Reacting to England’s BEST football chants

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

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[@matthewcharles5867]

The barmy army does a similar thing during ashes cricket tours against the Australian's . Even the afl footy in Australia a lot of the time you spend more time talking to people then watching the game. I can remember at school in Australia we did similar chants at sports days.

[@olakmostas]

Here in argentina we make literal songs to insult the other teams

[@battleofnerves]

@@olakmostas Thats the way👍🏼

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

Next vile football chants

[@buffalosowljah]

This is a classix in the midlands from the coventry and birmingham city to aston villa fans to the tune of terry jacks - seasons in the sun * we had joy we had fun we had villa on the run , but the joy didn't last cause the B&st*rds ran too fast*

[@Rowant-sh7vm]

as a british teen i can tell you we have the ability to instinctively know/go along with football chants from age 12

[@DavidTheConkerer]

My nephew started when he was about 4! :D

[@KarmaAJOfficial]

I did since I was 13. That was 4 years ago.

[@HenryFogden-r7o]

I did it since I was three… At least I didn’t join in on the swearing but.

[@jacoblc34]

Age 9

[@brigidsingleton1596]

I haven't watched football for years and only went once to a live game (with a friend who had a crush on a player), but I love videos which have the chants with subtitles, and _my_ favourite chant is the one to the tune of 'The Addams Family' !! Thanks for sharing this, Alanna.🖖❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@ianpope6133]

Hull Fans away at Bournemouth - "you're practically French, You're practically French, You're so southern, you're practically French"

[@alex-E7WHU]

😂😂 pure class

[@sarahhardy8649]

Well they’re not wrong.

[@TheBunzinator]

I'm a little surprised Hull fans know what French is.

[@d-s_94]

Haha that's quality

[@strangetimes33]

That's brilliant 😂

[@waragainstsleepx2517]

One of my favourites was when (6'7") Peter Crouch joined Liverpool and the fans sang "He's big, he's red, his feet stick out the bed, Peter Crouch!"

[@thebigdentist251]

@waragainstsleepx2517 Another variation of that was, "He's fat, he's round, he's always on the ground, Peter Reid!"

[@mozzergaming4826]

I remember that as well, brilliant

[@MeldersJnr]

re' Sammy Lee many moons ago the Kop sang .. He's fat (or short?) , he's round his arse is on the ground

[@niallwilson9745]

“When the ball hits your head and you’re sat in Row Z, that’s Zamoraaaa”

[@ToothbrushMan]

I think the Italians call Peter Crouch "La Stretta". Which if I am correct means "The Goalpost".

[@Dave-Shearer]

New Zealander here. Nobody chants like the Brits. They do it in many sports, their cricket fans are worldwide famous, and one of the highlights of their rugby teams coming over is the live game chants.

[@tonyhaynes9080]

The Barmy Army love winding the Aussies up. But there again, who doesn't?

[@dogwithwigwamz.7320]

Your Haka is pretty impressive.

[@Trey-CaiusPasisi]

​@dogwithwigwamz.7320 thanks man❤

[@gonzaizzyrose]

argentinian chants too

[@Marts5272]

The barmy army in cricket are the benchmark for travelling a very long way, seeing every game and getting absolutely smashed. But having a great time and being friendly with the opposition fans. We love a party, and the sense of humour is legendary.

[@icemaglite]

When Andy Goram (Scottish keeper) was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Next game the chant was "there's only 2 Andy Gorams!" 😂😂

[@WILK-b2b]

William kidd rangers football club scotland muisc

[@colintook3357]

Savage!!

[@gordon1545]

He absolutely was not, never, diagnosed with schizophrenia. He pulled out of a Scotland squad because he said he wasn't mentally right. At his next game for his club, Rangers, the Partick Thistle fans chanted "Two Andy Gormans, there's only two Andy Gorams." If they'd done that after he'd actually been diagnosed with schizophrenia it would have been sick, but in the circumstances it was funny enough to make Andy Goram laugh.

[@icemaglite]

@gordon1545 ah fair enough, thank you for clarifying. The dangers of repeating something heard in the pub/ seen on Instagram/ dreamt about.

[@phillawrence5148]

Brutal

[@Jamie_Smith.]

A couple of years ago, Kurt Zouma who plays for West Ham was sent to court after a video of him kicking and slapping a cat circulated around social media. So any time he played, and he touched/kicked the ball the whole stadium would shout out Meow!

[@robertpavey5615]

"Heeeeyy, Kurt Zouma! Ooh! Aah! I wanna know, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, will you kick my cat?"

[@Pmrace1960]

that is funny

[@Afterthoughtbtw]

I can remember watching a game he was playing in, and he went on a sprint - the opposition fans immediately started chanting "A Cat! A Cat! (etc)" in the same way they chant "Attack!"

[@bananaempijama]

​@Afterthoughtbtw 😂😂😂😂😂 That was hilarious!!

[@BambinoAmericano]

From Luxembourg. Attended games in England, NL, Germany, France, Belgium and Spain. Chanting is very common even more intense in Germany (less tourists in football stadiums) than England. And mocking of course, that’s part of the game. I love the cynical aspect in England and Belgium. Prohibition to engage in abusive or racist chanting is now finally seriously taken care of in most places.

