Reacting to England’s BEST football chants

I honestly can't believe some of these UK football chants lol absolutely wild. Have a favourite chant? Leave a comment down below!
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I share the ups and downs of an expat living abroad and what it's really like living in the UK. It's not always easy, but there's been so many wonderful experiences, too. I post a KZbin video every Tuesday plus an additional video every Saturday on Patreon + YT Memberships. I also livestream every Wednesday and Sunday at 5:30pm GMT/BST on Twitch.
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[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Big thanks to these channels for the compilations - make sure to show them some love! ⚽ Best Funny Football Chants: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jl7HiJqqa8idZ9Esi=yl79L-YoACOvIUO7 FUNNIEST FOOTBALL CHANTS IN ENGLAND: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o56ZY4Wji5ijldksi=pJkuqICY7SwboZdX FUNNIEST CHANTS BY ENGLISH FOOTBALL FANS: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIu3aIt8oMp0aposi=VHD_zzF473Ky6p8k

[@troygiles2802]

Toronto FC professional football club in the MSL. Has the best and loudest fans in North America

[@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

[@mickydimos]

@@olakmostas Thats the way👍🏼

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

Next vile football chants

[@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

[@user-nj5bd8ly1y]

My nephew started when he was about 4! :D

[@PresleyJOfficial]

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

[@user-qd2zr1mp4u]

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

[@thehockeychannel34]

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!"

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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 🤤

[@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!"

[@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 😂

[@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.

[@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?

[@user-sw9ry3rg7u]

​@@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

[@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?

[@user-cp4px2be7p]

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!

[@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

[@obijon7441]

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

[@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"

[@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.

[@ianarnott2978]

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

[@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.

[@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:)

[@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

[@MJX1916]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@charlielambert1357]

​@@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.

[@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 😊

[@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

[@user-gd9xf9zs9r]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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..

[@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

[@millinutz]

As I think i've mentioned befor..., it never ceases to amaze me where you keep getting your ideas from.... this one in particular is bl**dy fantastic! Thx.

[@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

[@SteveMikre44]

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

[@TrickyDicky2006]

The Womens rugby hardest hits is a great video! It kinda perfectly demonstrates why Brits don't really take the NFL seriously 🤣

[@sidrat2009]

The only people that do is the advertising sales people. American sports & TV are created around the TV adverts not the people watching the sporting/TV event. It's like the John Lewis Christmas Advert but every 12-15 minutes of every hour of every day.

[@TrickyDicky2006]

@@sidrat2009 Yeah i'll admit Amercian TV is fairly unbearable to watch live 😆 It really is just wall to wall adverts at every oppertunity!

[@davidioanhedges]

My universities women's rugby team got banned from a uni bar because the Men's Rugby team were offended ...

[@carlosmpsenyorcapitacollon6977]

​@@davidioanhedgeslol why

[@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...."

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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).

[@TerryVanner]

Brilliant subject for a video. Thank you ❤

[@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 " 🤓

[@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!

[@user-co1wf3oj7g]

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

[@Truro909]

Pompey, Pompey what's the time? Pompey, what's the time? Portsmouth v Cardiff ... cracking story to that!

[@TheTomm101]

"Where's the wanker with the bell"

[@eustaquiozambrano2974]

Thanks for sharing. Have an amazing wonderful day ❤️

[@josephalavezzo8232]

Thank You. This is one of the funniest videos I have ever seen.

[@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."

[@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

[@gemthemage]

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

[@DavidMartin-tk4fs]

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

[@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...⚽️

[@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.

[@michaeldaley5831]

This is one of my all time favourite,Alanna reaction vids,& there are many.

[@NealThurman]

Wow sooo brave for going there 😂😂 Im the same not into football but love the chants Ice hockey! Sheffield is quite big for ice hockey sheffield steelers really good team Thanks again Alanna for a great 20min laff x

[@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!!!

[@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

[@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.

[@josedellanina6394]

Loved the video! Congrats

[@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.

[@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.

[@user-lz1jw4pr7p]

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.

[@davidboydarnott417]

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

[@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?😂

[@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.

[@arthurerickson5162]

Great video, Alanna! You’re right about football/soccer chants in the US. They’re generally “mild” compared to the ones you showed us. The clubs, and the league (MLS), will eventually crack down on repeat bad behavior (especially if the game is on national TV). Nowadays, the only bad behavior (without any humor) is usually from parents at their kids matches.

[@siep6922]

Great to hear some good vibes for England!

[@MKYCmusic]

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

[@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.

[@IanTaylorTravels]

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

[@IanTaylorTravels]

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

[@phillipgwynne6580]

@@IanTaylorTravels 🤣

[@user-co1wf3oj7g]

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.

[@joethompson3621]

With cricket, we’re so drunk that we won’t be talking/ chanting. As alcohol is allowed in the stands, where as it’s banned in football stadiums.

[@eric-wb7gj]

TY Alanna 🙏🙏, glad you enjoyed the chants! Darts is a sport, how many gold medal winners could win 6 pints up?! 😂😂

[@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:)

[@redf7209]

you've crossed the rubicon going into video reactions

[@crowhillian58]

On a couple of occasions I've started a chant on an away terrace. All you have to do is pick your moment (usually just as the previous chant is tailing off/ended), make sure the theme of the chant fits the mood of your fellow supporters, bellow the first line out at the top of your voice (it'll be a tried an trusted chant, one that everyone knows the second line) and grin with satisfaction as it spreads along the terrace.

