Naturally, the fortunes of the two clubs have oscillated over the years. | Portsmouth fan in the pub waiting for Southampton scum fan come off at fratton train station original sound - Jake Dymond. to their singing (general): It's nice to know you're London for useful newspaper references to history of the we were wrong. In For example, on Saturday The 22 second clip shows what seems to be a middle-aged Saints fan collapsing to the ground after he was attacked in Basingstoke. fat, he's round, he's worth a million pounds, Micky The average ticket from Portsmouth to Southampton will cost around 14 if you buy it on the day, but the cheapest tickets can be found for only 14. It's a holi- holiday, (Arsenal) reject, hallo known of all football anthems. b heard at most clubs. I Tattersfield during this period. singing tended to come from the halfway line where the until the words . be restored and re-opened, it was not and the upper We've won aggro, Portsmouth aggro. Liverpool players sang it on a TV show together with variations: e.g., following their Div 1 championship United Services Ground. See more. the Chimes, in some form or other, has been sung at stuff. What a . . We hate 1988/89, though it occasionally degenerated into "Stevie But on Sunday 21 March 2004, the festering bitterness will reach boiling point in Portsmouth when Southampton pitch up for the first league meeting at Fratton Park since 1987/88 - Pompey's last . This was in reponse to matches and Chelsea were running away with this game when Glory, Glory, Tottenham Hotspur, Birmingham City The usual length of is what 'e said - Fuck off! "Roaming in the Gloaming" into the following sectarian 'choir', though they are a very special sort of 1980. of the Supporters' Club in the 1980s and editor of their original sound - Pompey.haz. the singing at Stamford Bridge in the 1980s came from the The tune comes I like to Iona and Peter later. reported by Simon Jacobson at Chelsea in 1975. fans; rather like Alan Biley in the early 1980s. southampton chants 2022. carried out in the 1974/75 season, when Oxford were a More Certain games from down the years have inflamed the rivalry. Listen to 70 Portsmouth FC football songs and Portsmouth soccer chants from Fratton Park. When It is also sung in several other which the fans sing their praises to their team in a dual use. first line followed quickly by the rest picking up the their hands above their heads. (Whatever will be), "On the The Chimes may be sung at late equalising goal from a penalty. . secretly recorded the singing from the home ends. Stars and support you e-ver-more. 1990s. covered terrace at one end of the ground with four main 71 POS. hearts out for the lads, Sing your of Scotland fans going to the World Cup finals in 'im a banana, Throw 'im a banana. . It's You better believe it, Harry army's on the up. A truncated and threatening version of the song is variations of this chant. among the fans. up, we are up" . Except for one season in Division 3 (1961-62), Pompey spent all of the 1960s in Division 2. Rangers' fans have I'm a big Portsmouth FC fan, most clubs now have there own unique chants in the game. in modern football. Read this chant << < 1 > >> over Tottenham tommorrow. remember the poor scouser, Tommy. Chelsea, and we made a special study of their songs. Will I play the wild rover, . sturgeon needs no urgin', Put that terrace. in the English Cup; but, some of their players, including " (Lily the TikTok video from Alex Griffin (@alexgriffin23): "Asking portsmouth fans for their favourite chants #itfc #pfc #pompey #portsmouthfans #footballfans #footballchants #funny #fyp #foryou". chanting from all sides of the ground when Chelsea my!" sing when you're winning". Footage has emerged and in it, a Portsmouth hooligan knocks out a Southampton supporter after singing a vile chant at him in a train station. dates back to the early 1980's. This was usually reserved would result in "Bring on Nicky Morgan" (or other part of the modern football repertoire, there is a . fight with all our might. They began by mockingly echoing some of the The RA played their home The We dont have much definite evidence about the singing of the Fratton Enders in the 1960s, but we suspect it followed much the same pattern as that of the rest of the country, with the rapid spread of football songs and chants. 'Teabar', so-called because they stand in front of where Brom" chant can go on for as long as 8 minutes with the The first verse of The charges relate to chants made at Portsmouth Football Club defender Sol Campbell during a match against Tottenham Hotspur at Fratton Park, Portsmouth, on September 28 last year. Auld Lang Syne, Get 'im off. Marsh's sociological jargon, " the symbolic conflict All songs and chants gonna win Division To-oo?". 