[@adambainbridge1708]

From a young age, we have a lot of experience singing together during school assemblies. Often singing rude versions to annoy the teachers. Every British school kid knows these tunes by heart, and they are often used as a base for football chants, too. That and insulting each other is a national tradition. These songs come very naturally!

[@frogandspanner]

No, the teachers were not annoyed, just pretending to be annoyed, and immediately after assembly noting down the lyrics for use down the pub on Friday.

[@sosidbandband7589]

Recorded our assemblies at school

[@timllj1005]

When Ji Sung Park came from Korea to play (brilliantly) for Man Utd, they chanted 'He shoots, he scores, he'll eat your Labrador, Ji Sung Park, Ji Sung Park!' They loved him but couldn't help teasing him . . .

[@jamiesimms7084]

And the other one too. Park, Park wherever you may be, you eat dogs in your own country. It could be worse, you could be a Scouse, eating rats in your Council House

[@joshakatubs1213]

Park, park, wherever you may be. You eat dogs in your home country. Could be worse, you could be scouse, eating rats in your council house

[@FlatDerrick]

Ji Sung, wherever you may be, you eat the dog in your home country, but it could be worse, you could be scouse, eating rats in a council house

[@mrmr5580]

A mate of mine lived near Park when he was at United, he ran into him a few times, Park's apparently a really top bloke, he also apparently found the dog chants hilarious

[@michaelholt9156]

​@@FlatDerrick... damn, I remember chanting that full volume in the Stretford end!! Truly brilliant 😂

[@prism6]

The fact a lot of the tunes are from the hymns we had to sing in school adds a bit of extra spice

[@kevstershilling]

I was at a Kent v Middlesex cricket match (a T20 game), and some of the Middlesex fans started chanting "You’re just a point on a compass" at Sam Northeast, who played for Kent.

[@MartinConnolly-d8w]

Hahahahahahahaha 👍

[@fldunkinwedd-composer5834]

To the tune of ‘Amore’, West Ham fans on their famously wayward striker, Bobby Zamorra: “When you're sat in row Z and the ball hits your head, that’s Zamorra”

[@MrSpleenboy]

You beat me to it! 😆

[@francesrodgers2436]

one of my faves

[@Hex...]

Important context required that we pronounce 'Z' as 'zed', for any confused americans

[@vincentvega9863]

Oh my days I've not heard that one since I was school age! 😂

[@stevephelps6402]

When the ball can't be found cos it's outside the ground, that's Zamora"

[@carstennielsen4130]

i'm danish, once i was to a non-league match in england .. the fans was brutal against eachother, when the pause came, they walked through eachother to shift stand, nothing accured, but when 2nd half started they went against eachother again - its was so delighted to watch

[@neilbone9490]

We have a German girl from Bayern who’s mum is English comes from Ashford and she regularly comes to our games and reckons there’s more atmosphere in our little stadium than the Allianz! 🤣

[@ianz9916]

When Arsenal signed Emmanuel Petit the chant they came up with for him was, "He's blonde, he's quick, his name's a porno flick, Emmanuel, Emmanuel."

[@nigelsmith6077]

I have been lots of Arsenal games and fondly sung the one. As an Arsenal fan. Love it.

[@TheTomm101]

Takes me back to being 12 at a friend's house, finding channel 5 and discovering Emmanuelle in Space

[@AW_77]

A classic 😂

[@tiger1chu]

​@@TheTomm101I still think about Krista Allen every now and again 🤤

[@anthonyhulse1248]

The crowd is like a huge beast. They all start singing the same chant at once. I took an American friend to Old Trafford once, and when the United Fans started to sing, he nearly c@#$ed himself..

[@Mr.Grimsdale]

A friend of mine brought a workmate to his first game at OT, he was fondly known as 'Adrian the Canadian' he stood there listening to the chants and after a while he asked "how do you all know the words to the songs, do you go somewhere to learn them?" we all smiled and my friend explained to him how it happens.

[@nemanjap8768]

How cute , come to souther Europe baby

[@mcfcguvnors]

Cant beat a big game or a stadium in full swing ,old Wembley celebrating a goal was just epic , 100 k people with no modern building techniques for soundproofing the noise was unreal . Only come close to that one more time & that was the Derby at the Etihad where everyone was doing the Poznan & the stadium was shaking . Thought there was a f*ckin eathquake

[@thewinkler6647]

You, young lady, are a good sport for understanding and liking the humour. Only in the UK would you get this. Made me laugh more that you were laughing, thank you. I was once at a match some years ago and the crowd chant directed at the ref was ''Who's the Wanker in the black'' and the ref pointed to the linesman😂, so the humour is also on the pitch. Thanks again, keep it up.

[@simonclarke736]

The difference between the UK and America is the size, UK games always have fans from the away team. So the chanting is rivalry driven.

[@psychobartus]

This is a good point, but more than that I think it is time that plays a big part. Some rivalries go farther back in history than the discovery of the Americas. That means something deep. I dont even watch football but I know of the local rivalry between the big teams and the small teams nearby.

[@wesleyy2502]

Also helps that away fans are in one section and can make the chants louder and coordinate

[@hdhshdhxnndnfbf4123]

Tbf even champions league and the other european tournaments have full away stands, its not just distance, probably helps but not entirely

[@DaveGliva]

@@psychobartus There were soccer teams in the 1700's?

