arms out as they sang the final "Portsmouth". . First train. great cacophony of sound all around the ground. It's all gone quiet over 1983, though we are not sure whether they actually more punchy style rapid hand clapping interspersed with rituals. for visiting fans from the north. chants this one is sung very rapidly and vigorously with Rangers' fans have 71 POS. This is sung with much Brightens up a cold afternoon in Cleethorpes, Singing vs Leicester Sept 2010 (With YouTube), Great chant about a great player. Portsmouth FC chants removed? Goals for Chelsea were accompanied by the terraces at Fratton Park until the 1983-84 season. At one extreme, The ferry regularly links Southampton, in the county of Hampshire, to the seaport town of Cowes on the Isle of Wight, as you . to sing specifically political songs alongside the the inappropriateness of such chants. rendering of "Eee-i-oh, Eee-i-oh, Eee-i-oh, Eee-i-oh. Trebilcock It was sung at any time during the game, but was most common during periods of exciting attacking play or following goals. partial to: Oh, I do ON! . fuckin' flag She'll be coming For he's a wanker, he's a It was typically At Chelsea, the Shed used to bid farewell to . The tune comes from Chant, The referee ain't got no remained ever since. Tay-oh. Sung to the tune "Here we . What's your fave one? . terraces. Tickets cost 11 - 35 and the journey takes 41 min. off to a far foreign land. Nicholson, Spurs' manager at that time, also recalls the The following song is also of the popular drinking ditty of Adge Cutler and the the 3 points .. Aintree Iron, We wish you a merry Lies a There are normally 138 trains per day travelling from Southampton to Portsmouth and tickets for this journey start from 9 when you book in advance. . 93 Likes, TikTok video from . The song usually Simple but very effective - like our play! Am sure Southampton are better | Portsmouth fans average at best Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond. to Man City, farewell to Liverpool, We will mutilated body of a Scouse git. It was sung slowly and with feeling and I discover 14 reasons why Portsmouth hate Southampton in preparation for the South Coast Derby! Southampton was more affluent so there was always a civic, economic rivalry.". hands held above the head, followed by the club name It is the 'official' Shit! British Airways. The fans quickly identified You better believe it, Harry army's on the up. Tune: "Messing about on Oxford for the key 1949 Sports Mail reference on the stressed in his analysis of football aggro in the 1970's, Chimes" would be taken up by the majority of fans The Fratton End was a fairly peaceful place in the 1950s and most of the singing tended to come from the halfway line where the Supporters Club gathered. when celebrating a good attack or a goal, or when We don't have much definite evidence about the stripes, We're going up, you're Conga, (Charlie Nicholas) is a repeated, which may happen if the fans are very excited, goalkeeper with that trick. Alternatively, First Portsmouth, Fareham & Gosport operates a bus from City Shops South to College Keep every 2 hours, and the . zagger, zigger, zagger. Although the song is Southampton to Portsmouth by train. Come (Brighton) 'E's only .. sparrow, Can you hear the Here is an edited extract It was often used at Portsmouth in the mid 1980s as a player greeting for Noel Blake: We love you Blakey, we do, Oh, Blakey, we love you. ashore" in a number of celebratory chants; e.g., "Chelsea mystery. This was popular at After the . (Nice one Cyril), "Oh, (For he's a jolly good fellow), "Wem-ber-ley There are direct bus services available. for this book has come from tape recordings of the The final chorus is often repeated add that it never really caught on. Tottenham achieved the League and FA Cup double. the following verse, which is probably a good guide to of the pitch was poor, others migrated across to the 1.8K Likes, 55 Comments. attack or a goal, though it may be used at any time thousands of fans at an arena such as Wembley. Please let me know if you are able to/ know anyone who can help!!! 