Love it.
My wife used to swear by her Allegro, her first car, that her Mom had the temerity to sell to her. She should have paid my missus to take it off her hands!
Me, I just swore at it.
The Rangers affilliation is nonsense. So 1970s. Bore off.
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The day Rangers fans start selling a half and half badge with Walsall FC on it I will buy one.
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I also had an Allegro (UJ, so also registered originally in Salop) and it was a really nice, comfortable car to drive. But the reliabilityâŚoh, dear. 
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Again, whatâs that got to do with Walsall? Rangers couldnât give a F about us. Why do Walsall fans care? I have NEVER heard of a Rangers connection.
Comes across a bit beggy to me
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They old-timers used to sing that âNo Surrenderâ song, especially away from home. Weird.
To be fair to her Allegro, it never failed her. It had always been well-maintained, and as you say it was very comfortable.
I recollect spending many, seemingly endless, hours removing rust, priming it and painting it over.
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Willie Penman went from Rangers to Swindon before moving to Walsall I doubt whether thatâs a sufficiently strong connection to explain why Walsall fans should sing that nonsense.
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That old sectarian nonsense used to get on my tits in the 80s whenever i went to matches. I couldnt see the point then and dont really agree with such badges being flogged now. Each to their own i suppose.
I wonder if the club would agree to have their brand linked with this stuff?
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I donât agree with these badges either or singing the songs.but thatâs just my opinion.
I must admit when I first started coming to Walsall games in the early 90âs as a kid I really didnât understand why Walsall fans were singing about the pope.
Wasnât till I got older that I realised what it was all about. Glad you donât hear it at home any more
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âEveryone welcome at The Railway!â (Unless your Catholic).
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Standing at the bar. With a Celtic fan right now.
So. yes as you say. All welcome
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In the 80âs I met a few Walsall fans up in Glasgow. There was a Rangers supporters club in Walsall called âaye Loyalâ. I always said to my Rangers mates it should have been âarr Loyalâ.
Anyway. It is very 70âs and 80âs stuff. There was a virtual civil war in our country and English people in general are completely ignorant as to what was going on and why but I get why people of my age might still hark back. No excuse for the sectarian shit though.
I just get really annoyed at lads in their 20âs and 30âs and under who have no clue. In fact they have minus clue. Bigotry for bigotryâs sake. Same as people my age suggesting they know what my grandads fought for and against in WW2:
Ignorance and bigotry tend to be the happiest of bedfellows.
I find it rather sad that whilst Iâve seen loads of nationâs flags at Walsall games, Iâve never seen an Irish tricolour. You think of all the great Irish players who have played for us. From Kearns, Macken and Dennehy through Kelly, Kinsella to todayâs players like Mecentee.
I hope that our partnership with Drogheda means we can celebrate our heritage of players from the whole Island of Ireland.
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I think itâs both sad and concerning that this kind of sectarian rubbish is linked to the Saddlers. There is no place for this kind of divisive narrative. The Rangers link just seems to be a smokescreen and I donât think the sensible majority will be deceived. In all my years of supporting the club and the group of fans I associate with no one has ever declared they follow them.
Is this the same supporters group that produced a âNo Surrenderâ remembrance badge a while back I wonder?
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I agree. I was taken aback when I saw that badge.I have never understood this sort of stuff and some of the songs which were sung. Time to move on in my view and simply support the saddlers.
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My Mom had a Viva HA which was supposedly registered in Wolverhampton that ended in GUK
Wolverhampton had 3 different registrations
DA, JW, & UK.
I agree with the crown, the hand of ulster and the rangers logo it couldnât be more obvious that thus is a protestant, unionist badge. The only thing missing maybe is a mock orange sache.
The question is whether people buying this actually know anything about that or they just think that it looks good?
I doubt very much that dh has intended to harm / offend anyone.
Not sure about a dinosaur, one of the most genuine blokes I have ever met.
Have you taken over UTS now? Iâm fairly sure ISSA has permission to post items on UTS, but if you are now in charge it may not still apply.
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