Football chant
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A football chant or terrace chant, is a song or chant sung at association football matches. They can be historic, dating back to the formation of the club, adaptations of popular songs, or spontaneous reactions to events on the pitch. They are one of the last remaining sources of an oral folk song tradition in the United Kingdom.[1] Traditions vary from country to country and from team to team, but they are generally used either to encourage the home team or slight the opposition. Not only do fans sings songs to directly slight the opposition they are playing that day, many teams sing songs about their club rivals, even if they are not playing them.
In Malta
The official Valletta Football Club anthem, 'Forza Valletta City' is said to have been the first such anthem in Europe. Composed and written by two of Valletta's staunchest supporters Carm Xerri & William Arena.
On 6 July 1974, under the Anthony D'Amato record label 'Forza Valletta City' was released in our record shops as a 7-inch, 45 rpm vinyl record sung by the City Minstrels, comprising: Orchestra Xercarm and his friends; Trumpets - Paul Bonnici, Joseph Azzopardi and Carmel Busuttil; Saxophones - Vinny Vella, Turu Pace, Oscar Lucas, Freddie Mizzi and Saviour Magro; Rhythm - Spiro Zammit (piano), Dominic Vella (bass) and Sunny Vella (drums); Trombones - Clement Sciberras and Tony Zammit.
Music by Carm Xerri, Lyrics by William Arena
In Australia
The tune of Handel's Hallelujah Chorus is used primarily in Australia for "You're a wanker! You're a wanker!", aimed at controversial players by opposing fans. Sydney FC fans routinely sing an altered version of The Beatles' popular song Hey Jude, adding the word Sydney in during the chorus. Melbourne Victory fans often sing a version of the main riff of Seven Nation Army after scoring a goal.
The fans of A-League based side Wellington Phoenix, chant a slower and shortened version of Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire, in reference to the stadium in which they play, Westpac Stadium, which is nicknamed 'The Ring of Fire'. As the club is a New Zealand side competing against Australian teams, fans of the Phoenix often chant 'Same old Aussies, always cheating!' when an opposing player commits a foul. Also popular with the Phoenix fans is the chant "You're going home in a Qantas Aeroplane" since this is the preferred airline of all the Australian based teams in the A-League. Perth Glory fans sing to the chant of Chelsea Dagger by The Fratellis, when the Glory score a goal. Melbourne Heart fans sing an altered version of Snoop Doggs "Drop it like it's hot".
Also in Australia when a referee makes a call the fans of the penalised team will generally start the slowly chant "Bullshit! Bullshit!" at the referee decision.
In Italy
A common Italian chant is the hymm to "Seven Nation Army" by The White Stripes first used by FC Bruges fans from Belgium and later used by Italian AS Roma fans. Oh Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh... Oh. (and repeated several times.) In Italian football, it is also common to sing the home team (or supporting team's) name followed by a closing words or sounds. For example, Juventus fans would chant: JUVE JUVE HAAAA while Inter fans sing the chorus to "Pazza Inter" by singing AMALA, PAZZA INTER, AMALA. This chant is also used by Melbourne Victory fans in Australia, the chant is used after a goal is scored.
In the United Kingdom
British football has a wide range of chants; some are specific to certain clubs, whilst others are used by almost all fans. The tunes, and sometimes the words, are often based on well-known songs.
Chants based on hymns and folk songs
Several football chants are based on hymns, with "Cwm Rhondda" (also known as "Guide me, O thou great redeemer") being one of the most popular tunes to copy. Amongst others, it has spawned the songs "Can we play you every week?", sung at opposition teams, usually a team currently performing poorly or You're not singing anymore!. Other variants include "Does your boyfriend know you're here?" sung to Brighton fans when they are away by the home team, and is in reference to the large gay/lesbian community in that town. The chorus also provides the rousing climax to the question, often asked of prospective opponents in cup tournaments while guaranteeing the fixture.Template:Vauge
There have been various adaptations of "When The Saints Go Marching In". Sung originally and mostly by Southampton FC fans due to their nickname being the 'Saints'. They are one of the few teams that don't change the lyrics.
The tune to the Shaker song "Simple Gifts" has spawned many terrace chants including "Carefree", a chant associated with Chelsea and "Drink, Drink" sung by fans of Newcastle United F.C.. It was also used the tune for a Tottenham song racially abusing Sol Campbell after his move to Arsenal in 2001[2] and for a popular chant sung by Manchester United fans in honour of Park Ji-Sung, which was described by journalist Barry Glendenning as "the greatest football chant of all time as it manages to be simultaneously endearing and offensive on a number of levels".[3]
The spiritual "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" is also popular, such as "He's got a pineapple on his head" aimed at Jason Lee due to his distinctive hairstyle.
The "Glory Glory" chorus of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" has been used by various teams (e.g. "Tottenham Hotspur", Glory Glory Leeds United", "Glory Glory Man United"). Hibernian were the first team to popularise the song with the release of a record by Hector Nicol in the 1950s (Glory Glory to the Hibees). {{citation}}
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"My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean" has been re-worked by several clubs to slight the club's closets rivals, for example: "If I had the wings of an Eagle, if I had the arse of a crow, I'd fly over (close rival of the club's fans) and shit on the bastards below..." whilst the children's song "Ten Green Bottles" became "Ten German Bombers", to the tune of "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain)," both songs used by English fans to their main rivals, Germany.
