Unoriginal chants

[Reginald Fodstain]

"JOHN WELSH... HAS GOT A BIG FAT HEAD!"

 

[Indian Dan]

There was one which was both racist and homophobic.

Get you 2 years now!

 

[FGR Stroud]

In recent years, I reckon we might have been the ones to first do the clap clap clap-clap-clap-clap FIIIISHHH* one.

*Or whatever one syllable word you want.

What I do find quite interesting is the way certain unoriginal chants are popular in different divisions. That shite one IS THIS THE LIBRARY? seems to be popular in the Championship for example, but you don't really hear it down here.

I first heard it down in the Conference.

 

[dedwardp]

For example we started singing "Tequilla" earlier this season only to have it hijacked by Milton Keynes of all people.

Portsmouth were singing that one nearly two years ago:

 

[birkenhead tranny]

No one ever chants that.

they do now ! swa swa

 

[Agombar stool]

I like the one-offs, usually directed at an opposing player.

‘Wanker John McGinley’ still resonates occasionally, even though it refers to 20 years ago.

Matt Le Tissier took his ‘Big nose, he’s got a fucking big nose’ quite well.

Unlike the Man U player, can’t remember which one, who got a bit too close to the fans to collect a ball for a throw in and got a punch in the head for his trouble!

Ah, the good old days in the Shrivvy

Mark Hughes wasn't it?

 

[darren gregory]

We've got Ollie Norwood he is fucking reyt good....

Any particular reason you were in a Leeds pub full of Blades? Was it the Spoons in the station?

Going to see Embrace at o2 academy.
No it was not spoons name escapes me at the minute. Beckett's ?
It was the day Leeds v sheff utd 16th March
Reckon maybe 6-30 right in town centre. Good 25 of em singing.
Mrs a bit intimidated but I said be no problem.
Just struck me as a cracking original chant , not quite as good as Embrace were though

 

[RLC]

All of those 'Scouser' chants opposing supporters subject us to.

Geographically inaccurate and based on crude stereotypes. They were not even relevant or appropriate in 1981.

 

[The Alex]

In recent years, I reckon we might have been the ones to first do the clap clap clap-clap-clap-clap FIIIISHHH* one.

*Or whatever one syllable word you want.

We’ve sang that for as long as I can remember going Crewe. Swap Fish for Crewe obv.

 

[EricSabin]

Thankfully we’ve resisted all that shite. Someone always tries to start an everywhere we go or something but they’re quickly told to turn it in by a few a people, either that or someone just starts another song.

When we had Danny Jackman we had a good one for him to the Batman music

Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na JACKMAN

Also for Lewin Nyatanga to Ini Kamoze - Here come the hotstepper

Na Na Na Na Na, Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na NYATANGAAAAA

All our other player songs are generic

 

[Blue Lion]

All of those 'Scouser' chants opposing supporters subject us to.

Geographically inaccurate and based on crude stereotypes. They were not even relevant or appropriate in 1981.

That's kind of the point isn't it? Similar to the "you're just a small town in [insert local town]" chant, it's deliberately inaccurate to wind up the locals.

But I agree these songs get very tiresome.

 

[RLC]

That's kind of the point isn't it? Similar to the "you're just a small town in [insert local town]" chant, it's deliberately inaccurate to wind up the locals.

But I agree these songs get very tiresome.

I think a lot of people mistakenly regard the Wirral as 'Scouse', certainly those from the Midlands and the South. I am not sure they are all being ironic.

It is the references to unemployment from four decades ago that are more irritating.

 

[Reginald Fodstain]

That's kind of the point isn't it? Similar to the "you're just a small town in [insert local town]" chant, it's deliberately inaccurate to wind up the locals.

But I agree these songs get very tiresome.

I did try and get a chorus of "yer ma's a bigger slag than Charlotte" going when Macc fans were singing Sign On at us one year. It didn't really catch on, sadly...

 

[Castolo]

It’s a ‘damned if you do, damned if you don’t...’ kind of situation; because a lot of fans usually mock any attempts to try something new. A lot of the best chants start with bigger Prem teams now (Ole’s at the Wheel, We’ve got Payet, Allez Allez, I think Mitros on Fire predates Will Grigg etc., which are undoubtably good chants until every club gets a version) would get mocked at most League 2 grounds if they were spontaneously created. I certainly wouldn’t start chanting a chant I came up with that I thought would be good but I hadn’t heard anyone sing because I guarantee it won’t take off. But if everyone has seen the video of Liverpool fans doing it then they’ll be more susceptible. Plus most chants sound ridiculous if you haven’t heard it before. ‘Hey guys, remember Miley Cyrus’s dad? What if we used his biggest tune to compare our midfielder to a World Cup winning Frenchman?’

Our more original chants such as the Boyle-tender song seem to start on a bigger away day where everyone’s mingling and a few drunk people jokingly get a few people going and before you know it everyone’s singing it, but 99% of the time no one will sing along unless it’s a song they already know.

 

[Deepcut Cobbler]

We're invariably "Dirty Northern Bastards" to some or "Dirty Southern Bastards" to others...

 

[Indian Dan]

Or just plain dirty bastards to most!

 

[jbet]

The ALLEZ ALLEZ ALLEZ song can fuck off now. Boring.

 

[shoddycollins]

Didn't think this was the thread for bragging about original chants.

I think the terrace staples like 'This is the best trip' while unoriginal, are fine. But the numerous copycat chants that appear every time something like 'Will Grigg's on fire' goes viral are annoying; having said this, chants celebrating individual players seem to have disappeared otherwise.

What I want to know is whatever happened to the old 'small town in Scotland' chant. Doesn't seem right anymore somehow that we don't hear ninety minutes of that from the away end at Brunton Park.

Matt Le Tissier took his ‘Big nose, he’s got a fucking big nose’ quite well.

Reminds me of a chant the Hartlepool fans had for their former player Matty Robson when he played for us 'his chin is offside'.

 

[Crewelad87]

Lao can't be doing with the copy cat chants, it's cringe worthy.

Loved the Leeds chant the other day, "stop crying Frank Lampard" albeit it back fired badly.