The Icelandic fans Viking chant.......

StanleyAccrington

.......got at the England players and unnerved them. No words.....just a guttural and eerie sound. It blew our Barmy Army band out of the water.

boogieman

The fact that the team were shit might also have had something to do with it.

DesVegas

The fact that the team were shit might also have had something to do with it.

Bogwhoppit

I suspect its partly a shit team and those Viking horns.  I'd say 99.9% a shit team with a tad of Viking horn.

boogieman

DesVegas;1130164" said:

The fact that the team were shit might also have had something to do with it.

You are my long lost twin brother and ICM £5.

RocknRollDave

No I totally agree, how on earth can experienced millionaire footballers be expected to play properly when some fans in the stand are clapping and chanting?

DesVegas

boogieman said:

DesVegas;1130164" said:

The fact that the team were shit might also have had something to do with it.

You are my long lost twin brother and ICM £5.

whoo hoo!!!!

https://greatbritishzinedotcodotuk.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/5-pound-note-series-e-1990-reverse.jpg

english_bob

That was creepy. They were very loud and very supportive of their team. Respect.

I heard a lot of booing too. It seemed to be only when England had posession, and started very early in the game, before we were embarrassing ourselves by falling over their own feet and completely forgetting how to play football, so I assumed it was the Iceland lot. Not so cool.

cacophony

 "It blew our Barmy Army band out of the water."

i'd like to blow those wankers out of something. preferably from a great height.

Sporky

boogieman said:

The fact that the team were shit might also have had something to do with it.

DesVegas said:

The fact that the team were shit might also have had something to do with it.

JINX!

CHRISB50

cacophony;1130295" said:

 "It blew our Barmy Army band out of the water."



i'd like to blow those wankers out of something. preferably from a great height.

This ^^

BigLicks67

See  cj73 comment in other thread :

http://www.sbtv.co.uk/news/sport-news/euro-2016-the-surprising-history-of-icelands-viking-war-chant/

Reminds me of the 'Mexican' Wave which started in American College Football and was made famous in the Mexican World Cup.

boogieman

DesVegas;1130177" said:

boogieman said:

DesVegas;1130164" said:The fact that the team were shit might also have had something to do with it.

You are my long lost twin brother and ICM £5.





whoo hoo!!!!

https://greatbritishzinedotcodotuk.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/5-pound-note-series-e-1990-reverse.jpg

Thanks bruv. I'll get you a pint with it.

StanleyAccrington

Yeah.....maybe the England team were just sh*te and I'm just using the Viking chant as an excuse.

preston61

Has anyone mentioned that it might be because the England team are a bit shit??

preston61

Oh and I love the chant, its the silence between the claps that I think is awesome in how eerie it is

Dopesick

That chant is bloody fantastic. So simple but so damn effective. It's like the last thing you hear before you get executed in front of a bloodthirsty crowd of savages.

Just wish we thought of it sooner...we'd probably still get the fucking words wrong though. 'HOOOO!...........BOOOO!........COO COO CHA CHOOOOO!.....'

holnrew

It's so loud, I bet it feels amazing to be in amongst it.

Nikko

It was definitely because the England team were a bit shit. Pro players are used to intimidating atmospheres, so I really doubt that had anything to do with it.

Its like Slipknot said... "England=Shit"...or similar

suspiciousminds

It was nearly as bad as those vuvuzuelas or whatever they were called at the world cup.
No taking away from it, the england team were very poor but surely a "war" chant is a bit excessive for a football match.

RobDavies

I thought it was brilliant as well.

England were outsung and outplayed.