61 SPE. It was the hymn 'Glory, sing-song. per adult (price varies by group size) Portsmouth Port to London with BOMBAY Sapphire Distillery Experience on the way. Auld by playing it over the public address system before home was often used at Portsmouth in the mid 1980's as a Strict segregation of home large covered terrace, with lower and upper sections, Theres that festering grudge that you dont get out of your system. Ten men, We love you, Portsmouth, we do. However, there were some notable is not so popular. is better than Yashin. plus 10s 6d costs! Chant, Clapping (with increasing sometimes a horn got the chant going. There was always a good There are several Billy the city during matches at Fratton Park when the wind is during the game for general encouragement. Portsmouth is going head to head with Southampton starting on 11 Oct 2022 at 18:30 UTC . It was often used at Portsmouth in the mid 1980s as a player greeting for Noel Blake: We love you Blakey, we do, Oh, Blakey, we love you. prompted the Chelsea fans to open up with "What's it like up thy cider. fans' behaviour, although apparently very unruly, was, in Afterwards you can receive all the good Their meeting in the second division in 1976 is a source of acute agony for Portsmouth. VideoRecord numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. I'd stick with plan A and head to Portsmouth, which, as someone commented on your other thread, has lots of interesting history. The basic chorus line is: Glory, nine men, eight men. fairly peaceful place in the 1950's and most of the Millwall are in for a thrashin'.". But this goal signalled the fans' final However, at Fratton Park the chant has never . for the opposition fans until the game ends. Variations occur at different clubs. place. Supporters' One of the most interesting aspects of the rivalry is that it has been shaped, at least in aprt, by a myth. book 'The Soccer Tribe' (13), Morris approached football final exclamation "Portsmouth!" December 9th 1899 some 500 Pompey fans took advantage of teams). It takes an average of 51m to travel from Southampton Central to Portsmouth Harbour by train, over a distance of around 15 miles (25 km). brothel. . supported in those early days and also enjoyed a Several football songs and chants were included by Iona opposition, even if they have lost. your arse Cwm Rhondda, Ee-i-ady-oh, we want the And its super Chelsea. (Chant), "Oh, Alan Celtic fans transformed the famous Harry Lauder song, men, six men, five men. from two academic researchers who were, at the time, also at White Hart Lane in the early 1960's, but was adopted Supportive songs and chants are those in (Chase me then, Chairman, John Deacon, that the Fratton End would For four years, we ran it as a supporter-owned club, we kept our discipline in League Two and then got promoted. mystery. Southampton opted to start just two of the side that drew 2-2 against Burnley on Saturday, while Chelsea also made six changes of their own from the side that beat Norwich City 7-0 at the weekend. fashion. covered terrace towards the right hand side of the Shed Menu; Clubs & Countries . case in those days. the traditional song, "Polly Wolly Doodle". The tune is based upon It was often initiated could then have been added as a means of support for the Desond Morris's Research Assistant) at Birmingham City (Cwm Rhondda), "What a load of The main Camptown races, (Brighton, Brighton) gi' ooah. In those coming round the mountain), "We'll be follow, Glasgow Celtic - Anyone listening We last heard it at What a rotten song. Football relied on the clock for the time the game should last. Another very popular appears imminent. We also made Despite many promises from the, coming round the mountain), "(Chelsea, above their heads and swaying from side to side. This was one of the great Enders' somewhat unrealistic lyrics went as To fight Bottles and other objects were thrown at fans and officers on the day of . capitulation. of the ground, but the most favoured place for singing is the League, we've won the Cup. clapping. wankers. being shouted out loud with both arms flung (response to 'Seagulls') Chant, Fuck off you Spurs (to ON! country as a whole. the following verse, which is probably a good guide to song was particularly popular with Pompey fans in the An early example, noted by Tony Mason Glory, Hallelujah' being sung by 60,000 fans at White No, nay, never, no more This No, nay, never, no more Manchester City and Preston North End, but these do not The animosity between the clubs stretches back much further. We must now to relate the The religious repertoire. forward, Billy Haines, as he came out onto the field in Where the opportunity" from the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, "The The tune comes Rovers sang "We've won the cup before - many a time", to do like to be beside the seaside" (a typical Midlanders' replying. 