Chants based on advertising jingles, nursery rhymes & theme tunes
Football crowds also adapt tunes such as advertising jingles, nursery rhymes and theme tunes. "The Farmer in the Dell" known in some regions as 'The Farmer Wants A Wife', provides the famous chant of "Ee Aye Addio", a tune which also provides the first bars of the 1946 be-bop jazz classic "Now's The Time", by alto saxophonist Charlie Parker. The marching tune "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" is also used a basis for songs, such as "His Armband Said He Was a Red", sung by Liverpool fans in honour of Fernando Torres while he was still at the club.[4]
In 1984 a section of Hibernian hooligan fans, the Capital City Service, in response to an increasing amount of undercover police attention given to them adapted a jingle from a TSB advert that had appeared in the same year . The main tagline of the banks campaign at the time was the lyrics TSB, The bank that likes to say, YES![5] which was resung as CID, the wanks that like to say, YOU'RE NICKED!. A few years later the same group of fans latched onto a Wimpy ad that used the Drifters song 'Come on over to my place'.[6]
The theme tune to Heartbeat, a police drama series set in the 1960s, has been adapted by Wigan and Liverpool fans to describe current wingers Victor Moses and Maxi Rodriguez.
There have been instances when the lyrics of terrace chants have replaced in the public consciousness the original lyrics of the song. Notably, the phrase "Nice One Cyril", a tribute to Spurs hero Cyril Knowles, was adopted for a commercial for white bread. The chant itself seems to have been based on the tune of the playground rhyme "I've Got Sixpence (jolly jolly sixpence)".
Chants based on pop songs
Several football chants are based on pop songs. "Go West" by the Village People is one of the most popular. Its tune has been used notably for "One-nil to the Arsenal", "Stand Up", "No Noise From the Pasta Boys" and "Go West Bromwich Albion". "Hi Ho Silver Lining" has been adapted by several clubs, firstly by Sheffield Wednesday and then later on Aston Villa and Wolverhampton Wanderers.
To honour specific individuals, the tune to "Winter Wonderland" and the chorus of "Oops Upside Your Head" are popular. For example, the former was sung by Newcastle United Kevin Keegan, the latter altered for Eric Cantona, Paul McGrath and Georgios Samaras.
The tune from "Tom Hark" by The Piranhas, which is played at many stadiums following a goal by the home team, is used for "Premier League, You're Havin' A Laugh". The tune for the Band Aid song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" forms the basis for the "Feed the Scousers" chant often sung against the supporters of Merseyside clubs (predominantly Liverpool F.C.) during the Christmas period. Numerous chants are based upon "Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag" by Pigbag, notably by Middlesbrough and Queens Park Rangers but also by many other clubs, often by incorporating the name of a player into the tune of the song.
"Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash is used in several chants, having started by Shamrock Rovers ,whilst "This Is How It Feels" by Inspiral Carpets has been used by fans of Oldham Athletic and Manchester United, the latter being a dig at their rivals from across the city Manchester City.
Another song, originating when Bobby Zamora was at Brighton adapted the song "That's Amore" by Dean Martin.[7] Zamora's current club, Fulham sing his name in a variation of "Seven Nation Army" by The White Stripes.
"Three Lions", the official England anthem for Euro '96, is the inspiration for "We're Going Up", sung by supporters who believe their team are going to be promoted and has been adapted in the 08/09 season to be directed at Rafael Benítez as "He's Cracking Up" after his famous outburst against Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson. Leeds United fans used an adaption of KC and the Sunshine Band's hit "Give It Up". From 2005 to 2007, Crystal Palace fans would sing the song in honour of Jobi McAnuff.
In 1998, when Graham Rix was convicted of having sexual intercourse with an underage girl, football fans came with the chant "If you tolerate Rix, then your children will be next" to the tune of the Manic Street Preachers song "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next".
"I Came, I Saw, I Conga'd" performed by Nat Gonella And His New Georgians has been used for "Let's Go Fucking Mental" or "Let's All Have A Disco", amongst others. Other chants based on pop songs include "Re-Rewind" by The Artful Dodger for Robin van Persie, "Chim Chim Cher-ee" for Nwankwo Kanu and "All You Need Is Love" by The Beatles for Ian Rush and Damien Duff. Various chants have also been based on "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" by Frankie Valli.
Chants based on other songs
Aside from hymns and pop songs, there are several other songs from which football chants have taken the tune and/or words. The tune of "Camptown Races" is used for "Two World Wars, One World Cup".
"Knees Up Mother Brown" is the basis of "Who Ate All The Pies?". "Guantanamera" is also used to honour players or to slur the opposition. Other examples include the tune of "The Wild Rover" being used for the song "The Greatest Team the World Has Ever Seen" and My Old Man as an adaptation of My Old Man (Said Follow the Van).
Cup specific chants
Some songs are generally reserved for cup matches (i.e. FA Cup, Football League Cup, Football League Trophy, FAI Cup and FA Vase) where the venue of the final is Wembley Stadium. Examples include an adaption of "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" (Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be), we're going to Wembley), or in the case of Newcastle fans "Tell me mar me mar, I won't be home for tea". Liverpool and Everton fans also sing "If You're All Going to Wembley Clap Your Hands" (to the tune of "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain") and "We're on our way to Wembley". Arsenal and Oxford fans, Walsall and Shamrock Rovers fans sing 'She Wore a Yellow/Green Ribbon' during Cup matches, from the United States Military marching song, while Tottenham Hotspur fans sing the "Spurs are on our way to Wembley" chorus of 'Ossie's Dream' by Chas and Dave.
