“It’s hard to believe it’s not Scholes…”
We presume Manchester United fans are referring to the present-day Paul Scholes when singing this song (to the tune of this ditty from Pilot), not the ’99 or ’06 vintage, in praise of Michael Carrick.
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”There’s seven of us, and we’re louder than you!’
More often than not, fans of UCD are outnumbered during home Airtricity League fixtures. So when they have an excuse to make a racket, they capitalise.
‘Luis Garcia, he drinks sangria…”
Liverpool fans loved their Rafa-lution.
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‘Feed the [insert animal comparable to player name] and he will score!’
Our favourite versions of this ‘Bread of Heaven’ tuned song contained ‘the Goat’ (Man City fans for Shaun Goater) ‘Yak’ ( Portsmouth and Everton fans for Yakubu) and ‘Fish’ Kilmarnock fans for Conor Sammon.
“Feeeeed the fish and he will score! Feed the fish and he will score.”
Glorious.
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“Harry, Harry Kewell.”
Say it out loud and you have it. The Australian was indeed crazy like a fool.
“All we hear is [double clap] Shinji Kagawa!”
Nothing like a bit of Queen to inspire the ex-Dortmund playmaker.
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“So are we, so are we, so are we.”
We’re taking the word of another TheScore.ie contributor here. He recalls this response in a relegation scrap after one set of fans taunted the other with the familiar, ‘going down, going down, going down’.
Zing!
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“Don’t blame it on the Biscan, don’t blame it on the Hamann, don’t blame it on the Finnan… Blame on Traore.”
But look what Djimi is up to these days…
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“Monday, Tuesday Habib Beye. Wednesday, Thursday Habib Beye” etc.
The ex-Newcastle and Aston Villa defender has a whole website devoted to making up stupid songs about him. But the one sung to the tune of Happy Days remains a stand-out.
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Niall Quinn’s Disco Pants.
Quite simply, they are the best. Have a listen below for a treat to complete your weekend. Or if you need filling in on the story behind the ‘Disco Pants’ it’s all here on the (always 100% reliable) Wikipedia page.
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“He’s big, he’s fast, his first name should come last, Stern John, Stern John”
That’s our man, Stern.
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And, if you keep humming that same tune…
“He’s fat, he’s Scouse, He’s probably robbed your house.”
That’s what Manchester United fans thought of this kid when he was still ‘once a blue..’
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Y’all know the words.
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