[Football] Football in a library

[Wozza]

Bang on, this.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Tired: Singing “you dirty northern bastards” at northern clubs
Wired: Singing “you dirty northern bastards” at southern clubs

Plymouth once sang it to us.

 

[Guinness Boy]

I’ve got to admit a grudging respect for Liverpool here. A lot of original songs and player relevance. The Diaz one was annoyingly good and loud this season. The Beatles one for Klopp was excellent. And they sing a lot of their older, traditional songs too.

I don’t know who comes up with them but they’re way ahead of other PL clubs IMO.

 

[studio150]

One Nil to The Albion........... Doesn't usually last that long unfortunately

 

[Uh_huh_him]

I’ve got to admit a grudging respect for Liverpool here. A lot of original songs and player relevance. The Diaz one was annoyingly good and loud this season. The Beatles one for Klopp was excellent. And they sing a lot of their older, traditional songs too.

I don’t know who comes up with them but they’re way ahead of other PL clubs IMO.

As a consequence, I really dislike other clubs copying the ole, ole, ole chant.
I think of it as specifically Liverpool chant. ( it might not be though)

I've heard Arsenal, Villa and Cardiff singing versions of it and at least one other, though I can't remember who.

 

[el punal]

It's so f***ing dull. I'm sure fan banter used to be so much better when I was younger. The 'football in a library' song is just about the worst I have ever heard in the history of the game.

Okay, here goes - the Compendium of Football Fan Songs of the 1970s, altogether now :

You’re Gonna Get Your F***ing Heads Kicked In

You’ll Never Make The Station

In your ———— slums (insert opposition location and dustbin)

We Had Joy, We Had Fun, blah! blah! We Had ———— On The Run (Insert Opposition Fans)

We Hate Nottingham Forest, We Hate ———— etc (you know the rest)

There are loads more, someone else can over!

 

[el punal]

As a consequence, I really dislike other clubs copying the ole, ole, ole chant.
I think of it as specifically Liverpool chant. ( it might not be though)

I've heard Arsenal, Villa and Cardiff singing versions of it and at least one other, though I can't remember who.

Originally it was Napoli’s tune.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

l, I mean how many of our players have a song sung about them during a game nowadays (Mitoma, Welbeck, Solly, Dunk and VanH maybe) We are one step away from being on Centre Court at Wimbledon. "Lets go Brighton, let's go"

M m m my Mitoma (my Sharona)

Good golly it's Solly, give him the ball (Good Golly Miss Molly)

Lew Dunk da funk, he'll lift a cup, if we break our ceiling (Slam Dunk da funk)

Woah here he comes, watch out now, he'll tear you up
Woah here he comes, he's a Van-Hecke (maneater)

Done. All modern songs to really get the kids on board as well. Tik Tok and Myspace will go wild.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

You don't have to go back as far as the Goldstone years for an example of that. Referee Jarnail Singh received a friendly chorus of 'Oh Monty, Monty. Monty, Monty, Monty, Monty Panesar' when he appeared at the Withdean.

I remember the referee Gurnham Singh being greeted with a chorus of “The referee, is tandoori, the ref-er-re is tan-dor-i” many years ago.

 

[el punal]

I have always said that football is 25% sport and 75% panto.

Where have I gone?
I'm behind you!

The VAR response would be “Oh yes it is! Oh no it isn’t! Oh yes it is!” carry on for at least another five minutes until the incorrect decision is made.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

From 75 mins on “Is there a fire drill?”

*For a second time

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Okay, here goes - the Compendium of Football Fan Songs of the 1970s, altogether now :

You’re Gonna Get Your F***ing Heads Kicked In

You’ll Never Make The Station

In your ———— slums (insert opposition location and dustbin)

We Had Joy, We Had Fun, blah! blah! We Had ———— On The Run (Insert Opposition Fans)

We Hate Nottingham Forest, We Hate ———— etc (you know the rest)

There are loads more, someone else can over!

We’re Reading, We’re Reading, we’ll kick your f***ing head in

Come join us come join us come join us over here

I recall we say “You’re going home in a Kent ambulance” once at Priestfield, not sure why it was an additional dig but then again I wasn’t up to date on Kent / Medway NHS Trust ratings

 

[pigmanovich]

One Nil to The Albion........... Doesn't usually last that long unfortunately

"Two nil to the Albion" lasts less time still

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Funniest chant I ever heard was when we played Leeds at Elland Road in the '80s.

A very overweight Leeds fan was standing shirtless and on his own, in a no-man's land between us in the away supporters end, and the Leeds fans.

Suddenly, we started chanting "Have you eaten, have you eaten, have you eaten all your mates?"

Even the Leeds fans, stewards and the local police were chuckling at that.

My favourite remains Hull away. Home fans to us

You’re so southern, you’re practically French.

 

[dazzer6666]

I mean how many of our players have a song sung about them during a game nowadays (Mitoma, Welbeck, Solly, Dunk and VanH maybe)

ummmmm………Veltman, Ferguson, Enciso, Georginio, Joao Pedro, Igor, Tariq, O’Riley, Adingra………….

 

[pigmanovich]

ummmmm………Veltman, Ferguson, Enciso, Georginio, Joao Pedro, Igor, Tariq, O’Riley, Adingra………….

Bart too

 

[HeaviestTed]

I like the chant for kurt zouma when he gets injured and we tell him that’s how his cat feels - is a little niche though, probably wouldn’t work for all games.

 

[Wrong-Direction]

Yeah let's just sit in silence..

 

[Arthur]

When you're in the minority, playing in front of a pretty much exclusively white crowd you've arguably little choice but it get on with it. I disagree about different day and age and what people are offended by, or on behalf of another, even back then I felt bad for him and felt his body language was at odds with him 'absolutely loving it,' more he tried to ignore it, he certainly never acknowledged it in any positive way, and what was he going to say to a couple of (white?) fans at Gillingham "I found it quite offensive actually"

Don't get me wrong, it wasn't meant in any offensive way I appreciate, it just felt a bit off.

Well to back up @Dave the OAP I see him and his daughter now and again as they are still about in Tunbridge Wells and every time I speak to him he has nothing but fond memories of playing for Brighton.

And quite frankly what is offensive about it? He had hair like Bob Marley a cultural icon. I don't remember there being an outcry when Baddiel and Skinner were singing about Jason Lee having a pineapple on his head which IMO is far worse. So yes it was a different time.

 

[Gazwag]

ummmmm………Veltman, Ferguson, Enciso, Georginio, Joao Pedro, Igor, Tariq, O’Riley, Adingra………….

You are quite right, although Enciso's seems a bit too complicate for most.

I have never understood why Baleba hasnt has the most obvious song sung about him, even Gary Lineker used it has his closing pun once which probably equals the amount of times I have heard it sung by us

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

ummmmm………Veltman, Ferguson, Enciso, Georginio, Joao Pedro, Igor, Tariq, O’Riley, Adingra………….

To the tune of the Addams Family?

Great work