The chant "We are the Champions, Champions of Europe" (WACCOE) is often chanted by fans of Leeds United with regards to the events of their loss to Bayern Munich in the 1975 European Cup Final. An altered version "Champions of England, Champions of Europe" was sung by Manchester United fans in 2008/9 following their 2007/08 Premier League and Champions league wins.
Others
Some chants are not tune specific. These include "Dirty Northern/Soft Southern bastards", "England's Number One" (aimed at goalkeepers), "Oggy Oggy Oggy", or just simply chanting "Olé" when a team is winning handsomely and is passing the ball between its own players. Often simply chanting the name of the side or nation is used, often in combination with rhythmic clapping. Notable example are the U-S-A! cheer and the "England...England" chant.
Club-specific songs
Some songs were created especially for a club or a specific event. examples include "Marching on Together (Leeds!Leeds!Leeds!)" for Leeds United, "Singing the Blues" (Bristol Rovers) and "Let's All Sing Together" for Coventry City, penned by former Coventry manager Jimmy Hill.
Some football teams also have songs which are traditionally sung by their fans, such as Hibernian's "Glory Glory to the Hi-Bees", Leeds United's "Marching On Together", Liverpool's "You'll Never Walk Alone",[8] Newcastle United's "Blaydon Races", West Ham United's "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles", Birmingham City's "Keep Right On" and Hartlepool United's "Two Little Boys". For some clubs, particularly those in the US, songs are only recognized as a team song by a relatively small section of the team's fans. For example, "Stand By Me" is only recognized as the team song of the New York Red Bulls by a relatively small section of supporters and is seldom (if ever) played over the loudspeakers. This is in contrast with teams such as Birmingham, Celtic, Hibernian, Leeds, Liverpool and West Ham where their anthem is sung by just about all of their team supporters.
- Accrington Stanley - "We're not Brazil/Man U we're Accy Stanley"
- Aberdeen - "Stand Free" "The Northern Lights of Old Aberdeen" "One Man/Ten Men Went To Mow" "The European Song"
- AC Milan - Inno Milan
- AIK - "Å vi é AIK" (Oh we're AIK)
- Airdrie United - "Amarillo", "Can't Help Falling in Love", "Dambusters March", "La Marseillaise", "Only the Lonely", "Rule Britannia", "Seasons in the sun", "The Entertainer"[disambiguation needed], "The Streets of London", "Wanderin' Star", "Who Do You Think You Are Kidding, Mr Hitler"
- Arsenal - "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon", "Ooh to be a Gooner", "We're on our Way", "Good Old Arsenal", "B'Jesus said Paddy",
- Ascoli - Ascoli Sei Grande, La Nostra Fede.
- Aston Villa - "Shit on the City", "The Bells are ringing for the Claret and Blue", "Holte enders in the sky", "Paul McGrath my lord" (sung to the tune of "Kumbaya)", "My Old Man", "We're all going on a European tour", "Birmingham are you listening", "Hi Ho Aston Villa (to the tune of Hi Ho Silver Lining)", "As I walked up the steps of the Holte End", "Ai oh, ai oh, its up the holte we go","I Do Like To be Beside the Seaside" "The city is ours".
- Atlético de Madrid - Motivos de un sentimento (Joaquín Sabina)
- AFC Ajax - De Ajax Marsch, Dit Is Mijn Club
- FC Barcelona - Cant del Barça (Joan Manuel Serrat)
- Barnsley - "It's just like watching Brazil"
- Bath City - "Drink Up Ye Cider", "Oh When the Stripes"
- Belenenses - "O Gil é que paga" (take on José Cid's song "O corpo é que paga", talking about the Gil Vicente team from Barcelos) "Cheira a Lisboa"
- Benfica - "Ser Benfiquista!"
- Besiktas JK "Kata go go go - WORLD RECORD 132 DB"
- Bolton "Is This the Way to Amarillo" , "Molly Mallone"
- PFC Botev Plovdiv "Blue Canary"
- FC Bayern Munich - "Stern des Südens" (Star of the South), "Bavaria Fantastica"
- Blackburn - "The Wild Rover"
- Borussia Dortmund - "Wir halten fest und treu zusammen", " Heja BVB"
- Borussia Mönchengladbach - Aufstellung, Die Elf vom Niederrhein
- Blackpool - "Glad All Over", "Back Henry Street", "We are the Nutters, We come from the Sea"
- Birmingham - "Keep Right On" (Alex Govan), "We're Birmingham", "Blues Go Down Together!", "The Cardiff Dance (Were on are way)", "-Players name- is a blue nose, La, la, la, la, La, la, la, la, "Never felt more like Singing The Blues", "Zulu Army", "Mr. Blue Sky", "La, la, la lalalaaaa....Birmingham", "Chim chiminey Chim chiminey Chim chim cher-oo, we hate those bastards in claret n blue", "We are blue we are white and the villa are shite A-d-e-b-o-l-a"
- Bohemian F.C. - "Hold Me Now"
- SK Brann - "Byen er Bergen og laget er Brann" - "Udsigter fra Ulriken"
- Brentford F.C. - "Barcelona Of The Lower Leagues!"
- Brighton - "Sussex by the Sea"
- Bristol City - "One for the Bristol City"
- Bristol Rovers - "Singing The Blues" - "Goodnight Irene"
- Burnley - No Nay Never The Wild Rover
- Brondby - "Jump" by Van Halen
- Cardiff - "Men of Harlech"
- Carlisle - "Cumbria, My lord"
- Cambridge United - "Daydream Believer", "Bounce, Bounce - Amber Army!", "Horto Magiko, Amber army anthem!"
