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Nice one, this. Usually sung by jubilant supporters at their manager, with the team coasting. With everything going to plan on the pitch, the fans sing:

Fergie,* give us a wave!

Fergie, Fergie give us a wave!

*Or whoever. If the manager obliges, massive choruses of cheers spring up to salute the boss for doing as requested.

This can be adapted to form a sly dig at the opposition when your team are winning:

Rafa, what’s the score?

Rafa, Rafa, what’s the score!

Leeds took this chant to another level when they were trouncing Tranmere 3–0 in August 2009, with a great put-down aimed at John Barnes:

Barnesy, give us a rap!

Barnesy, Barnesy, give us a rap!

[Barnesy loves a good rap – from his contribution to New Order’s excellent 1990 World Cup anthem ‘World in Motion’ to the frankly quite bizarre ‘Anfield Rap’, he’s got those rhymes down!]

Norwich fans sang this one to their own player, Cody McDonald, after he came on as a substitute against Sunderland in the Carling Cup:

Cody, touch the bar!

Cody, Cody, touch the bar!

[Little Cody couldn’t oblige, perhaps because he’s only 5ft 7in…]

Bolton fans have adopted a brilliant-but-harsh variation on this song. It’s no secret that Trotters fans despise their own manager, Gary Megson, despite the carrot-topped maestro keeping his team in the Premier League in both seasons since his appointment, as well as drawing with Bayern Munich away in the UEFA Cup in 2007.

Bless him, he’s just not liked that much at the Reebok. And the feeling towards Megson was hilariously summed up during Bolton’s home clash against Stoke City in October 2009 with:

Bolton fans:

Megson, give us a wave!

Megson, Megson give us a wave!

[Megson waves]

Bolton fans respond:

Who are ya? Who are ya?

Megson’s face was a picture!