Cheers is word used for well wishes and chants for saying some words in a rhythm like a song. Both cheers and chants mean expressing some good wishes in singing a song. In football, fans usually do this to make their favorite team emotionally strong. They write some best encouraging words for the team and discourage the opponent team. These chants are very good source of communication between the players and fans in grounds. Some fans writes cheer words on play cards and small chart papers. They change words according to the situations. From the starting till ending of the game, different songs can be heard in the ground. All these songs are not only for international teams only. The youth in high school level also cheers their teams. They demoralize other teams by using some defensive words. Yelling and speaking words loudly is the common tradition but fans deliver some words in rhythmic tone to make fun. Cheer girls squads also prepare some dancing moves with the songs based on chants. They start with good wishes and perform during the competitions with chanting words.
Sometimes cheers and chants are very funny like short poems. Fans have planned different songs for first half, half time and the second half. Dancing on the rhythm with clowns is also a part of this fun. They raise hands one by one with certain words in chorus.
“Go! Go! Go!” With the team name is very popular chant and some others as well.
1. “Clap your hands baby! Clap your hands!
Everybody say Ready! Ready ! Ready!
Move on! Move on! Move on!
I said Move on!”
M – O- V- E
2. Backward counting and yelling
Beat “em”
Blow “em”
3. In Spanish these are favorite
Ole ! Ole ! Ole!
Twist your body
Ole! Ole! Ole!
4. A-W-E-S-O-M-E
We Are Awesome!
No matter what
We Are!
Awesome!