{"product_id":"9781068585463-shit-ground-no-fans","title":"Shit Ground No Fans","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt's the finest football chants book the world has ever seen\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShit Ground No Fans\u003c\/i\u003e is an updated collection of \u003cb\u003e500 hilarious British football chants\u003c\/b\u003e as sung by fans up and down the country week in, week out, a raucous and anarchic hymn book of funny and irreverent wit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShit Ground No Fans\u003c\/i\u003e is an updated collection of \u003cb\u003e500 hilarious British football chants\u003c\/b\u003e as sung by fans up and down the country week in, week out, a raucous and anarchic hymn book of funny and irreverent wit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Britain gave football to the world, she also gave it a distinctive terrace culture, \u003cb\u003erich in humour\u003c\/b\u003e, cruel in mockery and one-upmanship, foul in language. Football chants show \u003cb\u003eBritish popular culture \u003c\/b\u003ein raw creative mode, the fans driven by a passion for their team and a fear and loathing of their rivals, the songs tearing into every weakness of their opponents, every failing of the crappy town where it is the misfortune of their rivals to live. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver the years, very little has escaped the acerbic, \u003cb\u003espontaneous wit of the British football fan\u003c\/b\u003e. No player ever wants to hear his name derided in song by opposition fans; no supporters like to hear their city or town mocked and scorned for its backwardness and deprivation or to be told their wife is probably a sheep and their mother plies the oldest trade in history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis\u003cb\u003e updated third edition of the highly popular original \u003c\/b\u003eversions of \u003ci\u003eShit Ground No Fans \u003c\/i\u003e(2004, 2010) is the\u003cb\u003e first in paperback \u003c\/b\u003eand includes some of the best new chants, plus all the old classics, over 500 in total, reworked by each club’s fans, sung around the country all season long. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a book for all football fans. In a way, it is also a book by football fans. So, sit back, relax and enjoy the \u003cb\u003eauthentic sound of the terraces\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56811956535670,"sku":"9781068585463","price":10.93,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36841211.jpg?v=1765130683","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781068585463-shit-ground-no-fans","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}