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Q & A: Supporters singing for their supper

Sunday 18 January 1998 00:02 GMT
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Q. Are there any European football equivalents to Oldham Athletic's new terrace song "Meat Pie, Sausage Roll" and, if so, what food is featured? I ask this because a French colleague once told me about an early 1980s Paris St-Germain chant featuring "Croissants et Boissants"?

A. For a short while, a small section of the crowd at Millwall away games during the early 1990s sang "cheese and biscuits, cheese and biscuits, soooooooup, soooooooup!" I heard it first during a FA Cup tie at Norwich. FC St Pauli fans in Hamburg sing - in translation - "Kebab, Tzatziki and a salad, Kebab, Tzatziki and a salad..." Lord knows why. I suppose the most famous must be the celery song of Chelsea fans, "Celery... celery, if she won't come, I'll tickle her bum, With a stick of celery! Celery..."

Danny Baker (no relation),

Hamburg

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If you know the answers to any of these questions or have a sporting question of your own, write to Q&A, Sports Desk, Independent on Sunday, 1 Canada Square, London E14 5DL. Fax: 0171-293 2894.

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