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Originally Posted by Shadow Demon UK
The majority of times these songs/chants are just banter anyway. I've been to matches where similar songs have been sung by nearly the whole crowd, me included, what are they going to do? Ban everyone from going to matches? It's been the same for years, he must expect it if he's going to totally disrespect his fans, there's been a lot worse sung at football matches then calling someone a bender.
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Very true. At a pre-season friendly between Norwich and West Ham at Carrow Road, the West Ham fans were chanting at irregular intervals and with much aplomb "if you shagged your mum sit down!", along with "if you love West Ham stand up!" The best chant I heard was "chim chiminey chim chiminey chim chin cha roo, we are those b*****ds in claret and blue; chim chiminey chim chiminey chim chin cha ree, you are those b*****ds in yellow and green!" Fantastic stuff to listen to, and all just banter between the fans.
You will get the odd twit here and there who takes it far too far, and they should be rightly punished, but the majority of chanting of fans is just banter, and the fans enjoy it as much as the players do.