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Allan Nielsen
Right, I have shamelessly ripped this off from the Guardian's teatime footie email... new words to the Billy Joel classic (?) 'We didn't start the Fire'. I read through it, and thought it scanned, but then it got me thinking... how many of the references did I get... some are obvious (I particularly liked the way the writer made York City beat the Arse fit into the lyrics) but some I don't have a clue, and I thought I was up on my footie trivia...
Anyway, here's the lyric, with the unknowns underlined!
With apologies to Billy Joel
Maradona, Ormondroyd, Ferenc Puskas, Tommy Boyd
East Fife four Forfar five, Maracanazo
Oleg Blokhin, vidiprinter, buffet battle, Lineker’s sphincter
North Korea, South Korea, Menotti, Bilardo
Hit too well, score draw, golazo, offside law
Breitner, Gazza cries, Busby Babes will never die
Valderrama, Hanlan, that coat’s from Matalan
Schiaffino, Francescoli, Josep Blatter goodbye
We didn’t start the fire
Football’s always burning since our world’s been turning
We didn’t start the fire
No we didn’t light it, but we cannot fight it
Zamorano, Yip Jaap Stam, Cruyff and Ajax Amsterdam
Goikoetxea, Jefe Varela, communist Bloc
Juan Verón, Juan Verón, both Maldinis, Valerón
Angel Rangel, Kevin Mouse, Pelé’s garden goals
Bar scarf, cheeky half, ref falls over, let’s all laugh
Roger Milla, bursting balls, Herbert Chapman, marble halls
Piqué, Stanley Park, Di Stéfano, Jon Stark
Tickertape, change of shape, Michael Laudrup’s Denmark
We didn’t start the fire
Football’s always burning since our world’s been turning
We didn’t start the fire
No we didn’t light it, but we cannot fight it
Super Bock, Supermac, Hanot, Aranycsapat
Doo-ik, Diamond Lights, relegation dogfights
Fatty Foulkes, Howard Kendall, squeaky voiced Alan Ball
Wor Jackie No9, Mourinho down the touchline
Gualtieri, Dia, Crudelli, Prunier
Ernie Hunt, Pancho, MK Dons a no-go
8-2, Tardelli, Chile fighting Italy
Black Death Vodka, Iveco, Crown Paints, Skol and Avco
We didn’t start the fire
Football’s always burning since our world’s been turning
We didn’t start the fire
No we didn’t light it, but we cannot fight it
Broadhall Way, Boss Rahn, one-nil David Coleman
Koeman, Yashin, Carl Cort, Bobby Robson
Hagi of Romania, Hoddle’s egomania
Ross miss, John Helm, York City beat the Arse
Hip flask, Posh and Becks, lots of out of wedlock $ex
Every home, schlep away, what else do we have to say?
We didn’t start the fire
Football’s always burning since our world’s been turning
We didn’t start the fire
No we didn’t light it, but we cannot fight it
Jesus saves, Son Heung-min, Sunderland alive again
Santos, N’Dong, Liverpool vexed Klopp
Vardy, Barkley and Niang, Big Sam going down
Berahino’s short drug ban, Henrikh Mkhitaryan,
Oumar Niasse, N’Diaye, Peaky Blinder Januzaj
Forearm smash, vulgar cash, hair, tatts, Palace thrashed
Hughes sweats rage from every pore, with Pulis there is rancour, folklore and bitter war, we can’t ask for any more
Anyway, here's the lyric, with the unknowns underlined!
With apologies to Billy Joel
Maradona, Ormondroyd, Ferenc Puskas, Tommy Boyd
East Fife four Forfar five, Maracanazo
Oleg Blokhin, vidiprinter, buffet battle, Lineker’s sphincter
North Korea, South Korea, Menotti, Bilardo
Hit too well, score draw, golazo, offside law
Breitner, Gazza cries, Busby Babes will never die
Valderrama, Hanlan, that coat’s from Matalan
Schiaffino, Francescoli, Josep Blatter goodbye
We didn’t start the fire
Football’s always burning since our world’s been turning
We didn’t start the fire
No we didn’t light it, but we cannot fight it
Zamorano, Yip Jaap Stam, Cruyff and Ajax Amsterdam
Goikoetxea, Jefe Varela, communist Bloc
Juan Verón, Juan Verón, both Maldinis, Valerón
Angel Rangel, Kevin Mouse, Pelé’s garden goals
Bar scarf, cheeky half, ref falls over, let’s all laugh
Roger Milla, bursting balls, Herbert Chapman, marble halls
Piqué, Stanley Park, Di Stéfano, Jon Stark
Tickertape, change of shape, Michael Laudrup’s Denmark
We didn’t start the fire
Football’s always burning since our world’s been turning
We didn’t start the fire
No we didn’t light it, but we cannot fight it
Super Bock, Supermac, Hanot, Aranycsapat
Doo-ik, Diamond Lights, relegation dogfights
Fatty Foulkes, Howard Kendall, squeaky voiced Alan Ball
Wor Jackie No9, Mourinho down the touchline
Gualtieri, Dia, Crudelli, Prunier
Ernie Hunt, Pancho, MK Dons a no-go
8-2, Tardelli, Chile fighting Italy
Black Death Vodka, Iveco, Crown Paints, Skol and Avco
We didn’t start the fire
Football’s always burning since our world’s been turning
We didn’t start the fire
No we didn’t light it, but we cannot fight it
Broadhall Way, Boss Rahn, one-nil David Coleman
Koeman, Yashin, Carl Cort, Bobby Robson
Hagi of Romania, Hoddle’s egomania
Ross miss, John Helm, York City beat the Arse
Hip flask, Posh and Becks, lots of out of wedlock $ex
Every home, schlep away, what else do we have to say?
We didn’t start the fire
Football’s always burning since our world’s been turning
We didn’t start the fire
No we didn’t light it, but we cannot fight it
Jesus saves, Son Heung-min, Sunderland alive again
Santos, N’Dong, Liverpool vexed Klopp
Vardy, Barkley and Niang, Big Sam going down
Berahino’s short drug ban, Henrikh Mkhitaryan,
Oumar Niasse, N’Diaye, Peaky Blinder Januzaj
Forearm smash, vulgar cash, hair, tatts, Palace thrashed
Hughes sweats rage from every pore, with Pulis there is rancour, folklore and bitter war, we can’t ask for any more