[@kalvinr12]

⁠@@DaveGlivaMany football rivalries stem from historical and religious hatred, Catholic-Protestant, Lancashire-Yorkshire, Liverpool-Manchester, etc.

[@ianpope6133]

Leyton Orient's stadium has blocks of flats in the corner - Bournemouth fans taunted someone in one of the flats "we can see you washing up!"

[@chrisstanton3512]

Went there with derby last season in league one and some lads missed out on tickets and rented out the bottom apartment for the weekend, lucky bastards could have a pint while watching

[@calgon5689]

In Britain, if you support your local football team, no matter what the size of the club, you will have those teams you hate even if they're only 5 miles down the road. Britain is so densely populated compared to America. The distances for us here are doable in 1-5 hours at most plus our league system in the lower leagues are divided regionally too.

[@Ramngrim]

*Especially* if they're only five miles down the road, I'd say.

[@Brad_1511]

You are also required to dispise every player on a team that's not what you support, however if any of them transfer to your club then they are gods gift. Also when they play for England, all bad blood from them being on a different premier league team goes out the window.

[@davidlove1944]

​@Brad_1511 you would never get an ex burnley player joining the bastards likewise an ex bastard playing for the clarets

[@GrahamsGO]

Cricket: Barmy Army (England cricket fans) v Australia - "He bowls to the left, he bowls to the right, that Mitchell Johnson, his bowling is shite!" Kind of backfired a year or two later though when he tore through our batting order...

[@pengumaestro]

I'm Spanish, our chants are translations of the english ones but in my experience, we are very creative with our chanting, as the language allows to.

[@mcfcguvnors]

Ive noticed German swedish french spanish fans do this & Norway too ,recognise all the tunes i just dont know the words

[@kevinlance1813]

Hey girl we are from North Carolina and one of the millions of things we love about England is English Football. The die hard support of fans not only of their club but their town/city is awesome and the creativity of the insults is endlessly brilliant. Probably going to be trashed for this but we are proud Sunderland supporters (I know I know).

[@paulguise698]

Hiya Kevin, I'm a Newcastle fan so we don't get along (only kidding)

[@kevinlance1813]

@@paulguise698 cheers mate any town that is home to Mark Knopfler, the Great North Run, and Geordie culture is a friend of mine.

[@paulguise698]

@@kevinlance1813 Cheers Kevin, no harm meant, I love my American cousins, Mark Knopfler was born in Glasgow, Scotland

[@barriehull7076]

Mackem, Makem or Mak'em is a nickname for residents of and people from Sunderland, a city in North East England. My grandad was from Sunderland.

[@HordrissTheConfuser]

I suppose _someone_ has to be.

[@zo7034]

Most of these songs go along with the tune of a popular song, so thats how you catch on and then its just listening. Many chants will be used for a season or more, so it gives fans a chance to learn them before they go to a game.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Interesting!

[@TheTomm101]

Most of them to the tune of Hymns

[@Obi-J]

Example: Leeds, Leeds are falling apart... again. Sung to the tune of Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

[@chesterma6321]

​@@Obi-J here after the playoff final. Leeds are indeed falling apart again!!! UTS 🔴⚪️

[@mcfcguvnors]

Pop songs , Hymns ,adverts ( shake n vac springs to mind & was only used in lower leagues for some daft reason ) Channel 4 showed "The Life of Brian " on TV way back in the 90s ( when it was seen as Blasphemy to show a ridicule of dumb religions ) on a weds night at 11 pm = Saturday Man U fans started singing it at the game & its stuck ever since . Interesting one is ask fans WHERE DO THESE SONGS come from ? most will struggle to name the original tune example "Thierry Henri " = Tom Hark by the Pihranas or however its spelt

[@robertwilloughby8050]

My favourite was aimed at Steve Ogrizovic - "You're better at cricket, You're better at cricket, Your name is a million in Scrabble, You're better at cricket". Steve Ogrizovic played Minor Counties cricket for Shropshire in the off season to a fairly good standard.

[@nedeast6845]

"million in Scrabble" love it:)

[@Tom_Withington]

Loved the video! As a football fan from the UK each club has their own unique chants, some to the same tune as other clubs, but sometimes times a lot of the chants can be made up on the spot, and everyone else just joins in and it goes from their! I would highly recommend you go to a game even if you don’t like sports! The atmosphere is just incredible 🫶

[@LoogiBalloogi]

5:39 Adam Johnson was a Sunderland player who was found guilty of CSA and grooming a 15 year old. Those fans chanting that support Newcastle United (my home club), who are VERY fierce rivals of Sunderland.

[@ianarnott2978]

Directed at Irish player Robbie Keane (referencing Irish travellers) "The wheels on your house go round and round ..."

[@howardkey1639]

You have to admit Alanna, only the Brits could be this creative with their football chants. Very funny 11/10 ⚽🥅🤣🤣🤣

[@squareeyes9540]

nah, the American ones are good too. "DEEEFENNNNSSSEEEE DEEEEFFFEEENNNNSSSEEE"

[@TheTomm101]

FIGHT ....AND WIN.... COMEEE OOONNN SEEAAATTTLLLEEE I get second hand embarrassment even thinking about that one @squareeyes9540

[@mcstaal]

Just a guess. You don't speak other languages but english?

