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A football chant or terrace chant is 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 or encourage the home team, and they may be sung to celebrate a particular player or ...
Apr 10, 2017 · Football chants can range from intuitive, brilliant and clever right down to simply shouting your teams name. (Chelsea, Arsenal and ‘United’ I’m looking at you.) Below, we look at the classic songs that some of the great football chants originate from. Rodger Hodgson - Logical song (Oh Scotty Sinclair, oh he is so wonderful)
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Aug 7, 2023 · The very first football chants have their origins in dance hall music and folk culture. Music halls became popular around the same time as football in Britain, in the late 1800s, and had a similar appeal as an accessible form of entertainment for working class people. They usually hosted theatrical shows, featuring musical and comedy ...
Aug 1, 2021 · In his book We Lose Every Week: The History Of Football Chanting, Andrew Lawn quotes the British folk singer Martin Carthy as describing football chants as “the one surviving embodiment of an ...
May 2, 2021 · Readers reply. This sort of question allows people to show some wit. My poor offering is that Earwig M bred with Earwig N to get Earwig O. MrCassandra I remember chants starting in the early 60s.
Apr 27, 2021 · How and when did football chants start? The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and ...
May 6, 2016 · The Joy of Six: football chants. From Anfield’s unmistakable anthem to Barnsley’s glorious nihilism and existentialism among AFC Wimbledon fans – half a dozen of the best chants. Paul Doyle ...