- Celta Vigo - "A Rianxeira", "O Miudiño", "A Foliada", "Real Club Cel-ta de Vi-go", "Puta Coruña, puta Riazor"
- Celtic - "The Celtic Song", "The Fields of Athenry", "Hampden in the Sun", "Celtic Symphony", "Over and Over", "Go Home Ya Huns", "Amhrán na bhFiann", "The Holy Goalie", "Forever And Ever", "Roll Of Honour", "Sankt Pauli Song (We Love You)", King of Kings (Henrik Larsson), "Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink", "Ohh Ahh Samaras", "The Celtic Symphony". "This Land is Your Land", "I'm no a Billy", "Four Leaf Clover", "The John Thompson Song","(Let the People Sing)", The Fields of Athenry, "Let's All Do The Broony", "Let's All Do The Huddle", "I Just Can't Get Enough"
- Charlton Athletic - "Valley, Floyd Road"
- Cheltenham Town FC - "We can't read and we can't write"
- Chelsea - "Blue is the Colour", "Ten Men Went to Mow", "Celery", "Carefree", "Keep The Blue Flag flying high", "No one can stop us now"
- Chesterfield FC - "Sailing"
- Chicago Fire - "A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight"
- Colchester United - "Up the U's"
- Cork City FC - "The Fields of Bishopstown", "The Banks Of my Own Lovely Lee".
- Coventry - "The Sky Blue Song", "In Our Coventry Homes", "Twist and Shout"
- Crewe Alexandra FC - "Blue Moon"
- F.C. Crotone Calcio - "Vitti u'Cutroni", "Vitti 'na crozza"
- Crystal Palace - "Glad All Over"
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- Deportivo La Coruña - "Miudiño (O que eu traio)", "Vigo no", "Yo te quiero dar", "Forza Depor, oe", "De-por-ti-vo"
- Derby County - "Steve Bloomer's Watchin'"
- Derry City - Teenage Kicks
- NK Dinamo Zagreb - "Dinamo ja volim", "Himna 1982"
- Djurgården - "Sjung för gamla Djurgår'n" (Sing for old Djurgår'n)[9]
- Doncaster Rovers - "Catch Us If You Can"
- Dover Athletic - "The White Cliffs of Dover", "Molly Malone"
- Dundee - "Dens Park Choir" "Valerie","You've Lost that Lovin Feelin"
- Dundee United - "Love is in the Air", "Beautiful Sunday", "We Hate Dundee"
- Dunfermline Athletic F.C. - "A Grand Ole Team To Play For " "East End Boys","East End Bounce"
- Eastbourne Borough - "When The Sports Go Marching On"
- Eintracht Braunschweig - "Zwischen Harz und Heideland"
- Eintracht Frankfurt - "Im Herzen von Europa"
- Exeter City - "We'll Score Again", "Drink Up Ye Cider", "Cider"
- Everton - Z-Cars theme song (Johnny Todd), "It's A Grand Old Team To Play For", "Royal Blue Mersey", "Onward's Evertonians", "Goodison Guys", "Everton, Oh We Love Everton, and we love our Neville Southall (and we love our Neville Southall etc", "Ohh St Domingo", "Run, run", "You are my Everton", "Singin' the blues", Follow, follow, follow, Everton is the team to follow", "We all agree, Duncan McKenzie is magic", "Labone, Labone, Labone..." (to the tune of the seven dwarfs), "Everton, Everton" (to the tune of Here we go), "We're forever, Everton", "Spirit of the blues", "All together now", "Tony, Tony, Tony, Tony, Tony Hibbert" (To the tune of No Limits)
- Fortuna Düsseldorf - "Wir sind alles Düsseldorfer Jungens"
- FC Augsburg - "Rot Gruen Weiss" (Red Green White)
- Fenerbahçe SK - "Sari, Lacivert, Sampiyon, Fener !"
- Feskekôrka United - "Danmark"
- Ferencvaros - "Hajrá Fradi! (Fradi-induló)"
- Feyenoord - "Hand in hand, kameraden", "Mijn Feyenoord", "I Will Survive"
- Fluminense - "A bênção, João de Deus" (the blessing, John of God), "Tá chegando a playboyzada" (Here it comes the playboys) "Horto Magico".
- Fiorentina - "Oh, Fiorentina!" by Narciso Parigi
- Fulham - "Viva El Fulham", "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", "Stick Your Blue Flag" ,"Come on Fulham"
- Galatasaray - "Re re re ra ra ra Gazsaray Gazsaray Cimbom bom bom", "Warchant", "Saldir cimbom okey let's go !"
- Galway United - "Lansdowne in the Sun", "You'll Never Walk in Athlone", "Can't Help Falling in Love"
- Genoa - "Veniva quattro a quattro" (song in Genoese language), "Coi pantaloni rossi" ("with Red Pants"), "Ti dixi che mi prepari" (folk song in Genoese language)
- Gillingham - The Last Waltz by Engelbert Humperdinck
- Glentoran - "European Dream", "Cheer up Davy Jeffrey", "our managers sh*t"
- Grimsby Town - "We Only Sing When We're Fishing"
- Guildford City - "Oh When the Beans come out the tin"
- Elfsborg - "Starkare Än Någonsin" (Stronger than ever)
- Hamburg - "Wer wird Deutscher Meister" (Who will become the German champion), "Hamburg meine Perle" (Hamburg, my pearl (my love)), HSV Forever (Stadium Song)
- Hammarby - "Just idag är jag stark" (Just for today I'm strong)
- Hapoel Tel Aviv - "Adom Ole BeBloomfield"
- Hartlepool - Two Little Boys, Never Say Die.
