I thought this was kinda funny ... if there's an issue, take it up with the authors! From the book Soccernomics, by Kuper and Szymanski Why England Loses and Others Win; or Beaten By a Dishwasher When England flies to South Africa for the World Cup, an ancient ritual will start to unfold. Perfected over England's fourteen previous failures to win the World Cup away from home, it follows this pattern: Phase 1: Pretournament - Certainty that England will win the World Cup Phase 2: During the tournament, England meets a former wartime enemy Phase 3: The English conclude that the game has turned on one freakish piece of bad luck that could only happen to them. Phase 4: Moreover, everyone else cheated. Phase 5: England is knocked out without getting anywhere near lifting the Cup Phase 6: The day after elimination, normal life resumes. Phase 7: A scapegoat is found. Phase 8: England enters the next World Cup thinking it will win it.
Yeah, because English fans of club and country have SUCH a wonderful heritage of mixing well with opposing fans.
Here in Japan, we do. Mainly because the idiots that have, in the past, ruined our reputation, could not afford to fly out here! Leaving Japan to experience the proper fans! I live in Niigata, and out of all the fans that passed through here, its England that are remembered most fondly. I expect South Africa to be the same.
The "USA" chant just needs an overhaul....it shouldn't be done slow and robotic...but it should be chanted faster with some rythym,almost like a song.
I think, if people can apply their drunken enthusiasm to that chant, they can damn well apply it to memorizing a song with 4, dare I say 5 words in it, rather than 1 or 2.
I agree, it depends on the situation but it can be sung both ways. The four verse version or the countdown version. Either way, this is a terrific chant. You can also substitute Red Coats for soldiers if you want. There were 10 British soldiers on the hill There were 10 British soldiers on the hill There were 10 British soldiers 10 British soldiers There were 10 British soldiers on the hill And the Continental Army shot 'em down And the Continental Army shot 'em down And the Continental Army The Continental Army And The Continental Army shot 'em down There were no British soldiers on the hill There were no British soldiers on the hill There were no British soldiers No British soldiers There were no British soldiers on the hill Cause the Continental Army shot 'em down Cause the Continental Army shot 'em down Cause the Continental Army The Continental Army The Continental Army shot 'em down
You know I'm with you on this, but it could be worse. We don't sing the entirety of "You'll Never Walk Alone," either...
Here's a few I've been working on: Posh Spice a beauty.... She has a nice tan..... but when she's shagging Beckham... She thinks of Donavan......... OR Posh Spice a beauty... She has a friend named Scarey.... but when she's shagging beckham..... she's thinking of John Terry........ ANOTHER When the Yanks come marching in again...HU_RAH Hu-rah When the Yanks coming marching in again HU-Rah Tah-Dah If the Yanks didn't come marching in..... Then you'd be speaking German..... And we'll all feel gay when the Yanks come Marchin in.
More songs: Sung to "Cielito Lindo" Aye Aye Ayeeeeeee He took a diiiive He flopped on the pitch like a little Brit bitch and the ref gave him a free kick. Also along with diving (to Ring around the rosie) Ring around the rosie he's just a bloody poser A**HOLE A**HOLE He just fell down!!!
If he scores... Suuuu-per Super Stu Suuuu-per Super Stu Suuuu-per Super Stu Super Stuart Holden If he makes a save... Suuuu-per Super Tim Suuuu-per Super Tim Suuuu-per Super Tim Suuuu-per Timmy Howard
I still think that London Bridge one is the best of the bunch... Mrs. Bridge is going down Going down, going down Mrs. Bridge is going down On John Terry
I get that a lot on the EPL boards, I always respond with "You mean two different countries call the same thing by a different word...when did this start?"
This is not specific to England, but an idea of using the bridge for Jay Z's 'Run This Town'... Let me know what you think. - Life's a game but it's not fair - Victory is in the air - USA is here to fight - We're gonna run this town tonight (or instead of town use team playing against) How can we get this to catch on... D
Well, we could get into a whole discussion on the history of the word soccer growing out of association football, but there are other threads for that. Surely you can come up with something more original than just shouting "Soccer" all night?
Chanting soccer, over and over again, during a match would be original. It would also be lame and stupid, not that the guy who proposed it was actually serious.
I'd go with lame and stupid. I understand he was not being too serious, but please! A nation with some of the best songwriters in multiple genres of music, and that is the best some people can do!
The heyyyyyy part after would work too. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag4A0yBrGEY"]YouTube- USMNT Run This Town Chant World Cup 2010[/ame]