The Fewest Words

“I had a wheelbarrow, the wheel fell off”. And repeat.

That’s the song for my main football team, the one I’ve supported since I was a boy. Notts County. My son and I travelled, Friday night down, Saturday night back, on the overnight bus from Glasgow to watch them win promotion on penalties at Wembley. My word it was a hard watch. But a happy ending.

And the song is, in my opinion, the best football chant in the world. It sums it all up, for those of us who follow a football team. Yes there are the high points, like Saturday, but mostly…well, the wheel is falling off. Mostly we don’t reach the top. Only one team wins the league. Or the cup. Everybody else loses.

It is about the taking part.

And the best songs usually say it in The Fewest Words.