By the way, according to Wikipedia, the words to "You're not singing any more." are "You're not singing, You're not singing, You're not singing any more, You're not sinnnngggginggg any more." Sung to the tune of "Bread of Heaven". The photo shows Cambridge United fans not singing any more.
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May 17th - Day 29
A trip to Wembley Stadium today to see Cambridge United take on Torquay United in a battle to secure a place in the Football League and surely, I thought, a shoe-in regarding songs and chants. Maybe the tension of the high-stakes situation got to the fans, but when, following their opening goal just after the half hour, the Torquay fans tormented their Cambridge counterparts with "You're not singing any more", so little attempts to burst into song had either fans made up to this point, it seemed to be delivered with a commendable sense of collective irony. 
By the way, according to Wikipedia, the words to "You're not singing any more." are "You're not singing, You're not singing, You're not singing any more, You're not sinnnngggginggg any more." Sung to the tune of "Bread of Heaven". The photo shows Cambridge United fans not singing any more.
By the way, according to Wikipedia, the words to "You're not singing any more." are "You're not singing, You're not singing, You're not singing any more, You're not sinnnngggginggg any more." Sung to the tune of "Bread of Heaven". The photo shows Cambridge United fans not singing any more.
February 6th - Day 294
I don't know why, but I just didn't trust that the market jazz at Merton Abbey Mills would be there, and if it wasn't I wouldn't have had much time to find something else. I headed up to London Bridge instead and on the way realised that there would be several hundred football supporters travelling in the opposite direction to the Millwall/Norwich game. And football supporters sing on the way to matches don't they? Or have they been banned from doing that?
I don't think singing has been banned, but I reckon the throng of testosterone piling onto the train on platform 15 was more concerned with getting to the ground on time. There was one cry of "Went to Mow a Meadow", which I assumed was Norwich, but according to google is Chelsea. I followed the hoard to the ground and the song was also being sung there, though I don't know by whom. Norwich scored early and their supporters broke into a rendition of "Going Up-up-up!!" to the tune of "Feeling hot-hot-hot!!".
According to Wikipedia, the oldest football song still in use today is a Norwich City song. It's called "On The Ball, City" and the chorus goes, "Kick it off, throw it in, have a little scrimmage, Keep it low, a splendid rush, bravo, win or die; On the ball, City, never mind the danger, Steady on, now’s your chance, Hurrah! We’ve scored a goal." Sadly I didn't hear them sing this after their goal today. And they missed their only chance, because they lost 2-1.
I don't think singing has been banned, but I reckon the throng of testosterone piling onto the train on platform 15 was more concerned with getting to the ground on time. There was one cry of "Went to Mow a Meadow", which I assumed was Norwich, but according to google is Chelsea. I followed the hoard to the ground and the song was also being sung there, though I don't know by whom. Norwich scored early and their supporters broke into a rendition of "Going Up-up-up!!" to the tune of "Feeling hot-hot-hot!!".
According to Wikipedia, the oldest football song still in use today is a Norwich City song. It's called "On The Ball, City" and the chorus goes, "Kick it off, throw it in, have a little scrimmage, Keep it low, a splendid rush, bravo, win or die; On the ball, City, never mind the danger, Steady on, now’s your chance, Hurrah! We’ve scored a goal." Sadly I didn't hear them sing this after their goal today. And they missed their only chance, because they lost 2-1.
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