Football chant

thumb thumb A football chant or terrace chant is a form of vocalisation performed by supporters of association football, typically during football matches. Football chanting is an expression of collective identity, most often used by fans to express their pride in the team they support, or to encourage them, and to celebrate a particular player or manager. Fans may also use football chants to slight the opposition, and many fans sing songs about their club rivals, even when they are not playing them. Sometimes the chants are spontaneous reactions to events on the pitch. Football chants can be simple, consisting of a few loud shouts or spoken words, but more often they are short lines of lyrics and sometimes longer songs. They are typically performed repetitively, sometimes accompanied by handclapping, but occasionally they may be more elaborate involving musical instruments, props or choreographed routines. They are often adaptations of popular songs, using their tunes as the basis of the chants, but some are original. Quotes Popular examples of football chants in English, associated with supporters of different teams. Arsenal One-nil to the Arsenal, One-nil to the Arsenal, One-nil to the Arsenal, One-nil to the Arsenal... Birmingham City As you go through life, It’s a long long road, There’ll be joys and sorrows too. As we journey on, We will sing this song, For the boys in royal blue, We’re often partizan, clap x3 We will journey on, clap x3 Keep right on to the end of the road, Keep right on to the end. Though the way be long, Let your heart beat strong, Keep right on to the end, Though you’re tired and weary, Still journey on, ’til you come to your happy abode, Where all the love, you’ve been dreaming of will be there, Where? At the end of the road, Birmingham! Birmingham! Bristol Rovers Irene, Goodnight Irene Irene Goodnight, Goodnight Irene Goodnight Irene, I'll see you in my dreams... Celtic We shall not, we shall not be moved, We shall not, we shall not be moved. Not by the Hearts, the Hibs or the Rangers, We shall not be moved... Chelsea Carefree, wherever we may be, We are the famous CFC, And we don't give a f**k, Whoever you may be, 'Cos we are the famous CFC... Flying high up in the sky, We'll keep the blue flag flying high From Stamford Bridge to Wembley, We'll keep the blue flag flying high... Celery, Celery, If she don't c*m, I'll tickle her bum, With a lump of celery... Crystal Palace We love you, we love you, we love you, And where you play we follow we follow we follow, Cos we support the Palace, the Palace, the Palace, And that's the way we like it we like it we like it, Whoaaaaaaa whoaaaaaaaaa... England football team It's coming home, It's coming home, It's coming, football's coming home, It's coming home, It's coming home, It's coming, football's coming home... Don't take me home, Please don't take me home, I just don't wanna go to work, I wanna stay here and drink all the beer, Please don't, Please don't take me home... Everton Oh we hate Bill Shankly and we hate St John, but most of all we hate Big Ron, And we'll hang the Kopites one by one on the banks of the Royal Blue Mersey, To Hell with Liverpool and Rangers too, throw them all in the Mersey, And we'll fight fight fight, With all our might for the boys in the Royal Blue Jersey, Kopites are gobsh*tes clap clap clap, Kopites are gobsh*tes clap clap clap, Kopites are gobsh*tes clap clap clap... Grimsby Town Sing when we're fishing, We only sing when we're fishing, Hull City Mauled by the Tigers, You're getting mauled by the Tigers, Mauled by the Tigers, You're getting mauled by the Tigers... Liverpool FC Walk on through the wind, Walk on through the rain, Though your dreams be tossed and blown, Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart, And you'll never walk alone, You'll never walk alone, Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart, And you'll never walk alone, You'll never walk alone... Man City Blue Moon, you saw me standing alone, Without a dream in my heart, Without a love of my own.. Man Utd Ooh Aah, Ooh Aah, Ooh Aah Cantona, Ooh Aah Cantona... Going on up to the spirits in the sky, It's where I wanna go when I die, When I die and you lay me to rest, I wanna go on the piss with Georgie Best... Milwall No one likes us, no one likes us, No one likes us, we don't care, We are Millwall, super Millwall, We are Millwall, from the Den... Newcastle We are the Geordies, The Geordie boot boys, For we are mental, We are mad, We're the loyalest football supporters, The World has ever had... Toon, Toon, Black and white army, Toon, Toon, Black and white army,... Nottingham Forest City Ground, Oh mist rolling in from the Trent, My desire, Is always to be here, Oh City Ground... Portland Timbers Over there, it's so quiet, Over here, it's a riot, Walking along, Singing our song, Walking in a Timbers Wonderland... Portsmouth Play up Pompey, Pompey play up, Play up Pompey, Pompey play up! Rangers Every Saturday we follow, We cheer the boys in blue, The most successful team in football, We're Scotland's gallant few, Though times they have been hard, We've followed near and far, You will always hear us roaring, From the stands at Ibrox Park... Woah, woah, woah, Woah, woah, woah, Woah, woah, woah ... Scotland National Team O flower of Scotland, When will we see, Your like again, That fought and died for, Your wee bit hill and glen, And stood against him, Proud Edward's army, And sent him homeward, Tae think again, Those days are passed now, And in the past they must remain, But we can still rise now, And be the nation again, And stood against him, Proud Edward's army, And sent him homeward, Tae think again… Sheffield United You fill up my senses, Like a gallon of Magnet, Like a packet of woodbine, Like a good pinch of snuff, Like a night out in Sheffield, Like a greasy chip butty My Sheffield United, Come thrill me again, Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, oooh, Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, oooh... Tottenham Oh when the Spurs, Go marching in, Oh when the Spurs go marching in, I wanna be in that number, When the Spurs go marching in... Hello, Hello, We are the Tottenham boys, Hello, Hello, We are the Tottenham boys, And if you are an Arsenal fan, surrender or you'll die, Cos we will follow the Tottenham... West Ham I'm forever blowing bubbles, Pretty bubbles in the air, They fly so high, They reach the sky, And like my dream they fade and die! Fortunes always hiding, I've looked everywhere, I'm forever blowing bubbles, Pretty bubbles in the air. United! (Clapping), United! (Clapping). Wolverhampton Wanderers Fight, fight, Where ever you may be, We are the boys of the black country, And we'll beat you all wherever you may be, We are the boys of the black country... External links Category: Association football