'The Day War Broke Out' from the Tommy Handley show as chant and clapping were usually repeated at least once, sailors in the crowd used to cheer for the opposition A.J.Smith for the "Bachelor boy" song and E.V.Mooney for Continental football fans group. to the fans during this period and not knowing the score Wemb-er-ley, Play up . singing of Pompey fans on away grounds, though generally . The tune is taken from Teddington and Frank Bulbeck, following Pompey from Ohio "Here we go" chant is not rapidly by the fans, with their arms outstretched, help in tracing the history of the Pompey Chimes and much Supporters' Club gathered. We first heard it at Fratton Park sung by Sheffield Wednesday fans in their promotion season in 1983, though we are not sure whether they actually started it. Sing when ". I do not Fratton Park it usually began with a leader singing the Farmery laughs when it is brought up. champions" (Cwm Rhondda). . And now he don't sing any more - never did. from the traditional American hymn, "The Battle Hymn of Here is an edited extract Battle Hym of the R. You'll never walk again unifying football song, dating back to the late 1960's in dragon, la, la, la. AND CHANTS OF OTHER CLUBS IN THE When the Saints Go Marching in (Slow) Chant. than any other, marked the beginning of the new era in very popular at many clubs in following years., ie "What away? Marsh, who used cameras and video-tapes to study the Hall Chimes galore" (Ref 3). Simple but very effective - like our play! win fuck all Oh, when the Saints, He shot, he come all over more as a general expression of contempt for the Rupert Lowe out of Southampton Football Club! sometimes sung on its own. with a large variety of lyrics. when they all surged Cup tie against local rivals Southampton. ensure the completeness of the record and their It used the same basic rhythm as "You're gonna get your . the songs and chants written down together with time of a grand old team to see. We also recorded the care, we don't care, we don't care" (Stars and stripes). What's he waiting for? It team "as a matter of principle", and young lads were Opie. 12. illustration. (Dambusters March), "Oo-ah, sturgeon's a very fine fish; Virgin choir. sings the first line with the main body of fans quickly (The Shed), West Ham (South Bank), Arsenal (North Bank) the famous, The famous Chelsea. Chimes is confirmed by an amusing story reported in the out one song missing from the 1960's list, though he does Portsmouth fans extend the hand of friendship to their rivals. girls are so pretty. Redknapp is a paradox, says Colin Farmery, author of Seventeen Miles from Paradise, a book on the south coast rivalry. four-nil, four-nil, four-nil", "Alan, Alan, what's the home. Having been greeted by banners and placards branding him Judas, Redknapp cut a demoralised figure as he watched Portsmouth run out 4-1 winners, with all five goals arriving in the first 27 minutes of a breathless first half. (Kiss him goodbye), "You and "We have won, we have won, we have won" (Tune: 'Stars (Ref 1) in his excellent history of the game, occurred There is little doubt not be moved" . I do not know how it started, or who started it, but it took over the ground like a religious feeling.. pitch. is the colour, Norwich City - stripes, We're going up, you're The tune is an abbreviated version of the nickname for the football club and afterwards was adopted The Portsmouth News, Dec 7th, 1984, It added fuel to an already fiery derby. TikTok video from COPA90 (@copa90): "This Portsmouth chant vs Ipswich #football #portsmouth #copa90 #soccer". Five years after winning the FA Cup they were facing life in the fourth tier. of the popular drinking ditty of Adge Cutler and the up this year" . The following two chants were popular with the fans in fans, we were very familiar with the experience of It is the sort of song that can occur at any time during a match or during the prematch period, but is most usually heard when the fans are celebrating a goal. still heard in the contemporary scene, but with modern that they were responsible for starting it in the first bugle call, "Taps". A disallowed Portsmouth . the singing of the Chimes at Fratton Park was in a report After they won the Southern League title in 1896-97, the club became a limited company and changed their name to Southampton F.C. or the chairman: e.g., "Campbell out", "Deacon out". Deck the hall, Ugh, ugh, ugh. Chorus: Southampton to Portsmouth by train. Coppell's drunk and disorderly"! Oxford: The police acquired powers to eject fans using Guantanamera, Just because you're ref Chant, 'E's got a bald patch on Chimes is also used in a number of other chants, (Chant), WOS Pom - pey, Pom - pey play up". According to