[@bradley4706]

To your question, it’s a bit of both. There are chants that were made up ages ago and the rhythm acts as a template for new things to be made up on the spot. Sometimes supporters use a famous song like ‘I just can’t get enough’ change the lyrics to fit what they want and chant it. All are made by the fans though. Whatever sticks will be continued by the rest of the supporters. Some chants will go back as old as the club, which in most cases is over a hundred years.

[@knightofnii4659]

Some chants are invented on the spot and are very topical. Most though are either old, pinched from other teams ( sometimes reworded ) or at least partly worked out in advance.

[@williamjackson2089]

Sometimes they're worked out on a coach to an away game.

[@garymillward8619]

Like the Middlesex cockwombles nicking Southampton's main chant

[@dcallan812]

Oh no money from this one, within the first 20 seconds. 🤣🤣They sometimes start organically as things happen on the pitch. A few are used for a season, if a player has a daft name.

[@d3gres170]

This is awesome! We could do this at Chicago Cubs games!! A whole new element.

[@paulguise698]

I wouldn't if I were you, knowing the American Authorities they would kick you out of the ground, (just kidding)

[@user-vs6qt4mg8g]

Love your videos Alana

[@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.

[@jordanshopland0926]

1:51 So with football chants they have been around a long time they usually originate from fans during a game while drunk or in pub drinking with fellow fans. we chant these songs to Express ourselves or to give our team a confidence boost. Some have been around a long time. Some are for the players that we love or hate. It's one of the things I love about footy.

[@paulroyal1523]

Hilarious, love it x

[@alanw8571]

What about "Steve Bruce has a big fat head"?

[@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)

[@SuperTonywilliams]

Isn't a british football crowd an extraordinary thing....fabulous film my lovely Xx

[@FrowningIke]

1:31 You kinda hit the nail on the head. A supporter comes up with something and has a good few mates to sing it loudly with him, usually in a lull in the game and The Kop @ Liverpool for instance pick it up very quickly. Moving around so much I havent been to Anfield for a few years so the internet, fan sites etc may have made it much easier now. Same principal but now you dont have to be a group of mates in the boozer. Also, they are most likely to originate with travelling supporters, the ones that go to every away game. They are far more hardcore so shout out to them! Also, this is bound to create an argument but Liverpool are the team widely recognised to have started the song tradition by singing Beatles songs in the crowd in the 60's.

[@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. 🤪

[@JacoWium]

@@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.

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

The only times I've been to football games in England was on our annual school trip to watch our local team, Chelsea. That was in the 1962/63 season. So, Alanna, my luv, you're not alone in not being overly keen on footie. Give me rugby, lacrosse, or cricket any day. ❤

[@TheCornishCockney]

Lacrosse 😁

[@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.

[@bobstav]

great vid !!

[@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.

[@lloroshastar6347]

As someone who is a football fan but not a really passionate one, I guarantee there will be people in the comments insisting their team has the best chants and getting really upset at the implication their teams chants are not the best.

[@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! 🤣

[@TrippyPanda18]

Next video react to the hardest rugby hits as its brutal and not what you would expect. Love the video keep it up

[@trippiewalrus]

Im from the Northern Mariana Islands. Went to the Philippines one time for an Asia-Oceania all-star game for baseball. This was when I was 12. Amazing fans and amazing experience.

[@liamgbooth]

6:20 My hometown club. There's a guy who goes barmy with a drum which they've clearly picked up on in the away end.

[@meatballg8655]

With chants there are many ways they can come around. You usually have the diehard fans who spend ages together and for the more unique chants they’ll usually be concocted by a group who put it to the fans in the stadium and if it catches on then everyone sings it. There are some chants every team sings and every fan knows as well which any team is allowed to sing at any point. Though you do still have it sometimes where a chant will be made by one person who just starts singing it and everyone picks it up. It’s really a mix of everything and it’s very natural

[@AW_77]

Those chants are definitely what you might classify as spontaneous diss chants. Every club's fanbase will have a full repertoire of time honoured chants that they will sing throughout matches. They will express a general love of their club and favourite players or hated for rival clubs. Have you watched the series "Welcome To Wrexham"? I just binged Series 1 & 2 over the last few days and it is truly magical. It has some great fan chants, some of which have become proper pop songs. If you want an insight into the culture of British football and a cult club like Wrexham, for the non football fan then this series is one you will enjoy. Series 3 is being broadcast atm, so if you're paying for it perhaps wait until it has aired so you can binge all 3 series.

[@michaelmelen9062]

Two of the best I've heard: "Your eyes are offside, Your eyes are offside, Mezut Ozil your eyes are offside". And at Man U, as the score progressed to 0-5, the Liverpool away fans were singing "Ole's at the wheel, at the wheel. Na na na na na."

[@jessiechen279]

Lmao 😂 love your take on "Darts"👍

[@mr8ball1st]

Virtually all will have been improvised at a game originally, a lot will be traditional chants but plenty of modern ones too; they'll also often adapt the chants for player changes, but keeping the main body. They usually use well known tunes, like the 'Steven Gerrard' is sung to the tune of "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)", some will be based on childhood nursery rhymes. Often it'll probably start will a small group, then as they sing the others around quickly pick up on it, and it spreads for the whole game. That will then spread to other games by the fans, or even the opposition fans taking the chants too. Plus with the televised games the chants can spread further.

[@AlanJones-kc4us]

I remember a winger who used to play for Oldham, whose surname was Taylor. He kept on taking a dive and winning free-kicks, so for some reason we started shouting 'TTTTAAAYYLLLOORR', in other words his surname....and he started losing the ball. He was subbed after 70 mins....and when he came back the following season, we did it again !!