[@JennieShaw-b2i]

Not creative just filth

[@TheTomm101]

@@mcstaal que?

[@wolfie854]

What a great idea for a video - quintessentially British humour. As far as self-deprecation goes, we lead the world! Well done.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thanks for watching!

[@joeleder]

The best one i ever heard was when opposing Newcastle fans started chanting when Johnjo Shelvey subbed on. "He's coming for you, He's coming for youuuu. Harry Potter. He's coming for you!" Just Google an image of johnjo shelvey and youll understand the reference.

[@twentythree2372]

Mate, crisps, cheese and sense of humor is why i'm still alive! Keep going this is funny

[@somebloke13]

*Humour

[@DavidMartin-tk4fs]

I am particularly impressed that your top 5 British things list has 3 items... your assimilation is complete. 👍❤

[@AxR558]

Two of my favourite football chants are "Lenell John-Lewis, his name is a shop" and one aimed at the very bald and pale Jonjo Shelvey "he's coming for you, he's coming for you, Harry Potter, he's coming for you"

[@Judgles]

One of my favourites is when you're losing 3-0 and start singing "we're gonna win 4-3", then they score again and, without missing a beat, you all change to "we're gonna win 5-4"! Great video Alanna. You should definitely go to a game. Maybe start gently with a women's game - not so much chanting but still plenty of humour.

[@HordrissTheConfuser]

I watched Preston North End get thrashed 5-1 by Luton Town. We'd been singing variants of that all through the match. I started them off singing "We're going to win 6-5", which i'll always remember.

[@Dandroid5000]

The best football chant ever has to be, "Two Andy Gorams, there's only two Andy Gorams........two Andy Gorams, there's only two Andy Gorams", sung to the tune of Guantanamera by Rangers fans after Goram, Rangers' keeper, was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Genius....

[@kristianclark4783]

Thank you for including Walsall in this clip (and reacting in the usual way). For an EFL League 2 (Division 4) club, they really punch above their weight in chanting. They seem to feature a lot in these compilations. And some of their best work is ad hoc, reacting to events on the pitch (or off it).

[@carolineskipper6976]

My favourite post on this subject ever is: American Sports fans: "De-fense! De-fense!" British Sports fans: "All right lads, I've just worked up a song to the tune of Debussy's Claire de Lune about an opposing player's drunk driving charge. I'llcount us off!" The best ones are just so easy to pick up once a few fans have kicked them off, and everyone joins in. I also have no interest in footbal (or any sport competition), but a good chant is worth listening to- as long as you can avoid the truly offensive ones.

[@davidwright7193]

Lots of football fans put the reduction of singing at football matches down to all seater stadiums. Personally I think the fact kids no longer sing hymns at school assemblies has far more to do with it. There is no longer a set of tunes that everyone knows to set words to which makes the whole thing harder

[@JesusAcademy1]

The best is english fans thinks they are brutal but compared to other european countries they are delicate in case of chants and atmosphere on the stands

[@joerigger2330]

A lot is Sloop John B.not original

[@racheljames7]

The truly offensive ones are the best 😂

[@FourthDrawerDown]

I remember the England cricket fans in Australia a few years ago singing: “ we’ve got 3 dollars to the pound.”

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

😂

[@lawrenceglaister4364]

​@@AdventuresAndNaps, for some reason it seems very hard for lots of people in the North Americas to understand just how fans can knock out a song and others just join in except of course that useless USA chant " I believe that we will win ". 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 It's probably the good old British Humour and of course the ability to make a song out of anything ( except of course the eurovision ) as the music industry proves.

[@Chaz1212]

​@@AdventuresAndNapsThere's a few cricket chants towards the Aussies on KZbin. 'The Convict Song' and 'We all shagged Matilda' to the tune of one of their national songs.

[@calgon5689]

Great Adam Hills Joke this too

[@who_stole_my_username]

There's plenty of chanting in cricket, mostly when England play Australia. Check out the Barmy Army songbook for some examples.

[@BobBobOnYouTube]

The Steve Gerrard chant is extra good because they’ve taken a chant that Liverpool fans usually sing about him and changed it to include probably the worst moment of his career.

[@Altitudes]

I liked a clip of the Palace fans singing "Sean Derry, Derry, he's better than Stevie G, more faithful than John Terry"

[@acidxburn125]

You will notice almost all the chants come from the kop (die hard home supporters) end. We sit in the local pub and come up with them when new players join or we win/lose, those supporters sing the chants in a few games as the loudest fans, and it spreads, there also on the true fans website not the official club website. and the less offensive ones are even in the home teams game programs

[@PEAKMANPLAYS]

Walsall is a football club and a small town in The Black Country in the West Midlands England UK its not far from Birmingham, West Bromwich and Wolverhampton we are probably the smallest team in the west midlands so we like to stick it to our close neighbours lol our local rivals Fun Fact The Black Country and Birmingham are were the Peaky Blinders were from

[@1wigglywotsit]

We sing : my garden shed, my garden shed, is bigger than this, is bigger than this. My garden shed is bigger than this. It's got a door and a window, my garden shed is bigger than this.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

😂

[@TheCornishCockney]

Bit cringey that one

[@johnharper3909]

How sad I assume you are Leeds?

