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A football chant or terrace chant is a song or chant sung at association football matches. They can be historic dating back to the formation of the club adaptations of popular songs or spontaneous reactions to events on the pitch. They are one of the last remaining sources of an oral folk song tradition in the United Kingdom. Traditions vary from country to country and team to team but they are generally used either to encourage the home team or slight the opposition.