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While the five-minute-long serenades to stars past and present may fire our hearts on the terraces, you can’t beat pure, classic, comedy gold. Yes, there are the twisted takes on Andrew Lloyd-Webber hits or tributes to Wham!, but often the best songs are the simple classics that have been knocking around for years.

The unwritten rule of an effective football chant is to keep it simple. You don’t want to be scratching around for a club’s hymn book or nagging those around you with constant requests for lyrics, so, for the casual football fan, ‘Oldies But Goodies’ does the trick.

Only in the mad, mad world of following your team could such incredible songs spring up and pass the test of time, including a brilliant put-down that name-drops a village in Wales. ‘Why’s that so special?’ you ask? Well, the village in question has 58 letters in its name!

Each club, be it non-league or Champions League, has its own unique chants but when the time is right, fans right across the world will indulge in some Oldie But Goodie love…