Thursday, December 8, 2011

Cheer Slogans of Sem



When Messi and Christiano Ronaldo play against each other the whole aura is amazing and when Maradona entered the football field people stood up to watch. Likewise when we played at the flats the atmosphere was inexplicably surreal. I have played many matches at the flats- it was an honour to play for St. Joseph's College- however, the only thing that kept us going was the cheering and chants of Sem's supporters.

The ambience was something out of the world. The Semites/Semians who cheered for us were the heart and soul and an integral part of all the matches we played. In many of the close matches we played and those matches in which we came out from the jaws of defeat was the cheering and support that helped us emerge winners in the end.

Here are some of the slogans and chants I can remember that still sometimes ring through my ears and take me back to those days of everlasting bliss.

15 August 1996(Juveniles Finals)
-Come on Sem, Give it to them. SJC.
-China Peak and Tiffin Top. Sem, Sem at the top.
-Sem, Sem, Sem, Sem. Ra, Ra, Ra, Ra.
-Who are, who are, who are we? We are the champs of SJC.
-Tickle-Tackle, Tickle-Tackle. That's the way to fight the battle.
-Aloo Patty, Cream Role. Sem, Sem, score a goal.
-Ready, Ready, Ready, Yeah...
 Everybody ready, Yeah
 We want a G, Yeah!
 We want an O, Yeah!
 We want an A, Yeah!
 We want a L, Yeah!
 What does it spell? Goal...
 Louder! Goal. Still Louder! Goal. Scream! Goal. Yell! Goal.
-Too high to kick over. Yeah,Yeah!
 Too low to kick under. Yeah,Yeah!
 So kick in the middle. Yeah,Yeah!
 And score like Thunder. Yeah,Yeah!
-Sem has won the match, today!
 Oh! Deep in my heart, I do believe,
 Sem has won the match today.
-Kick them, Boot them, Make your way
 Sem, Sem all the way.
-Certa Bonum Certamen.

2 comments:

  1. yeah man!!these slogans still get me goosebumps..that air around that gravel ground was one of its own kind..scintillating atmosphere and those slogans they always pricked you to go ahead n win it not for u, not for ur frnds bt for that alma mater who resides in our heart then, now n forever..its always sem sem at the top!!!

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  2. and also the winning run along with the trophy, starting from the flats all the way to school. Still remember the excitement and the support the nainital people gave us, any day they could bet on our win during our time. Do you also remember the hooting done when we reached St Mary's gate. Man those were the best days of my life

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