There’s nothing quite like being at a Football game, having your team score a screaming goal, and launching into a chant for the team or player. Of course, it’s even more fun to get creative and chant at the other team and their players. What’s your favourite chant?
A selection of the finest football chants (the British seem to carry the bag here – can you even the score?)
“There’s only one Emile Heskey, one Emile Heskey. He used to be sh-te, but now he’s all right, Walking in a Heskey wonderland” – England supporters cheering, for once, for Heskey.
“There’s only two Andy Gorams, two Andry Gorams…” Back in the day, Rangers goalkeeper Andy Goram didn’t get much sympathy from away fans at the Ibrox after he was diagnosed with a mild form of schizophrenia
“He’s fat, he’s round, he’s sold your f–king ground, Al Fayed, Al Fayed…” Sung by the visiting supporters, this can be heard at every match at Fulham’s Craven Cottage.
“You’re shish, and you know you are!” Sung by Chelsea fans at Stamford Bridge, when their side hosted Turkish League side Galatasaray in the UEFA Cup
“When you’re sat in row Z, and the ball hits your head, that’s Zamora, that’s Zamora.” To the tune of Frank Sinatra’s “That’s Amore”, Fulham fans show their appreciation(?) for striker Bobby Zamora.
“Park, Park, wherever you may be, you eat dogs in your home country! But it could be worse, you could be scouse, eating rats in a council house!” A wonderful chant, heard when Manchester United play Liverpool.
The A-League has had some great ones, although in my local vicinity, the Newcastle Jet’s supporters the Squadron are passionate, but not the most imaginative. One of their best was for goalkeeper Ante Covic – “Anteeee Covic – do do, do do!”.
Scott Condon
Guest
Best chant ever was Newcastle united fans to Habib Beye To the tune of Happy Days Monday, Tuesday Habib Beye Wednesday, thursday Habib Beye
Midfielder
Guest
My absolute best was at the U 23 final at Bluetounge between Australia and Iran for the right to go the the Olympics... Australia went up and to the turn of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xmckWVPRaI the tune starts at about the 50 sec mark... The chant went .. Your not going to Beijing Your not going to Beijing Your not going to Beijing anymore
Midfielder
Guest
My is the Donkey call Northern Spirit at Spirit Point had it down to a tee.... when a player made a mistake out went the ...EEOR... EEOR... When someone went down hurt from the other team ... the chant went up .... dig a hole, dig a hole until they got up...
Fussball ist unser leben
Roar Guru
Rob, it was the bawdy without a football connection that perplexed me. I still don't understand the "celery song" and it's connection to Arsenal (I just learned that Chelsea fans sing it at Arsenal games and used to throw celery onto the pitch!) or its connection to SANFL? Maybe I'm slow so, to paraphrase the former Member for Oxley .. "please explain"? The "touch of a rapist" refers to a footballer's heavy touch or inability to caress the ball and bring it under control with a delicate touch. If there were no football connection it, too, would be an inane, bawdy ditty. Your comment about flares at CDFC games is very informative. On SEN Radio today, former AFL players: Kevin Bartlett, Daniel Harford & Neil Balme, and some unknown chick named Rita .... have been adamant that there is no culture of brining flares to Aussie Rules.
Rob McLean
Guest
I'm sorry, I didn't realise we were talking about the lack of diversity in Aussie rules. Different cultures Fuss, so what? Why turn Friday Fun into an attack on the supporting styles of another code. Anything to have a shot at footy though and feed your superiority complex. Just because there's no chanting in Australian rules, doesn't mean a chant in a soccer game is not boring when you've heard it many, many times at games across the nation. Funnily enough, you decry the celery chant, which evolved from football in England, for being bawdy but defend "you are shit Ahhhhh". Strange. And, of course, "touch of a rapist", that's charming, isn't it. Aren't many of the chants bawdy??? But that's ok, you're on the attack, you've had your crack at AFL and gained just an inch of ground for the round ball game. I understand your not knowing about the Central District Football Club and it's history, given that you would only have heard of AFL due to the monolithic media presence of the biggest league. However, the CDFC is a club based in Elizabeth, an area heavily populated by Ten Pound Poms. There is a very strong soccer culture in the community and some of the supporting habits come from the world game - ie: chanting, dancing and even lighting flares. Active support I think you call it. I hope that provides some information for you. It even shows that the two codes can even co-exist and people can support both. Simmo, I'd love to hear some songs at other games. We're planning an interstate trip for next season. Could you share some examples of chants used by other Australian clubs?