[@YvonneWilson312]

Aha! We have a Villa fan in the room!

[@Escapee5931]

It's cringey if sung when the away team have failed to sell out their seating allocation.

[@shed66215]

Great video Alanna. Some chants are specific to a club, either being sung by them or sung by different fans aimed at one club in particular, but '...fire drill?', 'four nil, how s**t must you be' (other score lines are available lol), etc can literally be sung by any fan base - and they are very generally sung with a lot of enthusiasm. A lot of chants are taken from popular songs, aimed at players of their own club or at opposing players. Unfortunately for some there is also 'tragedy chanting' which is totally uncalled for but aside from that, literally anything is fair game...both your own club and whoever they are playing.

[@JohnHF1957]

Away fans at a small ground where the stand on one side was being demolished, sang "My garden shed is bigger than this, it's got a door and a window, my garden shed is bigger than this. My budgie's cage is bigger than this, it's got a perch and a mirror, my budgie's cage is bigger than this. My boxer shorts are bigger than this, they've got a hole and a skid mark, my boxer shorts are bigger than this."

[@Blind-Ghost-1980]

Bradford City fan here. We quite often make up chants on the spot, like many other clubs. More seagulls than fans wasn't the only one made up at that match. Most chants are known by most clubs already. The fire drill is when the opposing fans leave early. There's, Football in a library, when the home fans are quiet.

[@oiyouoverhere1112]

Some chants are sung at every game and some are created on the spot due to a random circumstance, the guy next to you begins to sing along, then the next, then your entire row, the row in front, the row behind and then the entire stand is singing it, they pick up on it around the stadium and then, most of the stadium are singing it. There is a common song during a LIVE Sky broadcast, "Sky TV is f**king sh*t" which Sky try to dub during the match, because Sky will rearrange a match for TV coverage without giving a toss if it effects the fans who had tickets for the original date. Its mostly sung at Leeds United games, but its caught on with other clubs who are effected by rearranged games.

[@mskatonic7240]

1:54 bit of both! Some are pre-written, shared round the supporters club group chat or pre-match meet up and then everyone starts singing it. Others are old stalwarts that have either been in football fandom generally or that club's fandom for years. And some are innovated at the match, but those will be new words on an existing formula. Sing it a few times at a match and if people like it, they join in.

[@shanemjn]

Sorry Alanna but I've got to disagree with you there. If you can still compete when you're 7 beers deep that's absolutely a sport!

[@peterhewson3216]

it's a bleeding challenge - that is for sure

[@afpwebworks]

With 7 pints on board it would make it difficult trying to play darts with two or three dartboards waving back and forth in front of my eyes, trying to decide which one is the real board. .

[@BabaC35]

I play better drunk then so been but it is a sport

[@johnbuyers8095]

When I played rugby, 3 or 4 pints was called pre-match warm up.

[@Hollywoodin2001b]

I saw a competition which was run - drink -run - drink. Kinda cool!

[@BOABModels]

There are a few tunes which are very common so fans know them. Ive also heard one fan trying to start a new chant and failing as no one joined in. Embarrassing! My club, Portsmouth, are known for having one of the best stadium atmospheres in England, and when all four sides of Fratton park are singing as one, it is like nothing else.

[@jamesbeeching6138]

And you went up this season!!!

[@BOABModels]

​@@jamesbeeching6138Yes! Play up Pompey!

[@NedGough]

Heard last week at Fratton Park: "We're coming for you, We're coming for you, You dirty Scummers, we're coming for you" 🙂

[@TheTomm101]

"Where's the wanker with the bell"

[@METALFREAK03]

1:52 Both. Some chants are just ingrained into you as a fan. Nowadays they have rock cds of them for instance. Others, are on the fly and everyone will know the tune to the chant and can join in.

[@hugh1427]

For some reason whenever any London team visits Nottingham Forest the home fans chant in a fake cockney accent ‘come and get your peanuts’!

[@markmckeever734]

I've been to quite a few football matches and heard the songs and chants, and then few years ago went to a baseball game in Houston, I was shocked to hear grown adults singing along to take me down to the baseball, along to a giant screen with the words on it and a bouncing ball highlighting each word!

[@TheTomm101]

Lovely and organic..

[@alanmills9492]

Hi Alanna, great video ! I remember there used to be a chant when only a few away fans turned up - "Come in a taxi, you must have come in a taxi...". A while later, a fan told a story of getting to a match far too early and he found he was the only one on a vast terrace, when the chant went up "come on a skateboard...."

[@Teapot333]

Pure genius 👌

[@stevenrose86]

Theres a bunch of melodies that are used (usually from old pop songs or hymns) and people tend to come up with the words during the game. More popular ones stick around and even get adopted by other teams

[@motownajaxxable]

Kent. You're officially Millwall. Congrats. Detroiter here, just happened to click the video, good stuff. But don't forget, you're Millwall if you got off the train from London to Kent. Cheers

[@siep6922]

Great to hear some good vibes for England!