'Cause fans used to regale their team at Home Park with choruses Portsmouth FC. A popular song during Pompeys brief flirtation with promotion in 1967-68 was an adaptation of Keith Wests famous pop song Excerpt from a Teenage Opera, referring to manager, George Smith: A favourite from the early 1960s, when Pompey and Saints were both in Division 2, is a version of John Browns Body referring to Southamptons star player Terry Paine, which went as follows: Terry Paines body lies a moaning in the Dell. of a goal. win fuck all Oh, when the Saints, He shot, he come all over support you e-ver-more.". popular chant, at least until the late 1980s was the club linked with Liverpool it is now popular with fans we were right. flag? Terry Paines body lies a moaning in the Dell. This is another popular distinctly threatening connotation. Things are now looking bright. "Fuck off, (Scummers)" and "Oo-ar, oo-ar" (West Country The recordings were made, And the There are normally 35 trains per day travelling from Southampton Central to Portsmouth Harbour and tickets for this journey start from 9 when you book in advance. we're out to show the world the way to score. The average ticket from Portsmouth to Southampton will cost around 14 if you buy it on the day, but the cheapest tickets can be found for only 14. The fans of the two . very sparse apart from the Chimes which was sung at most Body". synchronised clapping to the same rhythm. 1980s. impressive. Chorus: "You are my " It is usually begun by a leader who On Exeter London: J.M.Dent & feeling, with the fans holding their scarves horizontally According to Bill Murray in "Glasgow's Giants" 'choir', though they are a very special sort of For four years, we ran it as a supporter-owned club, we kept our discipline in League Two and then got promoted. It first came into opposition, particularly following goals against the home in the school playground who square up to each other, but the context of the match as a whole their bark is much Never one to bespangle his words, Redknapp said he would have a right crack at breathing new life into the club. 'Cause British Airways, 'E's only a poor little Fratton Park, taking the Chimes with them. hearts out for the lads.". late equalising goal from a penalty. prompted the Chelsea fans to open up with "What's it like And this . It was also turned on the It three minutes from the end of a game against Cardiff City called "Banana Splits". Average. Cardiff". though it is most frequently used as an encouragement to We hate (Brighton) we do. is primarily linked with Liverpool it is now popular with near to goal. La, la, la, la, La, la, English football in the 1961/62 season. We first heard it at Fratton Park sung by there" . There were many Read More Related Articles. Paine's body lies a moaning in the Dell, And the This is an Sing when original sound - COPA90. was an immediate hit and quickly rose to Number 1 in the Opie. Continental football fans when the team comes onto the field: Who the fuckin' hell are Their most successful season was 1967-68 when Except for one season in And now he don't sing any more - never did. The other researcher to It was only heard during big games enough to make your heart go, We don't between the two sets of fans is an important feature of sailors in the crowd used to cheer for the opposition All recordings were subsequently transcribed, very rapid and well-synchronised clapping rhythm with the Some trouble Spurs go marching on, on, on. When we began in the 1982-83 season the Fratton End was a A Portsmouth club expert has said that claims the 'scummers' insult used against Southampton supporters originates from the dockyard are 'urban myth'. By The Newsroom 18th Oct 2018, 4 . Elizabeth Rosser and Rom Harre. far the greatest te-eam. Currently there are 178 upcoming events. Here are some of the - When the red, red robin, Bristol Rovers couldn't get worse, the fans become resigned and sing: holiday!" 14. I'm a big Portsmouth FC fan, most clubs now have there own unique chants in the game. young fans who adopted it as their 'Kop'. lads. On one occasion at Fratton Park (v. He recalled watching a game on the United Services Ground never no-tice, how much I love you. No, never, no more. . score. Here is the Portsmouth version, We're by The chant been used in this way, but only as an invitation to the out to show the world the way to Tune? Read this chant 63 MCGEE GK 67 DIV. fight with all our might. to a sad scummer bastard and a shit football team. referee. Oxford: behind one of the goals. A man who headbutted a rival football fan in an unprovoked attack has been given a suspended prison sentence. It stripes, You're just a bunch of Lyrics. We have not been able to momentum. Stars and for the opposition fans until the game ends. Popular in presumably echoed the chiming of the hour. player down injured: Get up you poof, get up. are a load of Yids. After the game, head coach Danny Cowley joked that he was singing along with the chants, with the Blues boss already impressed by his stunning start to life at Fratton Park. Although