Chanting
Once upon a time, when professional footballers upon this island were virtually all born and raised here, a certain congratulatory chant was always easy to adapt. To the tune of the Cuban patriot song , "Guantanamera", it went like this: One **** ******! There's only one **** ******! One **** ******! There's only one **** ******! Yes, one Bobby Charlton, one Jimmy Greaves, one Norman Hunter or over at my beloved Hull City - one Ken Wagstaff, one Chris Chilton and one Ian Butler - after whom my son Ian was named (even though I never told the wife!) . Nowadays, the names of players in the English Premier League and in the English Football League may not be anything like the simple and familiar British names of yore. It might be more challenging or even impossible to adapt the old "Guantanamera" tune. Take Chelsea for example. They have a player called Carney Chukwuemeka and Liverpool have a Hungarian player called Dominik Szoboszlai. Arsenal have ...