- Hearts - "European Song" (to the tune of My Way) "The Hearts Song" "You are a Weegie, A filthy Weegie" "we're from the capital" "Oh the hibees are gay" (to the tune of Seven Nation Army)
- Hibernian - "Sunshine on Leith" and "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" (by The Proclaimers), "Glory Glory To The Hibees", "Away the Lads", "Bertie Mee said to Bill Shankly", "We are Hibernian F.C.", "Oo to, Oo to be, Oo to be a Hibby", "You are a Weegie, A filthy Weegie", "Lets all do the Hi-bees Bounce", "The Holy Ground", "Bye Bye Jam Tarts" (to the tune of Bye Bye Blackbird), "Born Slippy .NUXX", "Jingle Bells", "Hibernian, give us a goal", "Turnbulls Tornadoes", "Hibs' Heroes" (by Colin Chisholm)[10]
- Hereford - "Hereford United We Love You" (By Danny Lee)
- Huddersfield Town - "Smile A While", "Those Were the Days" (to the tune of the Mary Hopkin song of the same name), "Oo to be a, Oo to be a Terrier"
- Hull City - "Can't Help Falling In Love"
- IFK Göteborg - "Snart skiner Poseidon" (Soon Poseidon will shine)
- Inter Milan - "C'é Solo L'Inter", "Pazza Inter"
- Ipswich - "Tractor Boys"
- Juventus - "Juve, storia di un grande amore", "E' bianconero", "Juventuslandia", "Magica Juve", "Vecchia Signora", "Il cielo è bianconero".
- Kidderminster Harriers - "Can't Help Falling in Love".
- Kilmarnock - "Paper Roses", "Killie Boys", "Ayr, Ayr, **** Yer Ayr", "Killie Till I Die", "Killie Boys, We Are Here", "In Your Glasgow Slums", "You Are A Gypsy"
- KV Mechelen - "Wie voegt zich bij de rangen", "Gold" (by Spandau Ballet), "Sloop John B", "Sara perche ti amo".
- KAA Gent - De Buffalo Mars
- 1. FC Koeln “Mer stonn zo dir, FC Kölle”, “Unser Hätz schläät för dä FC Kölle“, “Denn mir sin kölsche Junge”, “Wenn et Trömmelmarsche jeht”, “In unserem Veedel”
- Lazio - "Vola Lazio Vola", "Non Mollare Mai"
- Leeds United - "Marching On Together", "Leeds United Calypso", "Glory,Glory Leeds United", "Ballad of Billy Bremner", "Yorkshire's Republican Army", "Elland Road Baht'at!, "We Are Champions, Champions of Europe"(WACCOE), "Gelderd Aggro", "Play All The Way For Leeds United", "We Are Leeds", "Super Leeds", "We All Love Leeds", "We Are Leeds, We Are Proud", "For Ever and Ever", "We're not famous anymore" (usually in response to opposition fans singing "you're not famous anymore"), "Snoddy, Snoddy, Snoddy (Oi, Oi, Oi), "Leeds are going up", "January 3rd, Remember the Date", "Luciano", "He's here, he's there, he's Max Gradel"
- Legia Warsaw - "Sen o Warszawie" (A dream about Warsaw)
- Leicester City - "When You're Smiling"
- Lens RC - "Les Corons"
- Linfield - "Hatchets and Hammers", "We are not many"
- Liverpool - "You'll Never Walk Alone", "The Fields of Anfield Road", "Poor Scouser Tommy", "Ring of Fire", "We've Won It Five Times", "We are the Everton haters", "We all dream of a team of Carraghers", "Steve Gerrard Gerrard", "A Liverbird upon my chest","We are Liverpool", "Red and white Kop", "We'll be coming down the road", "Every other Saturday", "Bring on yer Manchester United", "Bertie Mee said to Bill Shankly", "Show them the way to go home", "The Reds Are Coming up the Hill", "Those Were The Days". In part because Liverpool fans have been so prolific with their famous chants, opposing fans likewise have created a few ditties specifically for Liverpool,for example, "You'll never get a job" sung to "You'll never Walk Alone", and West Ham United fans visiting the Kop with "We've got Di Canio, you've got our stereo..." sung to "La donna è mobile" in circa 2000-2002.
- AS Livorno - "Bella Ciao", "Bandiera Rossa"
- FC Litex Lovech "Litex official hymn", "Bobaro - Green&Orange", "Obraten efekt - Litex champion"
- Los Angeles Galaxy - "This is LA" (by The Briggs)
- Luton Town - "Tattered Little Hornet", "Bring me Sunshine"
- Maidstone United - "We're Scum and We know we are", "Thompson Lovers"
- Malmö FF - "MFF Hymnen", "Ett skott, ett mål, för Malmö", "Till attack", "Tunn som en rögad ål", "Vi är Malmö"
- Manchester City - "Blue Moon", "We're not really here" "Carlos Tevez is a blue", "Wembley, Wembley", "Oooo Balotelli, he's a striker, he's good at darts...", "Joe Hart give us a dance", "Got me singing the blues", "We'll buy your club", "Let's all do the Poznan", "This City is Ours".