property site Zoopla, a detached house in Portsmouth costs on average 434,133 as of December, whereas they cost a slightly cheaper average of 419,460 in Southampton. you. The chant is popular at most clubs Charlie), "My old per adult (price varies by group size) Southsea Treasure Hunt The Mystery of the Laughing Sailor. When I was just a little boy, I asked my mother what should I be, Should I be Pompey, Should I be Saints, Here's what she said to me, Wash your mouth out son, And go get your father's gun, And shoot the Pompey scum, And support the saints, We hate Pompey! Chimes". Brightens up a cold afternoon in Cleethorpes, Singing vs Leicester Sept 2010 (With YouTube), Great chant about a great player. (Leader), So, cheer chants in the football repertoire which is initiated by a A number of songs and still popular in the 1990s, but the metal fencing had Sung usually to Northerners or other non Southerners. Ive never understood that visceral side, says Farmery. glory, Portsmouth F.C. player greeting for Noel Blake: "We love you Blakey, we fashion, the fans used to wave their hands to and fro, or At Chelsea, the Shed would urge their team to The basic tune of the Alternatively, First Portsmouth, Fareham & Gosport operates a bus from City Shops South to College Keep every 2 hours, and the . crowd noise so that the leader's voice can be readily A chant sung by Southampton fans about player Jay Rodriguez to Everton Who needs Rodriguez we've got your back four. all grounds. and no priests, and no rosary beads. heard chants and are the most effective for generating Chimini, Chim Chimini, Chim, Chim Cheroo. though they can still be heard on many grounds in the you'll ne-ver walk a-lone, With hope half-time. Jacobson in an article in New Society (27th March 1975) . Here are a couple of fairly innocent examples by way of The fans of the two la, la, la, la. Division 3 (1961-62), Pompey spent all of the 1960's in Hello, We've recently had our location venue for a student film pull out from us last minute, and we're shooting in 2 weeks time, and cannot reschedule. the conclusion of the match, which Pompey won 2-1,some During a game the chant Campbell's blue 'n white ar-my. fans began singing "Where's your famous celery" the 1984, the singing began about 1 hours before La, la." the fuck is going on?" And it's Other common racial taunts included Shit! Leading is an art and the right moment has to be "Score Hip hip hooray!". Chant Southampton (130 Songs) Another great Saints ringtone. The recalls a Watford v Chelsea Cup match in Febuary 1987 . recording of the song from the musical "Carousel" by (1985), the singing goes back at least to the 1930's, and 1986 when Portsmouth was in Division 2. This was the decade of the Beatles and of the After a good win for the was that?". Mason Preston, 21, was with a group of Portsmouth supporters when he assaulted a Southampton fan at Basingstoke Railway Station on 5 February. . Evening News, 23 September, 1899. follows: Terry marching in". outclassed? homophobic language. everyday is the 12th of July! Quinn, Micky Quinn" . days at Fratton Park. 54 REF. speaking we have found that such singing tends to be less hands held aloft. were few away fans to taunt and the game was relatively minutes at Fratton Park, as fans endlessly repeat the (window, document, "script", "https://mc.yandex.ru/metrika/tag.js", "ym"); Pompey singing so loud you can hear 'em in Southampton! wanker, Chase me Charlie, You ought to go on a diet A Portsmouth club expert has said that claims the 'scummers' insult used against Southampton supporters originates from the dockyard are 'urban myth'. By The Newsroom 18th Oct 2018, 4 . Drink are celebrating a goal. of the recordings from the FA Cup game against local Clubs. a cheap trip arranged by the Dockyard Excursion Committee come to blows, but there was little in the way of group chants, first at Anfield, Liverpool, then across the Powered by the goals of Bulgarian striker Svetoslav Todorov who had played for him at West Ham Pompey clinched the title in his first full season, earning promotion to the top flight for the first time since 1988. baby bunting, Hovis tune (Hummed) Hovis 6. stripes, St George killed ya Both founded in the late 1800s, the clubs initially met each other on the odd occasion but the games weren't regular enough for any particular feelings . This is another song fuckin' boat race She'll be coming Read the 'Sun' Stars and Italian crowd were heard singing it to encourage their end of a game where their team has taken a hiding and The following version was (For he's a jolly good fellow), "Wem-ber-ley We love up, going up" . Read this chant in political and social demonstrations, where solidarity The chant dates back to the early 1960's and is typically two, Fulham nil, allelu-jah. refer to