However, when " Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life " was adopted as a football chant in the late 1980s, Idle's then neighbour Gary Lineker suggested Idle re-record and release the popular track.

* Olé, Olé, Olé, a popular football chant

The chant was also used by Coventry City football fans during the 1980s and 1990s in appreciation to then goalkeeper Steve Ogrizovic who had been nicknamed ' Oggy '.

The " war chant " cheer made by spectators at FSU football games includes the " tomahawk chop ", a gesture invented by the fans.

" is a football chant sung by fans in Britain.

The chant has been associated with the striker Micky Quinn, who played for six football clubs in the 1980s and 1990s.

A football chant or terrace chant is a song or chant sung at association football matches.

It was also used the tune for a Tottenham song abusing Sol Campbell after his move to Arsenal in 2001 and for a popular chant sung by Manchester United fans, to the tune of " Lord of the Dance ", in honour of Park Ji-Sung, which has been described as " the greatest football chant of all time as it manages to be simultaneously endearing and offensive on a number of levels ".

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Originally, " Barmy Army " was a football chant sung by fans at many grounds, including Norwich City ( late 1970s ) and Sheffield Wednesday ( early 1980s ).

Elsewhere in college football, the cowbell can be found at Penn State and Michigan football games, where it is played with a particular rhythm and accompanying chant.

Some Yorkshire ( and Derbyshire ) folk still associate Mansfield with failure to support the UK miners ' strike ( 1984 – 1985 ); football matches between Mansfield Town: Barnsley, Rotherham United, Doncaster Rovers and Chesterfield and have seen fans of the latter chant " scab ".

In 2006, the club's fans began a new football chant " Who needs Mourinho, we've got our physio " after Nigel Adkins, the club's former physio replaced Brian Laws as manager, eventually to lead United to promotion.

The Greasy Chip Butty Song is a football chant originally sung by the supporters of Sheffield United football club to the tune of Annie's Song, glorifying the dubious delights of life in Sheffield, in chief the eponymous Chip butty but also nightlife, beer and tobacco products.

Around 1990, the title refrain and hook ( either whistled as in the original, or vocalised as ' da-dum, da-da da-da da-dum ') began to gain currency as a football chant.

is a chant commonly tied to the Yat dialect and used in support of the New Orleans Saints football team.

" Always Look on the Bright Side of Life " was later re-released with great success, after being sung by British football fans.

One comes between basketball practice in the gym and the exterior at The Rig-Wam drive-in ; it has Jacy, Duane and Sonny riding along in her convertible ( and being chased by an enthusiastic little dog ), singing an uptempo rendition of the more solemn school song sung later at the football game.

The most memorable included " The Footie Song ", an ode to football sung and written by people who clearly neither cared or knew anything about it, " The Robert De Niro Calypso ", a tribute to the famous actor, " My Name is Roscoe ", a country and western song whose lyrics included the theory of relativity and " Song For Bob Hoskins ".

The Fight Song is sung after every home football touchdown.

The song was also sung by the South African football team as they came onto the field of play to open the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Some football teams also have songs which are traditionally sung by their fans.

The song was sung at football matches by fans of the Republic of Ireland team. The melody of the chorus was adapted for Ally's Tartan Army, the Scotland national football team's anthem for the FIFA World Cup 1978, this was itself adapted as the chorus of Put ' Em Under Pressure, the anthem for the Republic of Ireland team for the FIFA World Cup 1990.

It is popular amongst Ulster loyalists and many unionists in Northern Ireland, as well as in parts of Scotland where it can often be heard sung at football games by supporters of Rangers F. C.

Adapted versions are sung by fans of several Welsh football clubs and as school or college songs around the world.

While the song is sung on many occasions, singing " Sammy " at midfield has become a tradition for the varsity football team after home victories.

It was further underlined by the song frequently sung in his honor, to the tune of " You Are My Sunshine ": " Luis García, he drinks Sangria / he came from Barça to bring us joy !/ He's five foot seven, he's football heaven / So please don't take our Luis away!

The song is sung between the third and fourth quarters of every football game, as well as other times that the members of the college disrobe ( such as before the Midnight Mile, a one mile run for charity in September ).

The example of ‘ Abide with me ’ is instructive: intensely personal and contemplative, yet nationally popular — even being sung ( always, after its publication in 1861, to W. H. Monk's tune, ‘ Eventide ’) on secular occasions such as at football matches, and especially, since 1927, at the English cup final.

" Goodnight Irene " is sung by supporters of English football team Bristol Rovers.

In the next few years, the song gained popularity, and was even sung at football games whenever there was a touchdown.

Since around the year 2000, the song has been sung by association football fans with the lyrics changed to " When the ball hits your head and you're sat in row Z, that's Zamora ", in honour of the English footballer Bobby Zamora.

He is mostly remembered for his tenacious approach to football and the song Giunta, Giunta, Giunta, huevo, huevo, huevo sung in the stadiums.

His autobiography, Swan Song, was published in 2003 and covers the period up until his retirement from football.

Brian's Song is the biography of Brian Piccolo, a Chicago Bears football player who died at a young age after battling cancer.

This song was also chosen as the " Song of the Year " in Israel, and was very popular among football ( soccer ) fans.

Other prominent alumni include football coach Pop Warner, Rutgers University president Edward J. Bloustein, and International Criminal Court president Song Sang-Hyun J. S. D.

** Rigobert Song ( born 1976 ), football ( soccer ) player from Cameroon

* Song Lianyong, b. 1965, football player from Hong Kong

* Song Zhenyu, b. 1981, football player

He rose to stardom after starring in the critically lauded blockbuster biographical TV movie, Brian's Song ( 1971 ), in which he played Chicago Bears star football player Gale Sayers, who stood by his friend Brian Piccolo ( played by James Caan ), during his struggle with terminal cancer.

While Daz became a life member of the Stockport County Supporters Trust after he released ' The County Song '; The song pays tribute to Stockport County's football league record of nine consecutive wins without conceding a goal.

Other staples include " Bonnet " ( adapted from " Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet ", 1909 ), the Rice University Fight Song, and " Turning it Loose " ( a variation of the Otis Redding and Steve Cropper blues hit " I Can't Turn You Loose " similar to the one used in the Blues Brothers car chase, which is played at the end of the third quarter of every football game ).

Its tune is used in the UK by " The Greasy Chip Butty Song ", the main chant of fans of Sheffield United football club.

At the end of every football game, the school's marching band plays " The Hands of Time ", the theme from Brian's Song.

The film Brian's Song, loosely based on Gale Sayers ' autobiography, tells the story of the friendship between Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers and their time during football with the Chicago Bears up until Brian Piccolo's death.

The songs vary from descriptions of life in each of the school's divisions (" The Lower School Song ", " The Middle School Song ", " The Upper School Song ") to an exemplification of values the school deems important (" The Sportsmanship Song "), to a celebration of some of the sports played at the school (" The Baseball Song ", " The Football Song "-- which refers not to American football, but rather soccer.