Whenever the talk of popular football chants comes up, modern day Chelsea fans seem to get a lot of stick. With good reason, too, in my view.

Gone seem to be the days of brilliance like, "You're French and you know you are" or "You only sing when it's snowing!", replaced by the droll, Americanised "Chelsea! Chelsea!". Is this a problem caused by the "Abramovich era"? Too many "plastic fans"? Or am I overreacting and there isn't a problem at all?

Let's all group together and come up with something fresh!

'Chelsea , Chelsea , Chelsea, Chelsea [Ya have to kinda do that on a high tone then a low tone ] ' is sang as long as i can remember . I dont agree our songs are sh*t , its just there arent enough fans ,[ real fans ] in the West and East stands . I loved the hardcore support we had all those years ago, ok crazy idiots some of them but f**k me , it was a great listen when they got going.

The old songs and chants are still sung in many of the pubs around the Bridge before and after games, but rarely inside the ground - mainly because all the people who like to sing are seperated once inside the stadium. Most of the newer/younger fans don't know all the words to the good old songs (and would probably get chucked out if they did sing them!) :D

The old songs and chants are still sung in many of the pubs around the Bridge before and after games, but rarely inside the ground - mainly because all the people who like to sing are seperated once inside the stadium. Most of the newer/younger fans don't know all the words to the good old songs (and would probably get chucked out if they did sing them!) :D

This makes sense.

Haribo I think you might be overreacting a bit. What you're experiencing/thinking is probably the same for supporters of other clubs. It's not just Chelsea, it's the Premiership. It's stewards on fans arses every time they stand. It's the eventual voice over the loud speaker telling people to sit. Who the f*ck is going to come up with something witty to sing when you can't even stand to sing it?

It's almost hilarious how reversed it is over here in the States. I'm an easy 40 minute drive away from the Galaxy's ground, so I get the chance to witness and sometimes join their various support sections not that I care much about the Gals. They stand for the full 90, obviously modelling themselves after what is percieved to be the support for English clubs. There are no stewards telling people to sit. There are no loud speakers telling the groups to tone down the rhetoric. As a result those groups of standers are having fun and come up with stuff on the fly. The wit isn't exactly up to English standards, but the point is these people are having a grand time and it allows them to be more...free...I suppose.

I truly wish I had the power to help introduce lower priced safe standing sections into the grounds over there. I firmly believe it would benefit the clubs in the long run, attracting younger supporters to the game and upping the atmosphere. That rising average age of people who turn out to these matches can only go up so high before things start to happen. It's dangerous.

I'm starting to worry about this as well. We never seem to hear any gems coming from our fans any more.

What are the best Chelsea chants anyone's heard?

He's here, he's there

We're not allowed to swear

Frank Leboeuf, Frank Leboeuf

The old songs and chants are still sung in many of the pubs around the Bridge before and after games, but rarely inside the ground - mainly because all the people who like to sing are seperated once inside the stadium. Most of the newer/younger fans don't know all the words to the good old songs (and would probably get chucked out if they did sing them!)

That's it in a nutshell BB. Not enough fans to sing the best songs, but also there are so many restrictions on what you can sing these days that you only here them on away European games...maybe partly why I love those trips!

I thought of one a few minutes ago, recalling last season in Europe. Its for the scousers and takes off their famous anthem that they play on the tannoy, but I know 'Youll Never Work Again' is popular

Two goals, Two goals!

And he, knocked you out!

Cause you'll never mark Ivan

You'll NEEEVER mark Ivan!

of course I know he is nicknamed Bane ,but it just doesnt go as well

alouette

There's also one called "Up rolled the Riot Van" but I couldn't find a video of that one. It's usually sung when Sp*rs come to SW6 :unsure:

Well i have quite a few favourite Chelsea chants, but my fav is ''f**k em all, f**k em all,the Arsenal the Spurs and Millwall ,Coz we are the Chelsea and we are the best, we are the Chelsea so f**k all the rest.

So Bar favourite...Who's that team they call the Chelsea,Who's that team we all adore, we're the boys in blue and white and we fight with all our might, and we're out to show the world the way to score, Bring on Tottenham or The Arsenal, bring on Scousers by the score, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Tottenham are a load of y*ds, and we're out to show the world the way to score.