[@Ian-xx1xb]

Watched these videos a ton they are always so fantastic and we sure can come up with funny stuff over here football banter is the best 🙌 glad you had a right laugh watching this Alanna cheers for sharing it was fantastic

[@dprid]

If you go to an England cricket test match The Barmy Army issue a song sheet. At an England vs Australia test match then there are loads of song about all the players, and loads of references to deportation, criminals etc, and they get ruder as more beer is drunk.

[@richarddowner7945]

I sh*gged Matilda is one of my favourites

[@Avfc-m4w]

Obviously you haven't watched darts lately great atmosphere and to hit a nine darter televised you are a legend.

[@SaltyGammon567]

I once came home hammered one night and saw Canadian Ice Hockey being played, it seemed kind of cool but about halfway through, 2 dudes just started having a fist fight on the ice and it was awesome. I still have no idea why they would do that, but I wish we had that sport over here!

[@antonydelmonte6306]

Hockey game for angry Canadians with no teeth

[@msolec2000]

I was waiting for "his eyes are offiside, his eyes are offside, Mesut Özil, his eyes are offside"

[@daveworrall1151]

Here's the thing Alana, many of the chants follow the same set of about 6-7 different base songs, so words can be interchanged as fit. Someone will start a song and even though the words may have been changed, it will still follow the same structure and therefore pretty much everyone will join in regardless because the song tune will remain. Some songs are developed in the foyers of the grounds or the local pubs too. But it's not like someone stands up and says "here my good fellows, what do you think about this ...." someone will say something which will get a huge laugh and a song may be developed

[@marksmodellingmadness]

On a related tangent (very mildly related :) I was at a Bad Manners concert back in 1990 or thereabouts and as the gig as about to start, the whole audience started chanting "YOU FAT B-" for nearly ten minutes which was a surprise to me. This chant was aimed at Buster Bloodvessel, the lead singer of the band and, turns out he wasn't coming on stage until they'd declared their love for him in this manner for quite a while 😂 I was lucky enough to interview the fat bas- I mean, Buster after the gig, for the volunteer job I had at the time, and he was (and hopefully still is) a great guy 😊

[@benstoyles1297]

There's about a dozen or set "tunes" or rhythms (Is there a fire drill is La Donna È Mobile etc) that are commonly used which allows any new chant to be quickly adopted. For new chants, someone will come up with it (or a group will think it up, usually in the pub) and then they'll start bellowing it repeatedly. If its any good other people will join in, and it will quickly be the whole stand doing it. If it's crap it will awkwardly peter out.

[@HordrissTheConfuser]

Most of the tunes are well known from folk music, pop music, hymns, opera, etc. Sometimes, people will come up with them and start people singing on the coaches/trains, or on the walk towards the stadium. Sometimes people will come up with things on the fly, but they tend to be well-known tunes with easy-to-learn lyrics.

[@davidboydarnott417]

Another sport where the fans sing and chant is Rugby! 🏈Thanks again, this was hilarious! Hope you have a great day!

[@stephencurran9716]

Is that Rugby league or Rugby Union

[@markwalker2627]

The adams family is actually quite specific to Kidderminster Harriers. The town of Kidderminster is known locally as Kiddy hence the kiddie family reference in the chants

[@SongBillong]

But you can change "Kiddy" to another team name (or nickname). That's why they had the [insert team name] thing in there.

[@jamesbeeching6138]

Jason Lee..."Hes got a pineapple on his head!!"

[@wilmaknickersfit]

Jan Mølby... "Who ate all the pies?" The original target for this one! 😂

[@nedeast6845]

He reckoned the stick he got from Skinner and Baddiel ended his career....

[@jamesbeeching6138]

@@nedeast6845 well.....Don't have a stupid haircut then!!

[@davefrench3608]

The whole ground erupted as one, it’s amazing how chants start.

[@frankhornby6873]

Now this day and age players have their hair any crazy style they want...it doesn’t matter ..IF YOU ARE GOOD...⚽️

[@SteveMikre44]

Laugh out loud funny! Great video idea Alanna...😂⚽️🇬🇧

[@kumasenlac5504]

17:25 Rugby Internationals are graced by thousands of Welsh people singing, in time, in key and, if you're lucky, with a descant...

[@lavatr8322]

Thats actually so incredible that they all Collectively sing together and there's No EGO or anything..... Just sing what he is singing.

[@nicksykes4575]

Hi Alanna, there's very little chanting at Rugby matches, there's an old saying, Football is a game for gentlemen, played by hooligans, Rugby is a game for hooligans played by gentlemen, to a certain extent that carries over to the fans. If a Football player doesn't like a referees decision he will get into a shouting match with him. In Rugby the referees word is law, Recently retired Welsh referee Nigel Owens is a small, openly gay man who had the absolute respect of players a foot or more taller and twice the weight, he also had the trust of the International Rugby community. To the extent he was picked to referee an International match involving his own country. If you're interested, see "10 minutes of Nigel Owens being Nigel Owens".

[@chrisnewman9693]

I.e rugby is an upper middle class sport

[@BeerHuntor]

that is not true, certainly in league at least.. Union.... well thats just union

[@ereynolds72]

@@chrisnewman9693that’s just nonsense

[@MKYCmusic]

Cricket chants are very much like this. One Australian player got roasted after getting caught cheating with "We saw you crying on TV"

[@mothmagic1]

Being a rugby fan who can't stand football I'm ashamed to admit that I was laughing as much as you were. Keep up the good work of entertaining us, we love your take on things.