- Manchester United - "Manchester United Calypso","The Flowers of Manchester", "Molly Malone", "From the Dark snows of Munich", "A Plaque at Man United", "Glory Glory Man United", "UNI-TED", "Take me home United Road", "Pride of all Europe", "The Red Flag", "Forever and Ever"[disambiguation needed], "Stretford End Arising", "The banks of the River Irwell", "If the Reds should play", "We are the Busby boys", "Walking down the Warwick Road", "Who's that team we call United", "Maybe its because I'm from Manchester", "Ob-La-Di, European Champions", "I was born on the Stretford End", "I'm a Stretford Ender", "Rossobianchi"
- Maccabi Tel Aviv - "Ani Mode, Balev Yesh Rak Kvotza Achat"
- Mansfield - "Oh When I Die (Don't Bury Me Alone)" " She Wore A Yellow Ribbon"
- Melbourne Victory - " Seven Nation Army " " Take Me Home, Victory Road " " Melbourne Belongs to Me "
- Middlesbrough - "Pigbag", "Who's that team they call the Boro?", "We Shall Overcome"
- Millwall - "No-one likes us - We don't care", "Let 'Em Come" - Official Club Song
- Morecambe - "Bring me Sunshine"
- Newcastle United - "Blaydon Races", "Home Newcastle", "Local Hero", "We are the Geordies", "Oh Coloccini", "He's only a poor little Hammer", "The Fullwell end",
- New England Revolution- "New England" (originally by Jonathan Richman), "The Halls Of Foxboro Stadium" (tune of the Marine Corps Hymn)
- IFK Norrköping - "Det är vi som är Norrköping" (It is we who are Norrköping), "12 SM-guld har peking hur många guld har ni" (peking got 12 golds, how many have you) "Kamratsången" (the comrade song) "Härliga IFK" (Glorious IFK)
- Norwich City - "On The Ball, City"
- Nottingham Forest - "You've Lost That Loving Feeling", "City Ground"
- Notts County - "The Wheelbarrow song"
- Oldham Athletic - "We'll Keep the Blue Flag Flying High"
- Oxford United - "Yellow Submarine, Yellow" and Rule Britannia
- Olympique de Marseille - "Tout le Vélodrome","Aux Armes"
- Panathinaikos - "Horto Magiko (Magic Weed)"
- Paris Saint-Germain - "Paris est magique", "Oh Ville Lumière"
- Partick Thistle - "We're coming down the road", "Mary Fae Maryhill"
- Peterborough - "Posh We Are"
- Plymouth Argyle - "Semper Fidelis"
- FC Porto - "Filhos do Dragão", "O Porto é Nosso"" ("When the saints go marching in" tune)
- Portland Timbers - "You Are My Sunshine"
- Portsmouth - "The Pompey Chimes", "We're Proud of You, Portsmouth", "Molly Malone, "Drink A Drink"
- Port Vale F.C. - "The Wonder of You", "Yellow Submarine"
- Preston North End - "Can't Help Falling In Love"
- Queens Park Rangers - "Pigbag", "Stick Yer Blue Flag Up Your Arse", "We Are The Rangers Boys", "Captain Jack" "We are the richest club in the world"
- Queensland Roar - "Brisbane Town is Wonderful", "Queensland Boys"
- Racing Genk - "Racing Song", "Forza Racing"
- Racing Santander - "La Fuente de Cacho"
- Rapid Bucureşti - "Suntem peste tot acasă", "Și șuturi, și pase", "Pe culoarea roș-albastră"
- Raith Rovers - "Geordie Munro"
- Rangers - "Follow Follow", "Rule Britannia", "Billy Boys", "Every Other Saturday", "The Sash", "Derry's Walls","The Famine Song", "God Save the Queen", "Bluebells Are Blue", "Super Ally", "We Are The People", "The Bouncy", "Davie Cooper On The Wing", "Wolverhampton Town", " "Build My Gallows", "Dambusters March", "Simply the Best", "Have You Seen The Rangers F.C.?","The Rangers Over Here", "The UDR 4", "King Billy's On The Wall", "The Blue Sea of Ibrox", "The Famous Glasgow Rangers", "Fathers Advice", "Blue White Dynamite Ian Durrant", "Super Rangers", "Loyal and True", "How Can You Buy Willie Waddell?","A Wee Sot In Europe"."Born Under A Union Jack","No Surrender Davie Weir","Penny Arcade","Simply The Best","Let's All Do The Dioufy"
- Reading - "Sweet Caroline", Royals Anthem
- Real Madrid - "Hala Madrid", (Plácido Domingo)
- Red Bull New York - "Stand By Me", "Wipe Out", "Empire State of Mind"
- AS Roma - "Roma, Roma, Roma", "Grazie Roma" both by Antonello Venditti
- Rimini - "Rimini vai"
- Rotherham United - "Millermen"
- Schalke 04 - "Blau und Weiss, wie lieb' ich dich" (Blue und white, how much I love you)
- Scunthorpe United - "Iron, Iron", "Any Old Iron, Any Old Iron, We Sing Up The Iron"
- Seattle Sounders F.C. - "Seattle" (Perry Como), "Roll On, Columbia, Roll On" (Woody Guthrie)
- FC Shakhtar Donetsk - Slavsya, rodnoi Shakhter! (Glory to you, native Shakhtar!)
- Shamrock Rovers - Two Little Boys, Build Me Up Buttercup
- Sheffield United - The Greasy Chip Butty Song (to the tune of "Annie's Song" by John Denver)
- Sheffield Wednesday - "Singing the Blues", "Hark Now Hear", "Hi Ho Sheffield Wednesday", "Wandering Wednesday", "We Are The Owls"
- Shelbourne - "The Red Flag"
- Southampton F.C - "When the saints go marching in", "yellow"
- Sport Club Internacional - "Academia do Povo"
- Sport Club do Recife - "Cazá Cazá", "Hino Treme Terra" and "Este Ano o Nosso Time Vai Ser Mesmo Campeão"
- Sporting Clube de Portugal - "Só Eu Sei" and "Joguem à Bola, Palhaços" (Play ball, you clowns) to the tune of Guantanamera, when the team is playing badly.[11]
- Standard Liege - "Allez les rouches", "Aux Armes!"
