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…here are some more ways of appreciating ‘Bread of Heaven’:

Can we play you every week?

Are you [insert despised team] in disguise?

[Generally sung when your team are winning comfortably. Wrexham fans took this one to a whole new level when they went 5–0 up against Cambridge in 2002. The Welshmen sang: ‘Are you Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch in disguise?’! And yes, that IS a real place. It’s a small village in Anglesey, Wales.]

Does your butler know you’re here?

[Good stuff from West Ham here, taunting the Cottagers about where they’re from. Fulham is a rather affluent area in west London, especially compared to West Ham…]

We can see you washing up!

[Sung by all and sundry while at Leyton Orient’s Brisbane Road ground. There are flats situated in the corners of the stadium.]

You’re the only one at home!

[More Brisbane Road comedy here. During a Carling Cup tie at home to Stoke, a lone man watched the action from his balcony. Around 2,500 people made sure he had some company.]

You’re not ringing anymore!

[Sung by Arsenal fans to John Portsmouth Football Club Westwood (yes, that’s his real name), who annoys fans up and down the country with his loud handbell. The Gunners were right; the avid Pompey fan was a little muted when Arsène Wenger’s men went 4–1 up in August 2009.]

You’re not signing anymore!

[No, that’s not a typo – Stoke City fans came up with this gem when Chelsea visited the Britannia Stadium in September 2009. Following alleged irregularities, UEFA banned Chelsea from transfer activity for two years.]