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There are few worse feelings than watching your team go behind having taken the lead. The agony, the despair, the sense of ‘why didn’t you close him down, you ****!’… and, of course, rival supporters love to put the boot in with the most simple of put-downs:

You’re not singing anymore!

You’re not singing!

You’re not singing!

YOU’RE NOT SINGING ANYMORE!

[Sung to the tune of ‘Cwm Rhondda’, or ‘Bread of Heaven’, a hymn written by John Hughes. Variations on this include ‘Shall we sing a song for you?’ and ‘It’s all gone quiet over there’.]

You would think this wouldn’t leave much room for a comeback but, memorably, Fulham fans had the last laugh when they responded to such a chant from Portsmouth fans in 2007. Benjani had scored the opening goal for Pompey in a Premier League game at Craven Cottage – cue a rendition of ‘You’re not singing’. Fulham’s response?

WE WEREN’T SINGING ANYWAY!

[Fulham fans didn’t have much to sing about in the end. They ended up losing the match 2–0.]