Comments on: Friday afternoon question: What’s your favourite football song?

By: Blogsvine

Blogsvine — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:57:46 +0000

Friday afternoon question: What’s your favourite football song?

What’s the connection between a football tournament in two landlocked Alpine nations and a Jamaican reggae star named after a character in Scooby Doo? Read this nice article from Reuters.

By: London

London — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 10:49:50 +0000

Nothing beats You’ll Never Walk Alone. I particularly like the fact that it has nothing to do with football in the lyrics. All the best football songs are like that.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:40:29 +0000

Not my favourite football song but maybe the finest reference is from another HMHB song called Uffington Wassail which challenges the Sealed Knott society to reenact Luton Town - Millwall, nineteen eighty-five.

By: Steve Luck

Steve Luck — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:47:50 +0000

Three Lions and Vindaloo stand out for me. But nothing can beat the topical song of the day sung at a match that gets even the opposition fans laughing and usually applauding……humour at its best, especially if not politically correct. The latest I heard was sung to the tune of “Vierra oh oh” and went along the lines “Eduardo, oh oh, Eduardo oh oh. He’s got such silky skills. He walks like Heather Mills.” Like I said, not PC. But that only serves to make it funnier….allegedly!

By: Kevin Fylan

Kevin Fylan — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:04:22 +0000

Someone just sent me this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXPzJCVIQ xI
Warning: it’s not for the faint hearted.

By: Beth

Beth — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:44:12 +0000

The Anfield Rap. Everyone blinged up like Mr T and John Barnes screaming at the camera: ‘Watch my lips, and I will spell, they don’t just play ‘cos they can rap as well!” And it rhymes Barnes with bananas in a not-so-sly dig at Everton fans.

You can watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcy3gwwxa t4

I’m crusty la!

By: Kevin Fylan

Kevin Fylan — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:00:28 +0000

Ah, Hoddle and Waddle. I suppose I should also have mentioned “Head Over Heels in Love” by Kevin Keegan: http://www.discogs.com/release/468791
That’s also a mighty haircut…

By: Alastair Himmer

Alastair Himmer — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:48:00 +0000

‘Diamond Lights’ maybe, by Hoddle and Waddle. The mullets and rolled-up jacket sleeves. Best ones come from the terraces though and you can’t beat the Tartan Army serenading Norway’s fans with the legend: ‘You only sing when you’re whaling!’ See what they did there?

By: Mark Meadows

Mark Meadows — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:09:25 +0000

England’s musicians are secretly glad they didnt qualify for Euro 2008 as it is a poisoned chalice to write the theme song. How will any one ever beat Three Lions?
Here in Italy the main teams have official songs. Milan’s, a bit like their performance the other night, is terrible and just goes ‘Milan, Milan, Milan, Milan’.Inter’s is not much better but Juve’s is a great tune.
Ultimately though, the Liverpool Kop singing ‘Youll never walk alone’ gets the hairs up on the neck of every football fan, even Everton and Man Utd supporters.