The yellow submariners are a group of Bristol city supporting heroes that, against all odds, brought some real atmosphere back to the Gate and to away games and to this day are still around, some under the label of forza eastend to which the subbers were a main part of the Open the Eastend campaign joining forces with Cider head in 2004 creating the subcider forums to which evolved in to ziderheads today which has given the more vocal fans a voice around the internet.

The yellow submariners are from various parts of the west country but most come from weston super mare to which ''bill'' runs the away from home coaches and this is how they got the name The yellow submarine crew'' we are just a bunch of mates who follow City. We do so in a noisy but fun fashion. We used to hire an old school bus which was bright yellow. We like a drink, not your normal C.A.T.S trippers, said malaggro . So, The original “Sub” (fans coach), modelled on a 1940s yellow, American, school bus with no room to strecth your legs, no heating, radio or toilet, and it didn't really have any steering

Halcyon days indeed:

As I looked back along the bus to see the back end fish tailing in and out of the slow lane. Even more horrific when I turned around and observed our driver spinning the steering wheel on what was effectively a straight bit of motorway and get no reaction from the front wheels. A roller coaster without the dips! To his credit, the sub was actually named when we returned from the Compass Inn,by “John from Weston” at the bath turn off, on the M4 around 10.30pm in the evening, to be confronted by ice – ON THE INSIDE! “This isn’t a bus, it’s more like an Antarctic Submarine” came a comment to which “John” started singing “We’re all Pissed on a yellow submarine”

Needless to say it caught on and hence forth a legend was born and we have been know as the Yellow Submarine Crew, Our 2nd trip under the new name was to sheffield wednesday away! if the school bus was an eye opener then the blue bus was a 6 hour trip to remember, yep 6hrs to get to sheffield on an old blue bus.

As so eloquently penned by Malagro, the enhancement of this reputation is self perpetuating in the manifestation of all things mad.

The next excursion will see the introduction of recie parties from the sub in the appropriate gear, consisting of goggles and snorkels and Hawaiian shirts, balaclavas and must wear yellow marigolds on one hand and don't forget your santa masks.

Retro football chants are a must on a subbers day out and more cider drank than a wurzel could ever dream of.

Songs from the 90's odd football chants (and growing) will be the recommended fayre of the day, and to this will be added the sounds of seventies punk, just to get us in the sober mood of supporting our beloved club.

Firstly, its difficult to come up with something original every week (but the subbers were in the heart of it when these moments happened). It's even more difficult to come up with something original and catchy. Then's there's bizarre and bespoke! Christ, not many times has that happened,

But I'll remind you of a few....

Oldham away - 3-1 down and Greyer starts banging the seats and singing la la la la to himself I predict a riot. Caught on a treat! And the whole ground including the rest of the city fans who travelled marvelled at the subbers repeating this for the next 20 mins.

Reading - 4-1 down .....lets pretend we scored a goal. Absolutely nothing like it and the Reading fans couldn't cope with us out singing them for the rest of the game.

Wrexham away - Feed the welsh, let them know its Christmas time turning in to let the bastards feed themselves! The santa masks - on a BH in August for god sake!!!

Slash his face with a razor- I still cringe to this day Mal. Beef or lamb?? You're never going to get a more bizarre chant than that - it came from the roar of "charge" going up when we were on the attack and I asked if it was a cavary charge to which Mal replied Calvary charge??? - hence beef or lamb!

The tune Stevie Brooker on the way back from somewhere north was created because I likened Broker to Booke...and then Booker T and the MG's Green Onions http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar-Z_l907DY

All of these are unique but because they are such can't be recycled every game - that defeats the object

And the oject is not to be forced if its spontaneous.

Also the recycle of tunes was a hit, think of "we love you Johnson tune which we sang to Tinnion while

we sat in the williams and the ''johnson said bounce around the ground'' was a remake we did to

the yellow sub song that gave us our name. The Jill Dando song? now what the hell has that got to do with football which makes it more bizzarre - maybe it was because the core of the subbers came from weston as Jill did? but was she ever a city fan? bizzarre but fun and that is what i sum up the yellow submarine crew ''bizzarre but fun''..

We all have lots of memories of special events and people along our lives and close friends and family are the most important of those but the recollection of memories I have of you lot is something else, The yellow subbers. The pub in Rotherham, getting kicked out of the ground in Bradford, Hull away and the doors caving in, the original sub trips, TOTH in Chesterfield, Santas in the Williams, Beef or lamb???? Slash his face with a razor!!!! Feed the Welsh, Me and Midland in Bournemouth's end, City Gent, a 6ft nun in Southend, Sullen panda, the music on the sub, Stevie Stevie Brooker to the tune of Green Onions, Bloody great fishes are Wales, Blackpool away and the Manchester pub, Hartlepool in the play offs, Promotion and the party at the 3 lions after.. Hats off to the yellow subbers who along with the BCFC fans who follow England (three lions) who like their flags have put the fun inspiration to what Forza Eastend is today in 2009 to which the johnson said bounce around the ground was born from their tune.