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A football chant is a song or chant sung at football matches by the suporter. The football chant use to support the team that playing on the pitch. It can be historic, dating back to the formation of the club, adaptations of popular songs, or spontaneous reactions to events on the pitch.
United Kingdom is the country that famous with the football chant. A football match without chant is nothing.
I think the British are very creative with the chants. A chant also used to mock the rival club. Like Manchester City did to Manchester United, which takeover by the Glazers, and caused some financial problems within the club:
Ocean Finance is a UK company that offering loans.U-N-I-T-E-D,
That spells f*****g debt to me,
With a knick-knack paddywhack give a dog a bone,
Ocean Finance on the phone!
A football chant used to embrace something like Stoke City fans do. Following Arsene Wenger labeling Stoke City a “rugby team,” due to their hard tackling and long ball game. Then they start singing “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” the unofficial anthem of England’s Rugby Union side.
To make a joke about the football player, supporters use chants. Like Wigan Athletic fans do to Dimitar Berbatov, due to his resemblance to Professor Snape in Harry Potter movie.
“There’s only one Alan Rickman!”
Actually, there are still many examples of football chants. Probably I will explain about it in another post :)
P.S. I hope someday I can sing along with other football fans in England stadium
