One of the most popular anti-Gareth Bale chants among Tottenham's rivals professes that: "He looks like a chimp." An Arsenal fan decided to illustrate the point during yesterday's north London derby by throwing a banana at Bale as he prepared to take a corner.
Police had to use tear gas to break-up a crowd that gathered outside a restaurant to see new signing Mario Balotelli. AC Milan fans had assembled as their new signing attempted to dine with vice-president Adriano Galliani. The pair ended up dancing in the street with ultras at one point. They were incited to join [.
Southampton's Jason Puncheon left the field for unusual circumstances against Everton tonight... as he had to use the toilet. The Saints were left with 10 men on the field while their winger left the field to use the club's facilities. He was welcomed back rather amusingly by chants of: "Jason Puncheon, he went for a [.
AC Milan's friendly against lower league side Pro Patria was abandoned yesterday after Kevin Prince Boateng was racially abused. The former Spurs and Portsmouth man belted the ball in the general direction of the monkey chants before stripping out of his AC Milan kit and leading his team-mates off the pitch.
Blackburn manager Steve Kean fell victim to a rather cruel prank during his side's pre-season trip
to Cork. The Rovers boss had kindly taken the time to sign autographs and pose for photos with
fans. He was just posing for one final photo when the cheeky Irish chap who had requested the
picture started chanting [.
Everton stalwart Tony Hibbert has played more than 300 games for the club, but has never scored a
goal. The right-back's legendary goal-shyness led to chants and banners of "If Hibbert Scores, We
Riot" around Goodison Park for the last few seasons. But Hibbert finally broke his duck as he
prepared to start his 13th [.
Amidst a rather strange atmosphere at Old Trafford, where chants of "GB" peppered the
proceedings, Stuart Pearce's mixed-bag of players, minus Gareth Bale of course, played out a draw
against a decent Senegal side.
Craig Bellamy opened the scoring for the hosts in the first half although Senegal almost drew
level after 'keeper Jack Butland made a right balls of his distribution, only for Sadio Mane to
fire wide.
Over the years football fans have found many things to jibe Manchester United about supposed 'glory hunter' fans and 'Fergie time' for starters. But sitting atop the list is the mocking of Old Trafford's meek atmosphere despite their enormous 76,000-seater capacity. With sections of the crowd claiming they are screaming their hearts out at [.
I am not one of those people who believe that Tottenham Hotspur is somehow an evil institution whose supporters are seriously demented. My view has always been, we support who we support generallyby chance, in my case because both my parents, and both sets of grandparents supported Arsenal.
Arsene Wenger gets subjected to massive amounts of abuse from opposing fans, notably in recent
times there has been a hullaballoo about the chants from Manchester United fans, Tottenhams fans,
and most recently up at Stoke where he was continually lambasted all the way through the game. The
Arsenal boss admits that it can get [.
Shortly after Boca Juniors lost to Corinthians in the Copa Libertadores final, 34-year-old Juan
Roman Riquelme announced his intention to leave the Argentine giants for a second time. It was aÂ
devastating blow to Boca fans made even worse when word spread that their all-mighty hero might go
to Brazil to join Flamengo.
Oh, oh, oh it's Carrick, you know, hard to believe it's not Scholes...
Years after first being sung in small numbers, Michael Carrick's chant took off in the away end at Loftus Road on the weekend.
Whilst some fans have been criticial of the song, claiming that Carrick isn't fit to lace Scholes' boots, we should probably remember that Vidic isn't actually a murder, we don't often score six goals, and Rooney isn't as good as Pele.
"Oh, oh, oh, it's Carrick, you know, it's hard to believe it's not Scholes" is the song that was first penned years ago for Michael Carrick. The fact that a lot of fans (rightly) didn't see him on a level with Scholes probably contributed to it not really taking off.
However, this afternoon, in our 2-0 win over QPR, our travelling fans sung the song on repeat in the second half and after leaving the ground.
Despite first being sung years ago, Michael Carrick's never really had a song sung en masse in all his time at United, until Loftus Road's away end erupted in the second half today.
I imagine we will be hearing a lot more of this song now...
"VIDEO: Carrick Chant Takes Off At Loftus Road" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia.
"Come on you reds", "Come on you blues", "There's only 1 team in London", Chants brilliantly sung
by millions of fans every season across the world. Whether you support a multi million pound club
or a club that relies on players to pay their way you support them through thick and thin. The
lower down [.
Manchester United's players dedicated a chant to their coach driver after he smooth-talked his way
out of trouble with Chinese police. United's coach was stopped on a busy road in Shanghai by police
after reportedly using the wrong lane. Officers hauled the driver away for questioning. The coach
was surrounded by fans while the driver [.
"What do you mean 'no one knows the theme song'?"
From the band who brought you the South Stand's first full-length version of Queen's Bohemian
Rhapsody (well most of the words at least)... it's time for another sing-along! It's been a
while since we've had a midweek hymn sheet, but hey.
Sir Alex Ferguson wants Manchester United and Liverpool rooters to extremity the tasteless chanting during games. HTTP://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/image/62899000/jpg/_62899524_saf-getty.jpg
Tottenham Hotspur arrived yesterday in the United States to begin their 2012 US tour. The Premier
League squad was greeted by approximately 50 fans at Los Angeles airport (LAX), some of whom were
singing Tottenham Hotspur chants. Some of the ...
