[Football] Sick/Abusive ‘Munich’ chanting

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

When the Cadbury factory laid off hundreds of locals in Birkenhead, the Tranmere fans were cruelly mocked for their misfortune by visiting fans from Southport:

You've no job, you've no job,
That taste, it always lingers
In your hand, not twenty grand
Just Cadbury's chocolate fingers

 

[A1X]

If Munich / Hillsborough / other tragedies is all you have to sing about then it reflects pretty pathetically on your fan base TBH

Mind you I’ve never been fully on board with us singing “burnt your own town” at Palace

 

[nicko31]

Sadly the more the media go on about it the more likely it will happen.

Frankly, we've got more important things to worry about than a few fans goading about a tragedy generations ago

 

[BiffyBoy]

You just made that up.

It doesn't even scan.

Southampton fans still get it about the Titanic, although the media tend to ignore it because it's not deemed sexy enough, but it still hurts to hear it surely:
"Always look 370 nautical miles off the coast of Newfoundland for ice"

Despicable.

I’ve heard this chant along with the usual “Leonardo DiCaprio, he’s a w*nker” aimed at the Southampton fans.

It’s just hurtful.

 

[Iggle Piggle]

I’ve heard this chant along with the usual “Leonardo DiCaprio, he’s a w*nker” aimed at the Southampton fans.

It’s just hurtful.

There's no place in this day and age for the "Winslet get your tits out, Winslet get your tits out" chant either.

 

[Pavilionaire]

Are England fans still singing anti- IRA and anti- German songs on away trips?

 

[Guinness Boy]

Depends how far you want to go… the term “Man- ure” stems directly from the Munich disaster but is seen on these pages regularly

What absolute horse shit.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I’ve heard this chant along with the usual “Leonardo DiCaprio, he’s a w*nker” aimed at the Southampton fans.

It’s just hurtful.

Fair enough.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I’ve heard this chant along with the usual “Leonardo DiCaprio, he’s a w*nker” aimed at the Southampton fans.

It’s just hurtful.

The more I think about it the more I feel I've been whooshed. By a strong westerly up the Solent.

Next you'll tell me that Pompey fans used to tragedy chant Brighton about Lawrence Olivier and Beryl Reed (and their sordid love triangle in Sussex Square).

 

[Dave the OAP]

Depends how far you want to go… the term “Man- ure” stems directly from the Munich disaster but is seen on these pages regularly

No its manure. You know. Animal excretions

 

[Rdodge30]

What absolute horse shit.

The term “ManUre” originated from chants about Duncan Edwards by West Brom fans following the Munich Air Disaster. “Duncan Edwards is manure, rotting in his grave, Man U are manure, rotting in their grave.”

The term ManU is a reference to the plane crash, implying that if Man United was written on the plane the end of it was blown off just leaving ManU

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

If Munich / Hillsborough / other tragedies is all you have to sing about then it reflects pretty pathetically on your fan base TBH

Mind you I’ve never been fully on board with us singing “burnt your own town” at Palace

Pretty mild tho compared to "go get your father's gun etc". Still, it's all just bantz eh?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

The term “ManUre” originated from chants about Duncan Edwards by West Brom fans following the Munich Air Disaster. “Duncan Edwards is manure, rotting in his grave, Man U are manure, rotting in their grave.”

The term ManU is a reference to the plane crash, implying that if Man United was written on the plane the end of it was blown off just leaving ManU

Speaking of manure... you're full of shit

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

The term “ManUre” originated from chants about Duncan Edwards by West Brom fans following the Munich Air Disaster. “Duncan Edwards is manure, rotting in his grave, Man U are manure, rotting in their grave.”

The term ManU is a reference to the plane crash, implying that if Man United was written on the plane the end of it was blown off just leaving ManU

What you're saying may be true, or may be not, but I say with confidence not one single person on here is referring to that tragedy.

It's just a way of trashing a dis-likeable club

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Will it ever be stopped? Or even can it be stopped?

It can be stopped.

Racism, is not gone, but compared to 30 years ago it's vastly reduced. As is homophobia and misogyny.

Clear messaging, clear consequences and making an example of one of two people are the first steps

 

[Super Steve Earle]

Things change, slowly.

The fact you can raise it on NSC and not be slapped down for getting worked up over 'bantz' is a singe of improvement in society.

Le singe est dans l'arbre

 

[Guinness Boy]

The term “ManUre” originated from chants about Duncan Edwards by West Brom fans following the Munich Air Disaster. “Duncan Edwards is manure, rotting in his grave, Man U are manure, rotting in their grave.”

The term ManU is a reference to the plane crash, implying that if Man United was written on the plane the end of it was blown off just leaving ManU

 

[Albion my Albion]

Really? How so? I always assumed it was to with manure

I think Man-ure is a shite response.

 

[Albion my Albion]

Le singe est dans l'arbre

Monkey see monkey do.

 

[Eeyore]

The more I think about it the more I feel I've been whooshed. By a strong westerly up the Solent.

Next you'll tell me that Pompey fans used to tragedy chant Brighton about Lawrence Olivier and Beryl Reed (and their sordid love triangle in Sussex Square).

That's okay, I just draw the line at the chanting about the French burning of Brighthelmstone in 1514.

Anyway, all this required context and being sensible- something some folk seem to struggle with. The modern 'Manure' probably started independent of the old version.

'Tragedy chanting' was a norm back in the day. But there is no reason why not to put a stop to it as so few engage in it. And those that do know about it so only have themselves to blame. I wonder if it's the marching powder at work again.

For me, one of the reasons football is so well attended these days is because all this type of behaviour, as well as the aggression, has been stamped down upon. So that's a good thing. There must only be a relatively small fraction who can't deal with it.