Would it be helpful or just plain annoying to compare the whole issue with that of rugby songs and culture? Every rugby team knows its fair share of bawdy tunes that accompany the post match pissup (or so the stereotype wouldhave us believe)

And would it be worth bearing in mind that rugby comes traditionally from a different social class, and as such has different roots, though not necessarily as meaningful or significant to rugby followers as Association football songs are to the great urban faithful.

And how about the second largest spectator sport in Britain; Rugby league. Kind of a curious halfway house between union and association football. (loved in the industrial north and traditionally semi professional)


I'll leave these ideas to someone else to tidy up.