- FC Steaua Bucharest - "Ce drog ciudat", "Azi e zi de sarbatoare", "Trup si suflet pentru culori", "Iubim Steaua"
- Stirling Albion - "Rave On"
- Swansea City FC -"Jack Army" "Hymns and Arias"
- Swindon Town - "Can't Help Falling in Love",""
- FC St Pauli - "Auf der Reeperbahn nachts um halb eins" (on the Reeperbahn at 12:30)
- Tottenham Hotspur - "It's A Grand Old Team To Play For", "I Can't Smile Without You" "We are Tottenham from the Lane", "Glory Glory Allelujah"
- Tranmere Rovers - "One night in gay Paris", "Suuuu-whaaay-army", "We're not Scousers, We're from Birkenhead"
- Spartak Moscow - "I vragu nikogda ne dobit'sya" (Our Enemy Shall Never Achieve It)
- Stoke City - "Delilah", "We'll be with you"
- Sunderland - Paint Your Wagon (Were on our way), Wear Wear Wearside,
- Sydney FC - "I am Sydney til I die" ("This Old Man")
- Torino FC - "Cin, cin, port'me on quartin" (traditional song in Piedmontese language), "Questa è una malattia", "La gente"
- Trabzonspor - "Hamsi Koydum Tavaya, Başladi Oynamaya"
- Universitatea Cluj - "Slava Tie Studentie"
- Union Berlin - "Eisern Union, immer wieder Eisern Union", "FC Union, unsere Liebe"
- Vålerenga IF - "Vålerenga Kjerke" (Vålerenga Church)
- VfL Osnabrück - "Wir sind alle ein Stück VfL Osnabrück" (We all are a piece of VfL Osnabrück)
- Vancouver Whitecaps F.C. - "Boundary Road"
- Watford - "Z-Cars", "Yellow Army",
- Walsall - "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon", "Walsall Aces", "We only Hate the Wolves", "We are Walsall, Walsall we are", "We are the pride of the Midlands", "Take me home Wednesbury Road", "Saddlers Saddlers Saddlers", "Come on you Reds"
- West Bromwich Albion - "The Lord's my Shepherd" (Psalm 23), "Boing Boing Baggies", "All go down, all go down, all go down together", "We all follow the Albion", "Albion Albion Albion", "Stevie Bull's a Tatter", "Hark now hear, the West Brom Sing".
- Wolverhampton Wanderers - "Those were the days", "Hi Ho Silver lining" "I was born under a Wanderers Scarf" (based on "I was born under a wand'rin' star" from "Paint Your Wagon"), "Ring of fire", "Oh Mancienne is a woman"
- Wellington Phoenix- "Ring of Fire" (song), "We've got the wind, the rain and the Phoeeeenix!", "Same old Aussies..always cheating!", "Who ate all the pies?-Ahmad Elrich!", "WHO ARE YA?", "Ricki Herberts Yellow Army!", "OH WELLINGTON...IS WONDERFUL...OH WELLINGTON IS WONDERFUL WITH THE WIND THE RAIN AND THE PHOENIX, OH WELLINGTON IS WONDERFUL"
- West Ham United - "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles", "Over Land and Sea", "The Bells are Ringing", "Cockney Bhoys", "Claret and Blue", "Twist and Shout", "Come on West Ham" "We are West Hams's claret and blue"
- Wigan Athletic - "You Are My Sunshine", "We come from Wigan and we live in mudhuts", "Let's Hang On"
- Wisła Kraków - "Jak długo na Wawelu"
- Wrexham - "Wrexham is the Name" - Men of Harlech, "Wrexham Lager" - Cwm Rhondda, "One-nil to the sheep-shaggers" - Go West, "Oh Fluffy Sheep are wonderful, they are white fluffy and Welsh" - When the Saints Go Marching In, "I wanna be Wrexham F.C." - Anarchy in the UK, "Shit purple jumper", "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be), We're going to Forest Green" - Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be), Sospan Fach, Yma O Hyd, "I watched my team from the Crispin Lane,in Wrexham town it's a lovely old town" - Dirty Old Town, "Harry McNally is illegitimate, he aint got no birth certificate," "Welsh Flag", "Marriott rolls the ball to Hardy, Hardy to Peter Ward, Peter Ward to Connolly, Connolly down the wing, nobody can stop him, puts the ball in the air, for super Stevie Watkin," "Oh Joey Joey," "We shall not be moved, because the team are staying at the Racecourse Ground," "Well, we ain't got a barrel of money, and maybe we're ragged and funny, but we're travelling along, singing our song, side by side," "North Wales, na na na," "Ooh to, ooh to be, ooh to be a, Taffy," "I can't read, and I can't write, But that don't really matter, Cos im a Shrewsbury Town fan, and I can drive a tractor," "Oooh Deryn Brace," "You're going home in a Wrexham ambulance," "Sit down if you hate Chester," "If you've only got one hand, clap your hands," "Carlos, Carlos," - Amazing grace, "Kevin the Wrexham Striker, Had a very shiny head, And if you ever saw him, He was always wearing red, Then one starry Christmas night, Flynnie came to say, Kevin with your head so bright, Won't you score a goal tonight, Then all the players loved him, Shouted out and clapped his name, Kevin the Wrexham striker, You'll go down in history." - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, "Benno, Benno, Benno comes and he wants to score goals, not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4, Benno comes and he wants to score more," "Build a bonfire, Build a bonfire, Put the Shrewsbury on the top, Put the chester in the middle, and we'll burn the fucking lot!," "Morrell, Morrell" - The Pink Panther, "Front, front, frontliners," "Who needs Drogba, when we've got Pogba," "Who put the ball in the Arsenal net? Mickey Mickey, Who put the ball in the Arsenal net Mickey Mickey Thomas," "Psycho, Psycho,"
- Wycombe Wanderers - "Chairboys Barmy Army", "Rhubarb Rhubarb Boing Boing", "We All Fucking Hate Slough (to the tune of the Dambusters March)", "In Dublin's Fair City".
