Favourite "old skool" Reading chant

[Jerry St Clair]

The Southbank in the 1970s was clearly obsessed with onanism.

How queer

[Royal Lady]

I always enjoyed a rendition of "you're gonna get your effing heads kicked in".

Oh and from 1981 until we left EP, I ALWAYS stood to the right of the clock.

[T.R.O.L.I.]

Once I'd "graduated" to the South Bank (from the Tilehurst end) it was always the "right side of the Bank" for me.

Still got my Network South East £1 member card knocking about somewhere upstairs too

[Ian Royal]

All about the right side of the Bank... "Left siders, oxf*rd oxf*rd oxf*rd, left siders, oxf*rd oxf*rd oxf*rd."

[The Cap]

svlad said:

Nothing beats the good old "Come on you Royals" when a corner's being taken.

Really? I prefer a good rendition of "Come on Reading" being shouted/sung with some venom as opposed to "Come on you Royals" that makes us sound like a right bunch of woofters.

[Mid Sussex Royal]

All about the right side of the Bank... "Left siders, oxf*rd oxf*rd oxf*rd, left siders, oxf*rd oxf*rd oxf*rd."

Was "right side of the bank" looking from the pitch?

I am sure I was right side (that's what we sung I think) - slightly towards Tilehurst End but from the South Bank viewpoint its actually the left side

[Hugo Boss]

Not really a chant but got to mention one bloke on the South Bank who would shout "COME ON READING" every single game. Nothing amazing about that you might think but it was quite nasally and completely monotone plus he would do it once and once only per game. Have only heard it once in recent times and that was up at Wigan in the first Premiership season.

Most people I mention this to look at me blankly so i'm hoping someone on here will back me up.

Yep, I'll back you up there Hugo. Stood just to the right of the clock about halfway up. Had a voice like a man who smoked Capstan full strength.

YES!! Cheers for the support JSC. Knew I couldn't have been the only person who was hearing this mystery, baritone voiced person.

Who'd have known it was our very own RL though...

Oh and from 1981 until we left EP, I ALWAYS stood to the right of the clock.

[Horsham Royal]

Was "right side of the bank" looking from the pitch?

No , it was as looking from the South Bank.
And the right side was the right side as far I was concerned.
Left side was the wrong side.

[floyd__streete]

walk with a wiggle walk with a w ank, we are the Reading Southbank

Walk with a w@nk? How does one do that exactly ? I've walked to the bathroom with a hard on, but I am not sure that is really the same thing.

[Red]

He's fat, he's scouse,
He'll rob your fooking house
Steve McMahon, Steve McMahon

(Repeats)

[Thankgodisfriday]

Although not a Reading chant,my favourite chant against Aldershot was by the Cambridge fans when big Ron was their manager

"Some say shit but we say Aldershot"

[floyd__streete]

He's fat, he's scouse,
He'll rob your fooking house
Steve McMahon, Steve McMahon

(Repeats)

Floyd Streete likes this.


Steeeeeve McMahon
Baldy headed c*nt

[Nick Shorey my Lord!]

Floyd Streete likes this.


Steeeeeve McMahon
Baldy headed c*nt

NSML! likes this more - a classic!

[TFF]

For hairs standing on the back of my neck it has to be oxf*rd off Mark McGhee. The whole of the South Bank stood singing it as loud as possible. Fantastic. Especially 'that' game against Wolves

100% agreed.

Nothing beats the good old "Come on you Royals" when a corner's being taken.

Again, agreed. Now, I don't mind the drummer (after all, somebody needs to get the crowd going when the football ain't the best) but he REALLY needs to be educated about corners.

Oh, and great as it was, I'm not sure I've ever met a dog called Rufus.

[Berkshire Born]

Lets all have a disco...

You'll never make the station

He's here, he's there, he's every oxf*rd where, Martin Hicks, Martin Hicks

Terry's gonna get ya (later replaced by Mick, then Parky for the newbies )

Wooaaah, Trevor, Trevor. Trevor, Trevor, Trevor Senior

[AbovetheI]

Mautone is better than Bosnich

[Hugo Boss]

Steve Mautone,
he's on loan,
he's got a mobile phone... etc... etc...

[No Fixed Abode]

We're on the right side, the right side, the right of the stand.....

We're on the left side, the left side, the left side of the stand.....

Left siders, vvank, vvank, vvank

Left side, give us a song, left side, left side, give us a song.....

3,2,1........steeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeam.......

[Hugo Boss]

In line with "steeeeeeeam", I remember some lunatic bloke (think he was known as Streaky) legging it in to the back of the South Bank with his arms outsretched just as the game kicked off at Elm Park. He did this at pretty much every game circa 96-98.

Also remember him climbing up into the rafters one game to lead a few chants.

[Negative_Jeff]

Nuts whole hazel nuts
Ooooooh
Cadburys take em and they cover them in chocolate