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Shall We Sing a Song For You?: The good, the bad and the downright offensive - Britain's favourite football chants
When it comes to football chants, British fans surely must be top of the league. Throughout the country every weekend, stadiums ring with the sound of hundreds of thousands of supporters singing the praises of their favorite players, rubbishing the opposition, having a go at the ref, and waxing lyrical about past legends. From lengthy ballads reminiscing about club glory to spontaneous chantsfootball fans across the nation revel in the opportunity to make themselves heard.
289 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2010
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Alex Shaw
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February 8, 2016
It can't all be Proust and Camus
Football chants is a specialised topic, not to everyones taste. Football crowds are definitely non PC, they can be cruel, racist, homophobic, misogynistic - but also witty, wise and outrageously funny.
I liked this book very much. Whilst it covers a lot of old ground, there are some real gems in here. I had heard it before but my favourite is the chant aimed at the Rangers goalie just after he had been diagnosed schizophrenic - "theres only two Andy Gorams"
A good read if you dont mind strong language and cruel barbs.
All together now "Who ate all the pies ..."
Football chants is a specialised topic, not to everyones taste. Football crowds are definitely non PC, they can be cruel, racist, homophobic, misogynistic - but also witty, wise and outrageously funny.
I liked this book very much. Whilst it covers a lot of old ground, there are some real gems in here. I had heard it before but my favourite is the chant aimed at the Rangers goalie just after he had been diagnosed schizophrenic - "theres only two Andy Gorams"
A good read if you dont mind strong language and cruel barbs.
All together now "Who ate all the pies ..."
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