Cecils recent column got me thinking about a drinking song I once heard while on a train from Nice to Marseille. There were a bunch of guys from England that were headed to Marseille to see the Northern Rock soccer team play…nearly the entire time they were singing this song - I can only remember the refrain - “Your mothers a stripper, your father Jack the Ripper and we’re all getting pissed!”
It was totally bawdy and funny and I’ve searched everywhere for any mention of it and I’m coming up with nothing…
Can anyone help? Ever heard it?
Thanks!
You can hear some Newcastle United fan chants here.
As the site says:
‘This version of Newcastle sung by Newcastle United Football Club supporters and many of the other Newcastle United Songs may contain swearing or cause offence.’
:eek:
There’s also a list of 367 Newcastle chants here, but it’s not easy to search…
By the way, it’s an understandable mistake, but “Northern Rock” is just the name of the sponsor of the club / shirt (in this case it’s a building society). It’s something that changes from year to year and is almost never part of the identity of the team, except when they fund a stadium and have it named after them. Generally the sponsor’s name won’t be something that could be so easily mistaken for a nickname for the team.