Name: Talk about football songs in 6 minutes!
Uploaded: 2018-05-29T08:00:36.000Z
Duration: 6 min 34 s
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do you like going to live football matches?

Well, you don't really see as much as you

but then on TV you don't really feel the atmosphere.

Well, it's good you mentioned the songs and

It seems that for some football clubs, the atmosphere

in the stadiums is becoming a bit 'quiet'.

Now, before we look at this topic in more

As we are talking about football, in which decade was

the first ever international football match played?

I could be wrong but I think it was before

the turn of the century, so I'll say the 1890s.

Well, we'll see if you're right or not later in the show.

Now, songs and chants are part of the experience

But where do they come from? What are they about?

Some songs can be witty, honed specifically

Others rely more on a hypnotic repetition of syllables.

This isn't one team as there are quite a few professional

in their names, in fact there are over a dozen.

Perhaps the most well-known though would be

I think fans of Welling United might argue

with you about that! Anyway, what did Wilson say

Something that is honed is carefully crafted,

skilfully created and developed over a period of time.

When it comes to witty football songs Wilson

describes them as being honed to be about a particular

But these aren't the only kinds of songs.

Something that is hypnotic repeats again and again

What's interesting is that in football songs words

can have more syllables than you would expect.

At least in a football stadium it becomes

Eng – ger – land, Eng – ger – land …

Alright! Thank you! Let's listen to Mr Wilson again.

Now, apparently, in many stadiums, the crowds

Some managers have complained that the fans

are too quiet and that this has a negative effect

So what are some of the reasons for this?

The decline in singing may be explained by

changing demographics in football attendance.

Older supporters, more expensive tickets.

All-seater arenas may discourage the instinct

So, what reasons did he give for the decline

He talked about the change in demographics.

Demographics refers to a section of the population

It can refer to age groups or wealth, for example.

What Wilson says is that the members that

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Talk about football songs in 6 minutes!

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