Most of the good chants ive heard at So Bar dont get heard at the Bridge , its an experience and well worth a visit , i usually just go to So bar before a game but after i tend to just try The Pelican , you can actually have good chat about football if theres anybody there , ok a bit low key but more relaxrd . If im on my own im normally pissed by 10.00pm and try make up my own chants in the wrong places.

Sad I can't sing...

He dives on the left,

He dives on the riiiiiiight,

That boy Ronaldo

Wears lipstick at night

anymore.

Unless we meet them in the CL.

We don't carry shotguns, we don't carry lead,

We only carry hatchets to bury in your head,

We don't carry razors, we don't carry tools,

We only wear our bovver boots to kick you in the balls

Ah, they don't write them like that anymore!

I'd just like to say - the day a steward in Bulgaria tells the core support of ANY team to sit down or stop swearing is the day he goes home naked and bruised.

I'd just like to say - the day a steward in Bulgaria tells the core support of ANY team to sit down or stop swearing is the day he goes home naked and bruised.

It was a bit like that over here in the 70's/80's - well, not sure about the naked bit...

thot the songs about hiddink at the end of the season were brill.

One that always made me chuckle was the Robert Fleck song. To the tune of Yellow Submarine:

No.1 was Robert Fleck, No. 2 was Robert Fleck, No. 3 was Robert Fleck (and so on) we all live in a Robert Fleck world, a Robert Fleck world, a Robert Fleck world...

So good I posted it twice!

We don't carry shotguns, we don't carry lead,

We only carry hatchets to bury in your head,

We don't carry razors, we don't carry tools,

We only wear our bovver boots to kick you in the balls

Ah, they don't write them like that anymore!

What's the tune for that one again BB...I always liked the stretch of rhyming 'tools" and "balls"

There's also the "I was born under a Stanford Bridge" to the tune of "wandering star.

Also I remember hearing one to the tune of the spammers "blowing bubbles" but it was about a Chelsea supporter getting a bullet in his brain

Scott

I enjoy...

My old man, said be a Tottenham fan

I said...kiss off sir you are not a nice fellow...

We got tonked by Forest at the City Ground and started singing "Always look on the bright side of life"

I do remember once seeing on tv or youtube that Chelsea got thrashed 5-0 in the first half, and then the fans started singing "We're gonna win 6-5, we're gonna win 6-5!"

It was a bit like that over here in the 70's/80's - well, not sure about the naked bit...

Which brings us to that famous chant we sang when a male streaker ran across the pitch "Is that all she gets at home, is that all she gets at home"

We got tonked by Forest at the City Ground and started singing "Always look on the bright side of life"

I do remember once seeing on tv or youtube that Chelsea got thrashed 5-0 in the first half, and then the fans started singing "We're gonna win 6-5, we're gonna win 6-5!"

priceless ones i now no what the topic starter meant if we could get more of these chants going would be gr8.( problem is we dont get thrashed tho lol, but u no wat i mean

What's the tune for that one again BB...I always liked the stretch of rhyming 'tools" and "balls"

Not sure what the tune is, possibly some old music hall song with slightly altered lyrics. Give me a call sometime, and I'll sing it to ya! Oh, and in Sarf London 'tools' and 'balls' rhyme! :D

There's also the "I was born under a Stanford Bridge" to the tune of "wandering star.

"I was born under a Chelsea Shed,

I was born under a Chelsea Shed,

Knives are made for stabbing, guns are made to shoot,

If you come into the Chelsea Shed we'll all stick in the boot"

Sheer poetry!

A lot of songs were adapted from pop songs of the day or TV adverts, a good indication of when the song originated. For instance: -

"Hooli, hooli, hooligan, hooli, hooligan" from The Tremeloes "Helule Helule" circa 1968

"Jump down turn around, kick him in the bollocks

Jump down turn around, kick him in the head" from Lonnie Donegan's "Pick A Bale Of Cotton"

"Oh lucky lucky, lucky lucky lucky Arsenal" from Chicory Tip's "Son Of My Father"

"Boot wrapped round your 'ead, you'll get a boot wrapped round your 'ead" from Kool & The Gang's "Oops Upside Your Head"

"Chelsea here, Chelsea there, Chelsea everyf*ckin'where" from the Hoover advert in the early 70's (Hoover beats as it sweeps as it cleans)

Obviously there are loads more, far too many to mention

Not sure what the tune is, possibly some old music hall song with slightly altered lyrics. Give me a call sometime, and I'll sing it to ya! Oh, and in Sarf London 'tools' and 'balls' rhyme! :D

You have "bools"?