Demba Ba addressed the racists chants directed at him and a couple of other Newcastle players
at Den Haag on Saturday by labeling them "stupid dudes who had to man up", and that wasÂ
certainly straight to the point, but Demba Ba, as we have found out over the last year  while
he's been on Tyneside, has very simple and very strong philosophies on [.
Demba Ba addressed the racists chants directed at him and a couple of other Newcastle players
at Den Haag on Saturday by labeling them "stupid dudes who had to man up", and that wasÂ
certainly straight to the point, but Demba Ba, as we have found out over the last year  while
he's been on Tyneside, has very simple and very strong philosophies on [.
It was very disappointing to say the least, when there were racial chants coming from the home
section of the crowd at Den Hagg on Saturday, and while most of the players didn't hear the
chants, Cheick Tiote did, and he was said to be extremely annoyed  and angry at the end of
the game, in which he played really well for the Magpies.
Newcastle United players Cheick Tiote, Demba Ba and Papiss Cisse were allegedly the target of
racist chants yesterday in a game against Den Haag. Meanwhile, there were plenty of other
friendlies played yesterday, and several interesting tidbits of...
I wanted to add to Tim's post on Dickson because he's been one of my favourite players for a
while.
One thing to mention here is Danny Murphy. Murphy's gone to Blackburn in a position of some
influence (we assume), and the first thing he's done is call on his old hunting partner. Now, if,
as many people like to think, Dickson Etuhu is no good at football, who would be best placed to
appreciate this?
I wanted to add to Tim's post on Dickson because he's been one of my favourite players for a
while.
One thing to mention here is Danny Murphy. Murphy's gone to Blackburn in a position of some
influence (we assume), and the first thing he's done is call on his old hunting partner. Now, if,
as many people like to think, Dickson Etuhu is no good at football, who would be best placed to
appreciate this?
What a tournament it has been here in Spain. Waking up this morning bleary eyed and with
slightly impaired hearing after two days of celebrations laden with fireworks and vowing to not
drink with the party hardened locals until the next fiesta, I would like to publish my
congratulations to the true winners of Euro 2012.
Ok, so I'm late to the party - it's about 25 minutes in. But nothing much has happened yet, with
Spain controlling possession, but with only one real chance. Portugal has been tough defending,
with Nani sparking here and there. CRo is lurking, waiting for a chance.
26 - Herrera and Nani team up for a nice run that puts Portugal in a semi-circle around the goal
until Casillas catches a lofted poor cross.
Southampton's Jason Puncheon showed he can take a joke after his recent mid-match toilet break. The Saints star's extended convenience break against Everton caused much hilarity and a few spin-off chants. But Puncheon answered back with a toilet-inspired goal celebration during the victory over Manchester City on Saturday.
Spurs fans defend our use of the word, the club defend our use of the word, and now, the Metropolitan Police have reassured Spurs fans they will NOT face prosecution for using the word 'Yid' in match day chants. According to the Daily Mail, London's police force agreed with the club and their supporters that the 'Yid Army' songs are not anti-Semitic.
Tottenham 2 Aston Villa 0 PremierLeague 7th October 2012
A confidently dominated match that saw us cruise to a 2-0 win. Except for the mistake from Lloris that gifted Benteke a free header, we were never really in any danger of conceding. The first half ended 0-0 to the sound of applause this time and we came out in the second half and continued to dominate.
To celebrate our humble milestone of passing 200,000 hits to this little playground of football
malarkey, we thought we'd have a little sing-a-long. While we often share some chants with you on
here, today's is a bit special.
　
While we don't like to toot our own horn (TOOT!), today we take a look at the new BMO Field South
Stand song sensation - Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody".
In 2009, Juventus had to play a game behind closed doors after their fans racially abused Mario
Balotelli following the goal he scored against them for Inter Milan in a 1-1 draw. This wasn't the
first or last occasion that this club has had issues with racism though.
Last October they were fined €10,000 for racist chanting in another game against Inter Milan
and were dished out a repeat punishment in January this year after Colombian wing-back Pablo Armero
and Cape Verde-born Switzerland midfielder Gelson Fernandes were the victims of racist chanting
during both the first and second half in a game against Udinese.
FC Dallas players walking out of the tunnel on Sunday beneath chants of "PT! FC!" will almost
certainly find a bit of a spring in their steps.
After all, they just beat this team 5-0 two weeks ago and have a 12-5 advantage over the
Portland Timbers since they joined the league in 2011.
Their star, Brek Shea, having been humbled (for the bazillionth time) and given some time to
"clear his head," could well return to the lineup on a mission.
There is a small humanity in me when it comes to football. I found it in between the transfer
sagas of Robin Van Persie and Jovetic—nestled amongst the endless moneyed sagas of a dozen
moneyed clubs, Cristiano Ronaldo—of all the possible people—cried out for a sympathetic ear,
and of all the people, this Barcelona fan heard it.
It has been two weeks since I checked in, but I assure you, MLS Road Trip is still going strong.
Our lack of recent posts haven't been due to the lack of games we attended, actually the opposite.
We are currently in Columbus, Ohio, but in the last two weeks, we have been to four games in two
countries!
Didier Drogba arrived at Pudong International Airport on Saturday to a massive and boisterousÂ
reception from fans of his new club, Shanghai Shenhua.
Inside the terminal, Drogba greeted the large number of supporters as camera flashes went off
like a constant strobe light and joyous chants of "Didier Drogba la la la la la" rang out.
