Football Songs

Question 1

Witty

Answer 1

A kind of humour that is smart & clever.

Are You being witty?
I wasn’t trying to.
Some songs can be witty, honed specifically to celebrate a certain player/moment in a club’s history.

Question 2

Hone

Answer 2

Sth that is honed is carefully crafted, skillfully created & developed over a period of time.

I’ve been honing my body in the gym?
A bit like my physique.

In which decade was the first ever international football match played?
1870’s between England & scotland.

Question 3

Hypnotic Repetition

Answer 3

Sth that is hypnotic it repeats itself again & again like a magical spell or chant.

… . Others rely on the hypnotic repetition of syllables, U-NI-TED , for example.

Question 4

Demographics

Answer 4

Demographics refers to a section of population that do a particular thing, It can refer to age groups or wealth, for ex.

… by changing the demographics in footbal attendance, older supporters, more expensive tickets.

What’s interesting is that in football songs word can have more syllables than You would expect.

Question 5

Discourage

Answer 5

If sth discourages you, it makes you not wanna do it.

I hope we didn’t discourage you from listening again.
All seater arenas may discourage the distinct to stand up & sing.

Question 6

Decline in

Answer 6

We use the phrase a decline in to say that sth is getting less.

I hope it doesn’t lead to a decline in our audiance.
The decline in singing may be explained by changing demographics in footbal … .

Some songs can be witty, honed specifically to … .