Crystal Place Songs and Famous Chants: From Glad All Over to From Father to Son

There is something almost unique about Crystal Palace supporters, insofar as they go from football ground to football ground and only sing about their own club. You might not think that worthy of mention, but you only need to see how often some sets of supporters choose to sing disparaging songs about the opposition or the geographical area that they play in in order to appreciate Palace fans’ dedication to the club that they love. That also means that they have a solid and varied songbook from which to choose on a match day.

Although few of the songs are recognisable compared to other football clubs, they allow the Palace supporters to get behind their team and drive them on to success. The noise from the Crystal Palace fans was significantly more impressive than that of the Manchester City fans at the 2025 FA Cup final, for example, which might well have been part of the reason as to why the Eagles were able to pick up their first major trophy.

Here is a look at some of the best-known songs sung by Crystal Palace supporters. The list is far from exhaustive, but it might help to flag up some of the ones that you have heard from the terraces over the years. There are obviously a wealth of songs aimed at particular players, but because they are specific to their time we’re going to leave them out:

Glad All Over

Ask Palace fans what the song is that they most closely associate with the club and there is a very real chance that Glad All Over will be the answer that they give you. Written by Dave Clark and Mike Smith, it was recorded by the Dave Clark Five and was a hit in the United States of America as part of the early British Invasion of the country, replacing I Want to Hold Your Hand by The Beatles at number one in the UK. It became the anthem of Crystal Palace after it was mentioned in the club programme and then played in the wake of a game against Peterborough United in 1964.

@legends.remembered In the week leading up to the 1990 FA Cup Final, the Crystal Palace team performing their cup final song ‘Glad All over’. “Glad All Over,” originally a 1963 hit by The Dave Clark Five, has been closely associated with Crystal Palace Football Club for decades. In 1990, as Crystal Palace reached the FA Cup final, the team recorded their own version of “Glad All Over,” featuring squad members Alan Pardew, Andy Gray, Gary O’Reilly, and Mark Bright. This rendition reached number 47 on the UK Singles Chart and was performed by the team on the television show “Jameson Tonight.” In 2016, comedian and rapper Ben Bailey Smith, also known as Doc Brown, released “Glad All Over Again” as an unofficial anthem ahead of Crystal Palace’s FA Cup final against Manchester United. This version aimed to energize fans and celebrate the club’s journey to the final. #FACup #EmiratesFACup #FACupFinal #FACupGlory #RoadToWembley #FACupMagic #FACupMoments #FACupHistory #FACupDreams #FACupShock #FACupRun #GiantKilling #CPFC #Eagles #WeArePalace #SelhurstPark #PalaceTillIDie #Matchday #WembleyBound #CupFinalDay #WhoWillWin #FootballFans #SoccerLove ♬ original sound – Legends remembered

In 1990, the club released a cover version of the song on its run to the FA Cup final, with the lyrics being sung by the squad. The cover featured its own version of the ‘Fab Four’, which was made up of players Alan Pardew, Gary O’Reilly, Andy Gray and Mark Bright. It is played before kick-off for home games, as well as after the full-time whistle if the Eagles have won the match.

The lyrics are:

You say that you love me (say you love me),

All of the time (all of the time),

You say that you need me (say you need me),

You’ll always be mine (always be mine).

I’m feelin’ glad all over,

Yes I’m-a glad all over,

Baby I’m glad all over,

So glad you’re mine.

I’ll make you happy (make you happy),

You’ll never be blue (never be blue),

You’ll have no sorrow (have no sorrow),

‘Cause I’ll always be true (always be true).

And I’m feelin’ glad all over,

Yes I’m-a glad all over,

Baby I’m-a glad all over,

So glad you’re mine.

Other girls may try to take me away (take me away),

But you know, it’s by your side I will stay, I’ll stay.

Our love will last now (our love will last),

Till the end of time (end of time),

Because this love now (because this love),

Is gonna be yours and mine (yours and mine).

And I’m feelin’ glad all over,

Yes I’m-a glad all over,

Baby I’m glad all over,

So glad you’re mine.