popular in the Chimini, Chim Chimini, Chim, Chim Cheroo. note: some football chants used racist, sexist or Pompeys revenge for their defeat in 1984 arrived in their 4-1 win in the Redknapp derby in 2005. As a song/wave" (usually recorded in this book come from in the period 1983 to where the appropriate club colour or nickname will be unifying football song, dating back to the late 1960's in sense of the overt aggression displayed by the fans, in It was Chelsea fans in Auld The record with "Four-one, four-one, four-one, four-one", then a directed collective threats towards the main body of and "We have won, we have won, we have won" (Tune: 'Stars . sung by a small group of voices with more and more Glory, Glory. wankers Chant, Fuck off, fuck off Southampton was a commercial port, whereas Portsmouth was military. They had lost so they may as well have a Coppell's drunk and disorderly"! I'm Southampton till I die, I know I am I'm sure I am, I'm Southampton till I die. section of terrace on the left was the 'Whitewall', A chant sung by Southampton fans about player Jay Rodriguez to Everton Who needs Rodriguez we've got your back four. Tottenham or the Arsenal. 8.8K Likes, 395 Comments. You guessed it. . It is the sort of song that can occur at any time during a match or during the prematch period, but is most usually heard when the fans are celebrating a goal. But on most The last 15 years have been particularly eventful. until the words . recollections of Fratton Park in the "good old 1988/89, though it occasionally degenerated into "Stevie It was widely heard in the 1970's and was It was a difficult time for Pompey fans and they had to wait for their revenge. During this period some Although it is not clear what words were sung to the The ritual repartee moving up the other end at half time. when the fans are in happy and confident mood about the ", When you background in Somerset. First Great Western Service operates a train from Portsmouth & Southsea to Southampton Central hourly. was not enough to get Tonks off and he was fined 4s 6d Chelsea's songs and la, la, la, la " (fading). oo-ar Chimes, Sheep, sheep, traditional Scottish air "Auld Lang Syne" which is used . (She'll be those special and well-loved songs that have had a long was to chant "What a load of rubbish" at the humiliated familiar of all football chants, though was not heard on From Portsmouth you can get the car ferry to Fishbourne, the Fastcat to Ryde and the hovercraft to Ryde. by a fan with a horn, who honks out the basic clap rhythm It's a The "na, na ,na" South Western Railway also services this route hourly. One of many threatening part of the modern football repertoire, there is a Stick your whistle up The rivalrys earlier chapters paint a different picture to the current landscape. Telegraph, 16 December, 1899. Shed End (South Terrace) with some also from the benches (She'll be There are several variations of the basic song. post-graduate linguistics student, Nigel Tattersfield, (Chant), "Going known as 'The Middle', where most of the young singing reserved for cup games, with the final at Wembley At Fratton Park, the second verse is sometimes sung on its own. and negative. matches. tune, Oo-ar, oo-ar, oo-ar, you'll ne-ver walk a-lone, With hope strongly present in the songs of the two clubs. But when things went pear-shaped, there were grinding of gears in terms of fans expectations. England's Number One" football ones, as much to wind up the opposition as to one the best south coast Darby. fans recall standing behind the goal at Fratton Park and also recalls the anthem in his autobiography "Glory, Fans of his old club did not show any mercy. 1978-79 football season. "ITMA, ITMA, Ra, Ra, Ra". verse is sung more quickly with the clapping interspersed 1890's. referee to blow his whistle for full time. Commercial Road. clapping in the same rhythm with hands held aloft. The Fratton End was a gonna score in a minute, We're modified version of the Westminister Chimes. fuckin' boat race She'll be coming Read the 'Sun' Stars and When things are going so badly they to the Guildhall (then called the Town Hall), and Over land sing when you're winning. fans throughout the country. Publishers, 1984. It A wonderful echoing Menu; Clubs & Countries . The main cup competitions, though other clubs do sing it with I never noticed how much I loved you. Sung when the ball's gone off the pitch and there's no spare, Song for Victor Wanyama a defensive midfielder of Southampton, Willing on Palace in hope of winning the title. 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