The Doctor":39sgh6eu said:
I still think that the crowd should sing 'He who would valiant be' ahead of games in the same way that Liverpool fans sing 'YNWA'....
The first verse of HWWVB is a perfect fit for Argyle, the words are pretty easy to remember and it's a tune that many people already know well and, importantly, it's a song that is designed to be sung by a mass of people together (so it is easy to do so). A lot of people who don't normally sing would, I think, join in. I know that some people don't like the idea because it is a hymn and so there is a religious connotation but I really don't think that makes a jot of difference.
Are you implying that we are a forgetful lot?
Surely if you are going for a hymn you can't go past "To be a pilgrim" byJohn Bunyan.
Perhaps best done in Cyril Tawney style (youngsters - google him)
Verse 1 seems pretty relevant to me
Who would true valour see,
Let him come hither;
One here will constant be,
Come wind, come weather.
There's no discouragement
Shall make him once relent
His first avowed intent,
To be a pilgrim.
A few words might need changing.
For example in verse 3 "Hobgoblin nor foul fiend, can daunt his spirit" might need substitutions for Hobgoblins and foul fiends, but a few candidates come quickly to mind.