betamax
Roar Guru
Or again to the tune of Yellow Submarine - "we all live in a Robbie Fowler house, a Robbie Fowler house....." Or Chelsea's favourite tune to stir the scousers, to the tune of that sacred Liverpool song "you'll never walk alone" - "sign on, sign on, with a pen in your hand, cause you'll never get a job"
Simmo
Guest
You need to get out of Adelaide. The diversity of songs at SFC and MVFC has moved light years from where you last heard it
Liam Beckett
Roar Rookie
Liverpool fans, to the tune of the local favourite, "Yellow Submarine" - "We all dream of a team of Carragher's, a team of Carragher's, a team of Carragher's.... Number 1, is Carragher. Number 2, is Carragher. Number 3... is Carragher, And Number 4, is Carragher..." All the way to Number 11... And they don't change it up. Not ever. You at least have to admire the scouse commitment.
Simmo
Guest
Something else we sang to the Cros in Stuttgart: (Tune = Yellow Submarine) "You are wearing pizzeria tablecloths, pizzeria tablecoths, pizzeria tablecoths"
Fussball ist unser leben
Roar Guru
You're bemoaning lack of creativity at A-League matches ... wow!! Perhaps, you'd prefer the diverstiy of ... "A-League club" clap clap clap .... repeated ad nauseum like they do in AFL? PS: I'd like to think I haven't led a sheltered life ... but, for the life of me, I cannot see how that SANFL chant relates to anything to do with an AFL game? Seems to be just a bawdy song that high school boys would sing. And, in 25 years of going to AFL matches I've never heard anything besides the "clap clap clap" jingle.
Victree
Guest
Mitchell Langerak, Langerak, Mitchell Langerak - everytime glenn moss started in goals.
Rob McLean
Guest
I would love to hear some creativity in the stands at A-League matches. I am soooooooooo tired of hearing the inane: "You are shi************t ahhhhhhhhhhh" *screammmmmm* It was funny - in season one, maybe two. But, now... Central District supporters in the SANFL have adopted this Chelsea tune: Celery, celery, if she don't c*m stick it up her b*m celery, celery Anyone know the origins of that one? It's funny isn't it, sexist, racist misogynist chants can get you booted out of commentary but they're still all right from the terraces ;)
Fussball ist unser leben
Roar Guru
Stuttgart before the WC2006 Final Group match Aust v Croatia!
Chris
Guest
History is all liverpool have so I guess they should remind themselves of it
Titus
Guest
I'm not sure of the origin of it, but Aussie fans to Croatian fans, to the tune of Go West, "You're Sh#t, but you're chicks are hot"
Fussball ist unser leben
Roar Guru
and, to the same tune, if an opponent can't control the ball ... "Touch of a rapist. You've got the touch of a rapist. Touch of a rapist. You've got the touch of a rapist." and, if they miss an easy shot ... "Score in a brothel. You couldn't score in a brothel. Score in a brothel. You couldn't score in a brothel."
Chris
Guest
"Fat Eddie Murphy, you're just a fat Eddie Murphy." This was from the Newcastle United fans, taking aim at Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink back in his Chelsea days.
Fussball ist unser leben
Roar Guru
Got to love this one from the boys at Anfield when they played Chelsea in a UCL Semi Final ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk5fyBfUAhs&feature=related And, for those, who don't understand Scouse, it's ... F**k off Chelsea FC You ain't got no history 5 European Cups and 18 Leagues That's what we call history PS: I wonder how Supt Wilson from VicPol would go about handing out $263 fines to these lads for their "lewd language".
Jay
Guest
More recently, Arsenal Fans to John Terry "You're not captian anymore".... The blues faithful replied "You're not English anymore!"
Chris K
Guest
Former Nottingham Forest striker Jason Lee was the but of many jokes for the show Fantasy Football. For most of his career he sported dreadlocks and often tied them up, giving thew appearance that his head looked like a pineapple. Fans all around england to the tune of "he's got the whole world in his hands" sung "he's got a pineapple on his head". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skPM_IPOB3c&feature=related