# Song sung by fans near end of English football matches **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 15, 2019, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-sung-by-fans-near-end-of-english-football-matches/843489 "2019-11-15T14:03:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Dahu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahu/32/3416_2.png) [@Dahu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahu)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-sung-by-fans-near-end-of-english-football-matches/843489/41 "2019-11-18T21:19:00Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > One of the more robust was Man Utd’s ode to their well-liked South Korean player Park Ji-sung. Of course, it’s actually more of a dig at their Liverpudlian rivals > > (to the tune _Lord of the Dance_) Another one was - > [@](#): > > He shoots! > He scores! > He eats your Labradors > Ji-sung Park, Ji-sung Park ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-sung-by-fans-near-end-of-english-football-matches/843489/42 "2019-11-19T03:10:11Z")
A-propos the Guantanamera-tuned chant ‘There’s only one Dah-Dah Da-da’…(any player with two syllables in first and last name). After a well-known Scottish International Goalkeeper, Andy Goram, admitted he had a very mild form of schizophrenia, opposition fans immediately started chanting ‘Two Andy Gorams, there’s only two Andy Gorams’. ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-sung-by-fans-near-end-of-english-football-matches/843489/43 "2019-11-19T03:19:50Z")
> [@SanVito](#): > > (you’ll never walk alone/Liverpool FC), This song took on a huge amount of meaning after the Hillsborough disaster in 1985, where 96 people died and 766 people were injured. I have never have a dry eye when I hear this song by a soccer crowd. It is sung in honour of those people. In Australia all football (AFL) clubs have a song that is sung when your team wins. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stafford_cripps/32/7167_2.png) [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stafford_Cripps)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-sung-by-fans-near-end-of-english-football-matches/843489/44 "2019-11-19T09:50:39Z")
> [@sisu](#): > > This song took on a huge amount of meaning after the Hillsborough disaster in 1985, where 96 people died and 766 people were injured. 1. Heysel and Bradford were in 1985. ---
**Author:** ![TwoCarrotSnowman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twocarrotsnowman/32/15879_2.png) [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-sung-by-fans-near-end-of-english-football-matches/843489/45 "2019-11-19T23:16:56Z")
Roughly a decade or so ago, Newcastle United had a defender called Habib Beye: “Monday, Tuesday, Habib Beye. Wednesday, Thursday, Habib Beye…” ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2019, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-sung-by-fans-near-end-of-english-football-matches/843489/46 "2019-11-20T13:32:49Z")
> [@Wallaby](#): > > After a well-known Scottish International Goalkeeper, Andy Goram, admitted he had a very mild form of schizophrenia, opposition fans immediately started chanting ‘Two Andy Gorams, there’s only two Andy Gorams’. I’d forgotten about that one, genius. Don’t know if it has already been linked to but [here](https://www.openplay.co.uk/blog/top-30-funniest-british-football-chants) are some corkers. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2019, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-sung-by-fans-near-end-of-english-football-matches/843489/47 "2019-11-20T19:49:13Z")
While waiting to be taken off a sinking RN ship during the Falklands war, I understand the crew sang “Always Look At The Bright Side Of Life”. > [@](#): > > If life seems jolly rotten There’s something you’ve forgotten > And that’s to laugh and smile and dance and sing > When you’re feeling in the dumps don’t be silly chumps > Just purse your lips and whistle - that’s the thing [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-sung-by-fans-near-end-of-english-football-matches/843489.md?page=2)