It’s kicking off over the best football songs | Letters
المصدر: The Guardian Sport | Source: The Guardian SportReaders reflect on the greatest songs about football and make their own suggestions
A surprising omission from the Guardian’s list of best songs about football (Ranked, 4 June) was the Manchester United Calypso, recorded by the Trinidadian actor and musician Edric Connor in 1957.
A tribute to the Busby Babes, it is still sung to this day by United fans at many matches, both home and away. Also, while lacking the catchy vibe of the United Calypso, another song surely worthy of inclusion was All I want for Christmas is a Dukla Prague Away Kit by Half Man Half Biscuit. A song from their 1985 chart‑topping album Back in the DHSS, it celebrates the dubious pleasures of getting unfairly beaten by a neighbouring kid at Subbuteo table football. (His game, his rules.)
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Mick Balfour
Leeds
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