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I woke up this morning singing to myself John Lennon/Plastic Ono's "Give Peace A Chance".
Couldn't get it out my head. And then I remembered the Brummie Road version (1969).
Pete "
Percy" Freeman was deputising for Jeff Astle, and the Brummie Road helped settle him in by singing:-
"All we are saying......
Is give Perce a chance"
Any one-off songs/chants you recall to give us a laugh?
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If I recall right, the "Popov the Albion Man" chant for Goran Popov only got one significant airing, during a bore-draw against West Ham in December 2012. The Hammers fans loved it so much that some of them were joining in! But Popov not getting many first-team chances (and frankly not being very good at football) kinda killed it afterward.
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One *significant* airing. I think it had a longer spell of popularity in pubs pre-match etc, but during actual games, Liam Ridgewell was first choice too often for Popov to get serenaded week in week out.
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Not so "one-off", but who remembers this one from the 60s?....
Tune of "I love to go a-wandering", then "I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts":-
"I love to go a-wandering
To see the Wanderers die,
And as I go I love to hear old Bill McGarry* sigh............
"Ohhhhhh
I've got a love-rly bunch of dozy c--ts"
* Dingles' Manager late 60s
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