For the record: a variant of my own.

I learned this song just after WWii, in 1946, when I was 14. That year, the recently-founded, all-conquering Moscow Dynamo football team triumphantly toured UK, winning lots of matches, with their famous goalkeeper Tiger Khomich their star. They were of course feted as representatives of our gallant wartime ally agaist the powers of Axis darkness: just about before Cold War was declared. They beat Cardiff City 10-1! Concessions were made as the offside rule wasn't applied in the Soviet league in those days; but even so they did pretty well.

Anyhow, I learned Abdul/Ivan/Whoever about then: so it made sense to state in verse 2 that Ivan was "The cream of the Dynamos team"; which, from habit or loyalty or whatever I still do if ever I have occasion to perform it, or even when I just sing it over in my head — & even tho Spartak have now probably taken over from Dynamo as the pre-eminent Muscovite team.

Just thought I'd mention it...