Fulham Songs: Chants Made Famous by the West London Club
If you think of famous atmospheres around England, you will likely conjure up images of the likes of Anfield and Old Trafford. There won’t be many people who have Craven Cottage at the top of their list in terms of intimidating places to play matches, which is largely due to the fact that Fulham are much more of a friendly team than a lot of their rivals.
As a result, the songs and chants that have emerged from that particular part of West London are few and far between, yet it is also worth saying that the supporters can get a good atmosphere going if the mood takes them.
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Many of the songs that Fulham fans tend to get involved with most often tend to be about former players, showing love for them long after they have departed Craven Cottage for pastures new. There are also more than a few that focus on Chelsea, who are also based in West London and are considered to be one of the Cottager’s main rivals.
That doesn’t mean that other clubs aren’t just as liable have a ding-dong battle with them and Chelsea certainly wouldn’t think of Fulham as rivals in the same way, but the Blues are the subject of more than dew derisive chants.
Here is a look at some of the songs and chants that you’re most likely to hear from Fulham supporters during a match, although the list is obviously far from exhaustive:
I Love You, Fulham
The Four Seasons are a band that have provided numerous sing-along hits, thanks in no small part to their songs being used in films such as Grease. Their song I Love You, Baby has been heard countless times in numerous different scenarios, not the least of which has been courtesy of football supporters. Fulham fans are no exception to that rule, with the following being their version of the hit:
You’re just too good to be true.
Can’t take my eyes off of you.
You’d be like Heaven to touch,
I wanna hold you so much.
At long last love has arrived
And I thank God I’m alive.
You’re just too good to be true.
Can’t take my eyes off of you…
I love you, Fulham
And if it’s quite alright,
I need you, Fulham,
To warm the lonely night.
I love you, Fulham,
Trust in me when I say:
Oh, pretty Fulham,
Don’t bring me down, I pray,
Oh, pretty Fulham,
Now that I’ve found you, stay,
And let me love you, Fulham
Let me love you.
We Are Fulham
Perhaps there is no better demonstration of a chant that is more about another team than the one labelled ‘We Are Fulham’. Although it is nominally about Fulham, the final line of the chant gives away the true target of the whole thing…
We Are Fulham!
We Are Fulham
F.F.C!
We Are Fulham!
Super Fulham!
Fuck Chelsea.
West London is Ours
There are numerous teams that play their football in the West London area, with all of Chelsea, Queens Park Rangers, Brentford and Fulham arguably based there. As a result, there are definitely bragging rights to be had in the event that one of the clubs wins one of the derbies over one of the others. That is the basis of the West London is Ours chant, which is sung by pretty much all of the clubs but replacing their own name in the lyrics. Here is the version that is belted out at Craven Cottage or by Fulham’s away supporters in the event that they win such a match:
West London is ours!
West London is ours!
We’re Fulham FC,
West London is ours!
Who’s That Team?
A song that certainly lacks any degree of political correctness, the Who’s That Team? chant was one that allowed supporters to attack the Chelsea manager of the time in José Mourinho. Here is how it went:
Who’s that team they call Fulham?
Who’s that team we all adore?
We are the boys in black and white
And we fight with all our might
And Mourinho’s mother is a whore.
Songs About Players
As mentioned, Fulham fans will often get involved in singing songs about former players. Those that the supporters have taken to their hearts will always find their names sung during matches at Craven Cottage in which the home side are winning, such will be the party atmosphere around the place. Some players became so well-loved by fans that they ended up having more than one song to their name. Here are some of the best:
Clint Dempsey
There was a time when Clint Dempsey was linked with a move away from Fulham in a swap deal for Liverpool’s Jordan Henderson, but his 50 goals in 189 league games meant that supporters were delighted to see the American stay on the club’s books. He ended his career back in the United States of America, but his time at Craven Cottage meant that his goal scoring prowess could be used as another chance to take a swipe at Chelsea.
He scores with his left,
He scores with his right.
That boy Clint Dempsey,
makes Drogba look shite.
Calvin Bassey
If you’ve got a player with the surname ‘Bassey’ then you would be mad not to take advantage of their presence in the team and the fact that Dame Shirley Bassey sang some of the most iconic songs in British musical history. This is what the Fulham fans came up with when the club signed Calvin Bassey:
The minute you walked on the pitch (da-da),
I could see you were a man of distinction,
A big defender!
Good looking,
So sublime,
So wouldn’t you like to put
The ball over the line?
Jimmy Bullard
Nowadays, Jimmy Bullard is seen as something of a figure of fun, but when he was playing for Fulham there is no question that the supporters loved him. So much so, in fact, that they came up with a chant that showed their admiration for him. Here is how it went:
Jimmy Bullard, Bullard;
He’s better than Steve Gerrard;
He’s thinner than Frank Lampard;
Jimmy Bullard, Bullard.
Bobby Zamora
When Bobby Zamora played for the club, he was definitely a crowd favourite. As a result, there were numerous different things that supporters would chant for him. The White Stripes’ song Seven Nation Army worked really well with his name, so the supporters would often sing ‘Ohhh, Bobby Zamora’ to the tune of the chorus, for example.
He was also a player who supporters would make fun of for his inability to be clinical in front of goal, with one song being sung every now and then that went as follows:
When the ball hits the goal,
It’s not Lampard or Cole,
That’s Zamora!
When the ball hits your head
And you’re sitting in row Z,
That’s Zamora!
Alexander Mitrovic
There is an extent to which Alexander Mitrovic became something of a cult hero during his time at Craven Cottage, which resulted in the Gala song Freed From Desire being altered in order to fit his name. That is something that has been used by football fans up and down the land, of course, but Fulham’s version went like this:
Mitro’s on fire!
Your defence is terrified.
Mitro’s on fire!
Your defence is terrified.
(Repeat)