that things were changing ; that the craic’s great; that you’ll have a good time going to watch N.Ireland; the atmosphere will be great. By this time the Northern Ireland supporter clubs had started to amalgamate and we had enough people by then to decide -right we’ll do something about this. We reckoned that football fans tend to just sing what others start so we made an agreement with the IFA, to get 800 people into the kop stand and I would bring the megaphone and we would start chants. I went down into Belfast and bought a megaphone and during games started to chant “Green and White Army,” along with the two drums, the base drums… BOOM BOOM, GREEN AND WHITE ARMY, BOOM BOOM… and it gradually spread throughout the ground. Had it not worked or had people told me that this was ridiculous, we’d have stopped it. So these type of songs and chants have now become the norm and as a result there are no sectarian chants at matches. I don’t even have to try and drown out sectarian songs because they don’t happen as everybody has bought into these new chants and new songs. Some people would suggest that I was a bit of a hero but I’m saying that it’s not me- it’s the Northern Ireland fans who have done this. One person couldn’t do that; you need all the Northern Ireland fans backing it. If there was only one person it wouldn’t happen. 7 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Up Standing - Stories of courage from Northern Ireland (collection) Description An account of the resource A collection of 16 personal stories, published in book format and DVD, related to the Northern Ireland conflict. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Corrymeela Community in partnership with Facing History and Ourselves. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Corrymeela Community Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1 May 2013 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Document Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Northern Ireland | 1968-2013 Relation A related resource Pettis, Sean. (ed.) (2013). Up Standing: Stories of Courage from Northern Ireland. 36. Belfast: The Corrymeela Press. URL Non DC - URL of Organisation / Project http://www.storiesofcourage.net/ Subject The topic of the resource "‘UP Standing - Stories of courage from Northern Ireland’ features diverse accounts from people who stood up to violence, discrimination or prejudice in Northern Ireland. It provides a window into often untold stories of courage that individuals have shown in the context of a divided and often violent society." (Up Standing; 2013; back cover) Availability Online Non DC - Availabilty Status (deposited, delayed, external, cain) deposited Organisation ID Non DC - ID for the Organisation that relates to this entry 25 Stories Collected Non DC - Number of stories recorded as part of the project. 16 Stories Deposited Non DC - Number of stories deposited with Accounts of the Conflict. 9 Collection Permission Form Non DC - Collection permission form signed and returned. Yes (signed 13 November 2014) Delayed Access Non DC - Yes/No on request for delayed access. No Publication A book, article, monograph etc. Author Author of the publication Rainey, Jim. Date Type Publication, Submission, Completion date etc. 2013; Publication Publication Title Full title of publication, as it appears on item. 'A Different Song', chapter, in, Pettis, Sean. (ed.) (2013). Up Standing: Stories of Courage from Northern Ireland. Belfast: The Corrymeela Press. Also available at: <a href="http://www.storiesofcourage.net/" target="_blank">http://www.storiesofcourage.net/</a> Publisher Location Place of publication: city / town Belfast Publisher The Corrymeela Press Publication Type Report, Book, Manual etc. Chapter in book Publication Status Published, in Press, Unpublished, etc. Published Number of Pages 2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Different Song, by Jim Rainey (story text) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Corrymeela Community in partnership with Facing History and Ourselves. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Corrymeela Press Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2013 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF version of book chapter Language A language of the resource English Description An account of the resource One of 16 personal accounts that were published in the book: 'Up Standing: Stories of courage from Northern Ireland'. (2013). Catalogue ID Non DC - ID for the Catalogue entry that relates to this entry 2012 Availability Online Non DC - Availabilty Status (deposited, delayed, external, cain) deposited Corrymeela Community Up Standing