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Funniest referee chants
DIR By: HChip
Date: August 17, 2025, 10:44 am
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There are the typical chants towards referees, particularly when
they are giving decisions against clubs.
But, what is the funniest chants you’ve heard towards referees?
Can be specific to a referee or just generally used towards all
referees.
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Re: Funniest referee chants
DIR By: Whistleblower
Date: August 17, 2025, 11:26 am
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Many years ago I was once watching Ipswich play at the Valley
and the referee, Alan Robinson (Waterlooville) gave an
outrageous penalty to Ipswich in front of the stand containing
the Ipswich fans. Outrageous not because it wasn't a foul, it
clearly was but because it was about two yards outside the
penalty box. Town duly scored and the Ipswich fans sang part of
the Simon and Garfunkel song from The Graduate, with lyrics
slightly altered " and here's to you Mr Robinson, Jesus loves
you more than you can know, oh, oh, oh"
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Re: Funniest referee chants
DIR By: bmb
Date: August 17, 2025, 1:28 pm
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A few years ago when bmb jr was about 12, we went to Yeovil with
one of his referee coaches as his guest. bmb jr had completed
the mini whistler course and was refereeing school games and in
local U6-U10 games. They were playing Plymouth and one of the
referee coaches from there warned me he had something planned..
First time the referee went near the away fans, singing broke
out and the referee started laughing before turning and pointing
our way. The rest of the away fans joined in with the singing
and we were able to hear it then - they were singing bmb jr is
better than you to him.(they used bmb jrs actual name). bmb jr
was loving it and the ref thought it hilarious.
Edited to add: It was Peterborough not Plymouth!
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Re: Funniest referee chants
DIR By: Acme Thunderer
Date: August 17, 2025, 3:12 pm
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Not my personal experience but two that come to mind:
"Can you hear Gurnham sing?" (PNE)
and
"Happy birthday to you" The Kop to Trelford Mills at Liverpool.
I'll get my coat.
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Re: Funniest referee chants
DIR By: magpie1892
Date: August 21, 2025, 1:35 pm
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Who's the B*****d in the black
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Re: Funniest referee chants
DIR By: flipmode
Date: August 21, 2025, 6:44 pm
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Always liked the City fans chant of "You're worse than
Clattenburg" whenever someone had a shocker.
Attwell is more fitting of the chant for me, but doesn't flow
from the tongue as well as Clattenburg does [emoji23]
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Re: Funniest referee chants
DIR By: Game of Throw Ins
Date: August 21, 2025, 10:57 pm
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I was at a match refereed by Phil Dowd when, awaiting the taking
of a corner in front of the away end, a chant of ‘Worse than
Graham Poll, you’re worse than Graham Poll’ broke out. Phil
looked straight at the crowd, smiled and very theatrically shook
his head.
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Re: Funniest referee chants
DIR By: Claretman
Date: August 22, 2025, 1:32 am
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--- Quote from: magpie1892 link ---
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> Who's the B*****d in the black
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Think someone might substitute black for
yellow😂😂
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Re: Funniest referee chants
DIR By: bmb
Date: August 22, 2025, 4:53 am
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--- Quote from: magpie1892 link ---
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> Who's the B*****d in the black
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That was one of the chants that got me into refereeing!! At age
13 Daddy bmb had let me go to a game on my own, I should have
known he'd have people sat near me keeping an eye on me... I
happily joined in with the above chant, thinking I was big and
clever, and the "who's your father, who's your father, who's
your father referee, hasn't got one, never had one, you're a b'd
referee". When I got home Daddy bmb was furious, his spies had
ratted me out before I had even boarded the bus home. Daddy bmb
was a coach/manager & from the day I was hatched he would make
me shake the referees hand at the end of the game, thank them
for refereeing and wish them a safe journey home, whatever the
result and regardless of whether the ref had a good game or not.
It was his way, he was very strict on showing the referee
respect. He made me write a letter of apology to the referee c/o
the FA and dragged me by my ear to the postbox to post it, I was
grounded for 1 month and he made me do the next available
referee course to learn some manners and respect! When I did the
course I loved it and fell in love with refereeing and it was
all downhill from there!!
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Re: Funniest referee chants
DIR By: TheThingFromLewes
Date: August 22, 2025, 3:47 pm
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Apologies for the strong lingo in this, but it’s very funny!
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