Other girls may try to take me away (take me away),

But you know, it’s by your side I will stay, I’ll stay.

All of our lives now (all of our lives),

Till the end of time (end of time),

Because this love now (because this love),

Is only yours and mine (yours and mine).

And I’m feelin’ glad all over,

Yes I’m-a glad all over,

Baby I’m-a glad all over,

So glad you’re mine.

I’m so glad you’re mine now,

I’m so, I’m so glad you’re mine,

I’m-a so glad you’re mine now,

Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa…

Red & Blue Army

It is fair to say that Glad All Over is something that you would actively need to learn the lyrics to if you’re going to try to join in with the home supporters prior to kick-off. Not all chants are quite as complex as all that, though, and the Red & Blue Army chant might well be the best demonstration of that. It is a song that aims to draw attention to the colours that Palace play their home matches in and the lyrics are as follows:

Red and Blue Army!

Etc.

Sometimes the supporters will add in the name of the current manager, if the name fits into the chant smoothly. For example:

Oliver Glasner’s Red and Blue Army!

Etc.

Pride of South London

Based as they are in Croydon, Crystal Palace are one of the clubs as far as you can go in London before you leave the city altogether. There are other clubs based in the area too, of course, so supporters are quick to point out that it is, in fact, Crystal Palace that are the Pride of South London.

Here’s how the chant goes:

We’re the pride of South London,

South London’s number one,

You know it’s true,

We’re red and blue

Woaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,

Eoeoooooooooooooo,

Eoeoooooooooooooo.

The words are sung on repeat until the crowd moves on to a different chant or song.

Eagles!

When Crystal Palace were formed as an amateur club, they played in blue and white hooped shirts. When the professional club was created in 1905, they moved to playing in claret and blue with white shorts. In 1938, this was changed to white shirts and black shorts, returning to claret and blue 11 years later. This chopping and changing continued until the arrival of Malcolm Allison as manager in 1973, at which point, inspired by Spanish club Barcelona, they went for red and blue vertical stripes, which have been used in one form or another ever since.

Having been known as ‘the Glaziers’ until that point, Allison also changed the club’s nickname and made them into ‘the Eagles’, which was inspired by Benfica from Portugal. So it is that the supporters will chant:

Eagles!

Etc.

We Love You, We Love You

Palace supporters aren’t unique in feeling as though they are fiercely loyal to the club that they support, but there is no question that they love singing about their team whenever they get the opportunity to. This is demonstrated well in the ‘We Love You, We Love You’ song, the lyrics of which are as follows:

We love you, we love you, we love you,

And where you play we follow, we follow, we follow,

Cos we support the Palace, the Palace, the Palace,

And that’s the way we like it, we like it, we like it,

Whoaaaaaaa whoaaaaaaaaa…

When I Was a Young Boy

There is a sense from many Crystal Palace supporters that they owe their allegiance to the club to their forebears; after all, until 2025 there was little to shout about in the way of success. So it is that the When I Was a Young Boy song manages to encapsulate that sense of supporting the club because of those that came before, even if there is something of a gender bias at play.

When I was a young boy my father said to me listen here my son you’re CPFC 💙❤️

COME ON PALACE 🔥#CRYNFO pic.twitter.com/XtWCxUWFiv

— Mohammed Abbasher TT (@mohabbasher) May 5, 2025

Here’s how it goes:

When I was a young boy,

My father said to me,

Listen here, my son, ur CPFC,

Here, we are,

You’ll know us by our noise,

Pride of South London,

The famous Palace boys…

From Father to Son

Was Crystal Palace formed in 1861, when the amateur team that it grew out of was created, or does its history only really date back to 1905, which was when the professional team began playing? That is a matter of some debate amongst the Crystal Palace supporter base, but regardless of when the club came into being, there is something about this song that feels as though it is true of most football supporters; albeit there is certainly a sexist twist to it.

The words are:

From father to son,

Born in South London,

Era and era,

Since 1861.