Anyone got any favourite Football( Soccer to our American friends) ?
How about these
Two Andy Gorams, there's only two Andy Gorams... - Morton fans taunting the Rangers keeper after he had been diagnosed with mild schizophrenia.
There's only one F in Fulham
(to the tune of you are my sunshine)
You are a weegie
A smelly weegie
You're only happy on giro day
Your mum's a stealer
Your dad's a dealer
Please don't take my hubcaps away
Chant by Dundee fans to either side of the Old Firm
(By the way - What's a weegie?)
You're Shish, and you know you are,.. You're Shish,..
Chelsea Fans to the Turks (Galatasary Fans) at Stamford Bridge
Also I've often wondered - Are there chants at American sporting events?
Originally posted by ianpickeringA weegie is a derogatory term for Glaswegian. They sing it at Firhill as well.
Anyone got any favourite Football( Soccer to our American friends) ?
How about these
Two Andy Gorams, there's only two Andy Gorams... - Morton fans taunting the Rangers keeper after he had been diagnosed with mild schizophrenia.
There's only one F in Fulham
(to the tune of you are my sunshine)
You are a weegie
A smelly weegie
You're o ...[text shortened]... t Stamford Bridge
Also I've often wondered - Are there chants at American sporting events?
Firhill, home of Partick Thistle, is great for sarcasm and irony. 3-0 down to Hearts after 30 minutes, facing Rangers at Ibrox the next week. Up goes the chant 'Bring on the Rangers'.
From my experience, no. The first thing that a European will notice about US sports will probably be the lack of travelling fans. And no segregation. So stadiums can lack the chanting of rival fans. (Nowhere near the same atmosphere)
I went to all of the home matches of the MLS (Major League Soccer) Chicago Fire games during my time in the states. The organisers tried very hard to generate a good atmosphere, and were sometimes successful (they used recordings)- but the small numbers in attendance always scuppered their efforts. I managed to hook up with a fan club early on (http://www.barnburners.com/ - member 97 I think!) who had a ‘reserved’ section of the stadium which would allow standing – and always had a good time. And you don’t get tailgating in the UK.
In baseball, the one thing that I always found VERY amusing was this. Sat on the bleachers in any baseball game will situate you very close to the outfielders. They are well within earshot . And they will spend the best part of an hour and a half in your company having to listen to all the abuse that (drunken) fans might like to shout their way.
I witnessed this a few times, sometimes the abuse was pretty harmless, but sometimes it was very personal (I remember one guy who had been questioned over beating up his wife or something - who then had to listen to no end of insults, and keep his concentration on the game without reacting to the provocation.)
I might be generalising a bit here, because I only really visited one ball park frequently (I’ve mention elsewhere in these forums about all the time I spent at Wrigley Field). I saw the same kind of thing at Comiskey – they had the bar located right next to the bull pen. Fantastic design. 🙂
-Russ
To the tune of John Denver's "Fill up my Senses"
You light up my senses
Like a gallon of Stella
Like a kebab from Geno's
And a good sniff of glue
Like a night out at Martines
And a chips fish and curry
Oh St Helens Rugby (or whoever you support)
Come thrill me again!