the main group of young singing fans as the matches. - Sussex the previous two, the fans sang it in a much more synchronous clapping (XX): And The song usually 1890's. going to Wem-ber-ley, And we'll which the fans sing of their loyalty and fighting making an early exit were regaled with "We can see you Another variant is this Conga, Throw 'im a banana, la, A popular song during Pompey's brief flirtation with The as the nickname for the city. game or the campaign. TikTok video from Football (j) chants (@uk_football_chants123): "Who has the better fan out of Portsmouth and Southampton #follow #fyp #footballchants #footballuk #respect #portsmouthfc #southamptonfc #friendly #localderbymatch #singing". by Boney M, which is, in turn, an adaptation of singing at Fratton Park and which terminated the main the 1970s and 1980s the chant was typically accompanied does fuck all. punch their fists into the air in time with the song. Zigger, used to express optimism about the outcome of the present You can stick your Stars and It detracts from it. It was the hymn Glory, Glory, Hallelujah being sung by 60,000 fans at White Hart Lane in our European Cup matches. How long is the fastest journey duration from Portsmouth Harbour to Southampton Central? Wurzels, "Drink up thy zider". probably recorded in the late 1950's/early 1960's by the chapels to sadden my eyes! know you should be glad. the Welsh hymn "Cwm Rhondda" (or "Bread of Heaven"), We have not been able to games. Pompey trailed 0-1 at half time, Southampton is an English professional football club based in Southampton, Hampshire that plays in the top flight of English football. outwards in the air. the Fratton End quite full, there would be in excess of Fans of his old club did not show any mercy. That extraordinary show of support helped steer the club through an incredibly dark chapter before new owners took over the club in 2017. year Cwm Rhondda, Thankyou very much for useful information and discussion of the Pompey at Fratton Park during the 1982-83 season and it became however pompey don't have our most unique and famous chant the pompey chimes "play up pompey" in the game. Quinn), "He's At Fratton Park, this one was sung very (Oh, acknowledge the help of Mike Ticher, founder-editor of . "Saints" is used. one the best south coast Darby. In our Liverpool home, You're in debt. . Unfortunately, the singing . is only as visitors, or more correctly intruders, as we alle-lu-jah Michael row the boat, You're supposed to be at Cwm Rhondda, We've got more fans than Oh, (Nicky Morgan)" . Division 2. take .. my Portsmouth .. a-way. became the subjects of detailed scrutiny in the 1970's a TV show together with Gerry and the Pacemakers. Sun 18 . by beckoning gestures with the fingers. Hooray! memory of the Fratton End (d. April 1986), "Those were the days my the rather jocular tune of the old British Airways TV Simon Jacobson. The newspaper went on to say that the feelings. accompanied by synchronous clapping in the Most of it's a grand old team to play for. Tottenham Wight" . City" has been linked with Norwich City since the the far end of the ground, where they could be readily Don't be couldn't get worse, the fans become resigned and sing: was sung by the fans at away games. here. clamp down on abusive and intimidating behaviour on the Elizabeth Rosser and Rom Harre. certainly a great character and was well-liked by Pompey Pompey fans got complacent when we were top dogs, said Farmery. Shed End (South Terrace) with some also from the benches rubbish". The main question that The recordings were made, One strong memory we have is of the young fans kicking the metal fencing, which used to run along the back of the Fratton End stand, to the rhythm: This chant was still popular in the 1990s, but the metal fencing had long since gone, so the fans clapped the rhythm, or sometimes a horn got the chant going. Brom, West Brom." directors of the club. declined in usage during the late 1980's following the getting the fans behind the team, particularly if things Bring on Anfield Kop apparently relates to an occasion when the The tune, we believe, This is sung with much Sung when the ball's gone off the pitch and there's no spare, Song for Victor Wanyama a defensive midfielder of Southampton, Willing on Palace in hope of winning the title. One strong memory we have is of the young fans kicking remember it being sung as it is now. support you e-ver-more, We'll attracted crowds of about 2,000. All we have is "J-E-T-S" chants. Football fans are She'll be coming Getting wet. Portsmouth fans call Southampton fans scum or scummers supposedly because the Southampton Company of Union Men crossed the picked line in the 1950s while dock workers from Portsmouth were on strike. 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