[@luigigitti9774]

Italian here, although we do have great chants in Italy, none of them are improvised. You have to give it to the Brits, their chants are f brilliant and hilarious

[@gemthemage]

The way you react then interact is really nice to watch lol. Subbed

[@simonlunn6033]

I'm from Walsall and I don't know where it is either. 😂

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

😂 omg

[@usgreth]

@@AdventuresAndNaps There's a slight clue in the clubs they were insulting, Wolverhampton and Birmingham would be the closest teams to Walsall Shrewsbury is a bit further away but still kinda over that way. On another note there is a US vs UK football chants video but the US part is just cringe.

[@paulguise698]

@@usgreth King Boomer really crucified it

[@AlBarzUK]

Dowern Bescot, ay it?

[@TruthisclassifiedLiesisnews]

​@@AdventuresAndNaps Walsall is near all them places an is just a odd little area off a the m6 the ground is visable from the motorway . Bescott ground . Flipping lost to these lot years ago in the play offs

[@parallaxview6770]

Bolton v Newcastle Utd 1990s . At this time Bolton were due to move to a new ground so the away end was sold off and partially built on - a shopping centre no less . Bolton took the lead 1-0 but we triumphed 1-3 and as the 3rd goal went in we started to sing - " Sing when ya shoppin you only sing when ya shoppin " 🤓

[@magecraft2]

Alanna saying "imagine me being a professional athlete " my first thought was why have they made eating cheese a professional sport ?????

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

💀💀💀

[@TonySpike]

Wait ...its not already?😂

[@mrborgeusborg1541]

Eating cheese not to my knowledge. Throw a cheese down a hill, run after and catch it. Yes!

[@marcgriffiths]

Best chant I ever heard was at QPR's plastic astroturf pitch when the ball over bounced on the false turf. 2000 away fans all chanting "BOING BOING BOING" every time the ball bounced!

[@BlackCountrySoul1]

The chant at 13:30 is my team Walsall FC (nicknamed The Saddlers). We're about 10 miles north of Birmingham in the West Midlands. All the teams they're making fun out of (West Bromwich Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Birmingham City, Shrewsbury Town and Aston Villa) in the chant are other Midlands teams nearby.

[@happyhedgehog6450]

As a life long chess player, I feel the need to state that darts is a sport 😜😂. We non-movers have to stick together.

[@peterb2286]

To answer your question. Quite a lot are created in advance but equally some are made up on the spot. I've heard some brilliant chants down the years that were off the cuff

[@Andrew8468]

Another great video, some of those chants would get people tossed out in North America. I know the Nashville Predators NHL fans have chants but otherwise it's mostly "ref, you suck" when their team gets a penalty they don't agree with.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Or the classic "de-fence!! de-fence!!" lol not very offensive, though!

[@tonycurran1]

@@AdventuresAndNapshow do I become a member

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

A KZbin Member? This should be work: kzbin.info/door/kJrZ_GpGyrbQZ7YtdjKT7Qjoin Otherwise there's a "Join" button under this video! 🙏🏻

[@wasen_aeon]

Detroit's "You got Kronwalled" have always been a fave of mine. Not really a chant, but at least it gets the audience joining in.

[@oceanmike8516]

1:20 yes I remember this game Liverpool vs Tottenham 2013/14 season Tottenham were losing 3-0, it would be 4-0 but the fans did that 3 minutes before Liverpool scored the 4th from Jordan Henderson.

[@TheLondonDollyDimple]

Re whether the chants preplanned - we were once travelling with our two young daughters in a tram full of Sheffield Wednesday fans going up to Hillsborough for a match. They were singing sweary songs and the police on the tram had asked them to tone it down. To the exact same tune, they immediately started singing 'There's kids on the train, there's kids on the train, try not to swear, there's kids on the train!'

[@phillipgwynne6580]

I remember my dad telling years ago about when Arsenal would play Liverpool, the Arsenal fans would start singing "Sign on, sign on, (as in sign on the dole/unemployment benefit) with hope hope in your heart, and you'll never work again, Youuuul neeeeeverrrrrrr work AGAIN!". And the Liverpool would reply " Gerry and the pacemakers song Thank you very much for paying r Giro's (unemployment money), thank you very much thank you very-very-very much" to the tune of an old 1980's Cadbury's chocolate Roses TV advert.

[@ianz9916]

Thank You Very Much was a hit single for The Scaffold, another Liverpool band with Paul McCartney's brother in it, way before the advert.

[@IanJTaylor]

I sang that the other day when we played Liverpool and got a laugh from everyone around me. Guess its been forgotten at the Arsenal these days

[@IanJTaylor]

Also I changed 'hope in your heart" to 'pen in your hand"

[@phillipgwynne6580]

@@IanJTaylor 🤣

[@NedGough]

There used to be "In their Liverpool slums: They go through the dustbins for something to eat: They find a dead rat and they think it's a treat", etc.

[@michaeldillon3113]

Football chants can be quite cerebral . I was watching Chelsea when bald ( brilliant ) Frank le Boeuf ( beef ) took a crack on his head . Within a few minutes he had a huge egg shaped lump on his head . Without any great debate the ' Frank le Boeuf chant changed seemlessly to Frank l'oeuf ( egg ) . I thought ' crikey these old Shed boys seem to have a French O level ' .!?

