Wrexham Songs and Chants: From Wrexham is the Name to Land of My Fathers
The vast majority of football supporters will have found their way to the team they love either because it is one that is local to them or else because members of their family have long been lovers of the team. When it comes to Wrexham, however, that isn’t quite true. Thanks to the fact that Hollywood superstar Ryan Reynolds bought the club with his actor friend Rob McElhenney, making a Disney documentary about the whole thing, many people will have got into following the Welsh club for entirely different reasons. As a result, the songs and chants heard from supporters will likely be alien to many.
If you fall into that camp and want to get along and watch them one day, you might well be wondering what you are likely to have to sing to make it look like you know what being a Wrexham supporter is all about. The fact that the actors have overseen Wrexham’s rise from non-league right the way up through the divisions means that you don’t need to worry too much, as most of the club’s local fans understand that it wouldn’t have been possible to enjoy such success without the supporters that have come on board from far-flung places, spending money on merchandise and match tickets.
Even so, it is good to have a sense of what the songs are all about and what the words are. Here is a look at some of the standout ones. It is fair to say that Wrexham fans are a witty bunch, so new songs and chants are developed on a regular basis. It would be all but impossible, therefore, to write a definitive list, but we will look to offer you the words of at least a number of the better-known ditties that are brought out each time the Robins play.
Wrexham is the Name
There is one song that is well known to the majority of Wrexham fans, brought out on a regular basis at the Racecourse Ground. It isn’t one that rolls off the tongue like some of the songs that you will hear from different supporters, nor is it an overly witty or amusing number. Instead, it is something that tells the story of the football club and what it is to be a supporter of the Welsh side. The lyrics are as follows:
Here they come, our mighty champions!
Raise your voices to the anthem,
Marching like a mighty army,
Wrexham is the name!
See the Reds who fight together,
Speak their names with pride forever,
Marching like a mighty army,
Wrexham is the name!
Fearless in devotion,
Rising to promotion,
Rising to the ranks of mighty heroes,
Fighting foes in every land,
History only tells a story,
We are to see your glory,
Stand aside the Reds are coming,
Wrexham is the name!
We have made the mighty humble,
We have made the mountains rumble,
Falling to a mighty army,
Wrexham is the name!
The Championship Awaits For Me
For a long time, the idea of being able to make it as high up as the Championship seemed like a dream to most Wrexham supporters. That is why many of them will always love Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds, for allowing them to dream. As they made their way up through the divisions in the English Football League, fans began to sing this to the tune of (Is This the Way to) Amarillo, the Tony Christie song that Peter Kay also did a version of. The Wrexham version goes like this:
Is this the way to Sheffield Wednesday?
Norwich, Ipswich and the Black Country,
The Wrexham boys are making history,
The Championship awaits for me!
On Our Way
There are numerous different teams that have their own version of this song, with it most commonly being belted out by Newcastle United and Middlesbrough supporters. It is a tune all about the success of the team and what comes next if they keep on winning. Here’s how Wrexham fans sing it:
E I,
E I,
E I O,
Up the football league we go!
When we win promotion,
This is what we’ll sing:
We are Wrexham!
Super Wrexham!
We’re gonna win the league!
It’s Always Sunny in Wrexham
Whilst Ryan Reynolds is well known for his countless movie roles, Rob McElhenney isn’t an actor whose name is easy to pronounce, nor who is particularly well known to those who don’t either watch his TV show or support Wrexham. For the fans of the Robins, however, he is not only known but also loved, which is why they chose to adapt the song from his TV show, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, to instead be able to make reference to the club that he bought.
This is how the tweaked version goes:
Less than a mile from the centre of Town,
A famous Old stadium,
Crumbling down!
No one’s invested so much as a penny,
Bring on the Deadpool and Rob McElhеnney!
I am a North-Walian
The pride in coming not just from Wales but from North Wales in particular can be heard in this tune, which gets a regular airing at the Racecourse Ground. Here is what supporters like to sing, to let you know what they’re all about:
I am a Wrexham Fan,
I am North-Walian!
I know what I want
And how to get it,
Follow the Reds ’til I die,
And I’m gonna be:
Wrexham FC!
Going for Promotion (Allez, Allez, Allez)
When Liverpool fans were enjoying back-to-back Champions League campaigns under Jürgen Klopp, the supporters started singing a song that was so infectious that it soon began being heard in other stadiums up and down the country. This is the Wrexham version of Allez, Allez, Allez, with specific references that those from Wales are likely to find amusing, with specific reference to one of the club’s biggest rivals in nearby Chester:
We are Wrexham FC,
We’re never gonna die!
Unlike our Chester neighbours,
Who kissed their club goodbye.
We’re going for promotion,
We’re shagging all the sheep!
[Shagging all the sheep]
We are Wrexham FC,
And we’re gonna win the league!
Allez, allez, allez….
Allez, allez, allez….
Oh Fluffy Sheep
Another song that makes reference to the fact that there are many sheep farmers in Wales is Oh Fluffy Sheep. It doesn’t make any reference whatsoever to football, but it is the kind of comedic chant that is brought out from time to time if the Wrexham supporters are in a playful mood, going as follows:
Oh fluffy sheep,
Are wonderful,
Oh fluffy sheep are wonderful!
For they are white, Welsh and fluffy.
Oh fluffy sheep are wonderful!
(Repeat)
Just Can’t Get Enough
It is back to Anfield for this tune, which Liverpool supporters originally came up with to pay homage to Luis Suarez before fans of other clubs adopted it for their own team. In the case of Wrexham, it isn’t about a specific player but rather for the club in general and it goes like this:
When I see you Wrexham,
I go out of my head.
I just can’t get enough,
I just can’t get enough!
All the things you do to me
And all the things you said.
I just can’t get enough,
I just can’t get enough!
We slip and slide and we fall in love,
And I just can’t seem to get enough of you…
Du, du, du, du, du, du, du, du, du, du, du, du
Land of My Fathers
The main thing about Wrexham that everyone who has watched the documentary will know is that the club is Welsh and proud of it. As a result, it is not uncommon for the supporters to sing the Welsh national anthem in important games. Wales, of course, is a country famed for its male voice choirs, which is what you need if you want this song to sound even remotely like it should. Whilst there is an English translation of the song, it is often sung in the traditional Welsh at times when the Wrexham fans are feeling particularly proud, with the following being those original Welsh words:
Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl i mi,
Gwlad beirdd a chantorion, enwogion o fri;
Ei gwrol ryfelwyr, gwladgarwyr tra mad,
Dros ryddid collasant eu gwaed.
Gwlad, gwlad, pleidiol wyf i’m gwlad.
Tra môr yn fur i’r bur hoff bau,
O bydded i’r hen iaith barhau.
Hen Gymru fynyddig, paradwys y bardd,
Pob dyffryn, pob clogwyn, i’m golwg sydd hardd;
Trwy deimlad gwladgarol, mor swynol yw si
Ei nentydd, afonydd, i fi.
Os treisiodd y gelyn fy ngwlad tan ei droed,
Mae hen iaith y Cymry mor fyw ag erioed,
Ni luddiwyd yr awen gan erchyll law brad,
Na thelyn berseiniol fy ngwlad.