- Wydad Athletic Club - "Madrassa Fel Kora (Football school)"
- Örebro SK - "Jag är hellre död än vit och röd" (I rather be dead than white and red), "Gamla fina Örebro" (Good old Örebro)
- FK Željezničar - "Nije to (Čuva Bog Želju svog)", "Rođen sa Željom da budem", "Željo to je moj tim", "Grbavica", "Mi smo Željini, Željo je naš", "Samo je jedan grijeha je vrijedan", "Blue song".
"'Note:"' All Brazilian and Australian football teams have official anthems associated to them.
National team-specific songs
- Argentina - "Brasilero, brasilero; que amargado se te ve; Maradona es más grande; más grande que Pelé", "Argentina! Argentina!"
- Brazil - "Eu sou brasileiro, com muito orgulho, com muito amor", "Pra Frente Brasil" (1970 Cup Song), "Coração Verde e Amarelo" (1994 Cup Song)
- Chile - "Vamos Chileno", "Vamos! Vamos Chileno! Esta tarde tenemos que ganar"
- Denmark - "Vi er røde, vi er hvide"
- England - "God Save The Queen", "Rule Britannia", "No Surrender", "Ten German Bombers", "United We Stand", "Three Lions", The Great Escape", "Vindaloo"
- France - "La Marseillaise," "Allez les Bleus"
- Republic of Ireland - "Boys in Green", "You'll never beat the Irish", "The Fields of Athenry", "Ole Ole", "Amhran na bhFiann", "We Love You", "Take me Home Lansdowne Road"
- Mexico - "Cielito Lindo", "Chiquitibum"
- The Netherlands - "Wij houden van Oranje", "Hup, Holland, Hup", "Viva Holandia"
- Northern Ireland - "We're not Brazil we're Northern Ireland", "Away in a manger (Heeelaayy)", "Stand up for the Ulstermen", "Ulster Till I Die", "It's just like watching Brazil", "Green And White Army",
- Scotland - "Flower of Scotland","Loch Lomond", We Have A Dream, "Do-Re-Mi", "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)", "We'll Be Coming", "Everywhere We Go", "We Hate Jimmy Hill"
- Wales - "Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau", "Can't Take My Eyes Off You"
Chant Laureate
On 11 May 2004, Jonny Hurst was chosen as England's first "Chant Laureate". Barclaycard set up the competition to choose a Chant Laureate, to be paid £10,000 to tour Premier League stadia and compose chants for the 2004-05 football season. The judging panel was chaired by the Poet Laureate Andrew Motion, who said ""What we felt we were tapping into was a huge reservoir of folk poetry.""[12]
See also
Notes
- ^ Chris Roberts, Heavy Words Lightly Thrown: The Reason Behind Rhyme, Thorndike Press,2006 (ISBN 0-7862-8517-6)
- ^ "Sol Campbells return to White Hart Lane turns spotlight on vitriolic fans". London: Daily Telegraph. 17 January 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
- ^ Glendenning, Barry (27 May 2009). "Champions League final: Barcelona v Manchester United - as it happened". The Guardian. London.
- ^ Winter, Henry (11 April 2008). "British clubs must savour Champions League". The Daily Telegraph. London.
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7oQYKUL7ys
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcXgX2tHxzg
- ^ Fletcher, Paul (18 April 2003). "Zamora ready for the big time". BBC News. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ^ "Liverpool vs Leeds United", British Broadcasting Corporation, F.A. Cup Final, 1965. The song was covered by Liverpool group Gerry & The Pacemakers in 1963. At this time, supporters standing on the Spion Kop terrace at Anfield began singing popular chart songs of the day. The mood was captured on camera by a BBC Panorama camera crew in 1964. One year later, when Liverpool faced Leeds in the FA Cup final, the travelling Kop sang the same song and match commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme commended the "Liverpool signature tune".
- ^ "DIF-hymnen SFGD fungerar nu perfekt!" (in Swedish). Järnkaminerna. 19 August 2005. Retrieved 27 January 2008.
- ^ http://fanchants.com/football-team/hibs/
- ^ “” (4 October 2009). "JUVE LEO CANTA "VOCÊS SÃO UMA VERGONHA" E "PALHAÇOS JOGUEM Á BOLA" NO SPORTING 0 -0 BELENENSES". YouTube. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
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External links
- All Premiership/Championship/League Chants - over 20,000 chants
- A collection of football chants - rate or submit your favourite football chants
- Barclaycard Chant Laureate: A selection of the finalists
- Fanchants.com - a collection of over 2000 football chants
- Videos of football chants
- FCSongs.com A collection of football club songs