[@Isleofskye]

Did he have an egg-shaped lump or was it an elliptical illusion?

[@michaeldillon3113]

@@Isleofskye You must have been at the game because that's exactly the chant the opposing supporters ( Millwall )came out with. ' Is it an egg or is it an elliptical illusion ? ' . 👍

[@Isleofskye]

@@michaeldillon3113 Hello Michael.:) Whattttttttt. They say "Nothing is original. lol, My own fans came out with that???? Ironically,6 months ago,an Irish Commentator,on a Racing Channel was talking about "Mullingar" and said the track was Eg shaped so I E[Mailed my "witty" elliptical joke but the young studio Presenter missed the joke and read it, literally, as an "optical illusion" which now appeared to the Commentator that I was questioning his description od the track and he delt the need to elaborate his point.:)

[@Isleofskye]

Sorry.Written in the dark @2.45am hence the errors:)

[@heskeyisgod8039]

Great video Alanna. Cricket does have chanting. England have a fan group called the barmy army who like to chant :-)

[@jamesbeeching6138]

And have their own band!!!

[@jonnymorpeth6520]

Loved your video. Have a look at the st James’ park chants. HAWAY THE LADS!! 😊

[@Steve-zc3rg]

We love ya thanks for bigging up the uk

[@mccpcorn2000]

Some chants are sort of pre-loaded stock footage, but others do happen spontaneously. I remember a game from the 70s being played in fog, where fans at one end of the ground heard the crowd roar because a goal had been scored, but they had to chant, "Who scored who scored??" to the other end of the ground because they couldn't see! 🤣

[@BlueSunYoutube]

Yeah spot on, I went to a similar away game near Burnley, which is pretty much the other side of the country to me. The fog rolled in. Somehow our 1000 people crowd came up with "The Orcs in Mordor, see clearer than this", plus the obligatory "Have you ever seen the Sun?"". Good Times.

[@DaveDunford]

"We can't see you sneaking out", at Oxford v Ipswich on a foggy day (Oxford were winning as the game approached 90 minutes and the fog got thicker and thicker). [Context for non-UK football fans: the standard version of the chant is "we can see you sneaking out" as fans of the losing team decide they have had enough and start to leave early. Same context as the "fire drill" chant.]

[@leebeckett5152]

2:06 it’s a bit of both

[@steve3291]

I like the one's to songs: One of my favourites aimed at Liverpool FC (Scousers), sung at Christmas to the tune of "Do they know it's Christmas": Feed the Scousers, let them know it's Christmastime. Or to the tune of "You are my sunshine" and Solskjaer is sounded sol-shaar: You are my Solskjaer, my Ollie Solskjaer, you make me happy when skies are grey. We could have Shearer, but he's much dearer, please don't take my Solskjaer away.

[@briancummins9489]

Fans singing feed the scousers but they live in places with higher poverty and food banks than Liverpool. Like London, Manchester, Midlands, Newcastle to name a few. Tory skip rats on benefits.

[@sarelvanderwalt5219]

Also important to understand that there is subconscious competition between supporters in a stadium, so many of the chants are also directed at the supporters of the opposing team & often in response to a chant from them.

[@brettmarlar4154]

In North America, the chants that occur tend to be of the supportive variety. Unless the refs miss a call, or in hockey a rival teams goalie will have his name sing songed to get under their skin. Or booing an especially disliked player on the visiting team when they touch the ball/puck (which ever is applicable).

[@TylerMcMillan-to7lc]

hi alanna I’m a huge man united supporter and I’m a Canadian me and my dad had front row seats and we were chanting and singing great video today

[@crocodilebelfast]

So your like every other Man Utd fan, not from Manchester or the country. 🤪

[@dogsmusicbookstravelscience]

@@crocodilebelfast That is a feature of a globally popular club, indeed!

[@elizabethnuttall5374]

My dad and I !!

[@elizabethnuttall5374]

Cricket has the Barmy Army especially when playing Australia.

[@roop128]

When are you going to do what I could not - actually go to a football game and witness this carnage yourself?!

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

But then I'd have to watch football 💀💀

[@jamesbeeching6138]

​@@AdventuresAndNapsgo to see The Gills or Brighton....There are some excellent chants at The Seagulls!!!

[@MatthaisUK]

@@AdventuresAndNaps If you've sat through as many hours of baseball games as it sounds, surely you can survive 90 mins?

[@stephenlee5929]

@@AdventuresAndNaps There might be Oxo, probably pies. Go to Liverpool, you might get some Toffees.😊😊

[@roop128]

⁠​⁠@@AdventuresAndNaps touché 😂 Well how about this, since neither of us have been, perhaps we could see what all the fuss is about and hit up a match and do a review video (with the dual purpose of being further indoctrinated into British culture ofc)

[@OneLadAndHisDrone.]

I'd basically say it's only the working class sports like rugby league, boxing most boxers are football fans so there teams fans go to support them.

[@arblasterr]

3:53 That couldn’t be Notts forest V west ham as you can see “The Boothen End” is the name of one of the stand and thats at the BET 365 which is Stokes ground..