A lot of what we sing nowadays are dirges, but we have good ones over the years, either from the song/tune or the context:
- “Que Sera Sera, We’re Going to Shrewsbury” when it dawned on us at Leeds that we were getting relegated
- Curtis Weston’s one. Jim Stannard. One Decent German. Delroy Facey having a giant schlong. Leo Fortune West. Adrian Pennock.
- Ring of Fire is good as it’s simple and gets the whole ground going, but you can keep it going with a few people for a while knowing the next time anything happens in the game it’ll get going again. A good way of getting the atmosphere going, even in a dull half. “We are the Left Side…” similar.
- Jason ‘Pineapple’ Lee. The Welsh ones about sheep and building walls rather than bridges.
- Is there a Fire Drill?
- Does McDonalds Know you’re Here? Sumo at Colchester’s Layer Road, aimed at a particular rotund steward.
- There was a charming back-and-forth with Brighton fans at Priestfield back in the 90s or 2000s, when they (and possibly us) were languishing near the bottom of the league. A lot of stuff from both sets of fans which would be termed offensive nowadays!
- The gallows humour. “We’ll Win Again/away, Don’t Know When, Don’t Know When, Don’t Know Where…”, “The Football League is Upside Down” as already mentioned.
- The classic “Who are ya?!” can be effective, like when sung to Henry and Pires when they came on as subs for Arsenal, Robert Prosinecki (Golden Boot award 10 years prior to that penalty vs us!) or when taking the lead vs a big team. There’s a great vid below from Charlton away years ago (God knows why it’s titled Hooligans).