By GETHIN HICKS, SPORTS REPORTER
Published: 08:26 EST, 6 November 2025 | Updated: 08:26 EST, 6 November 2025
When Hearts snapped up Claudio Braga for £400,000 from the little-known Aalesunds FK in the Norwegian second division, it's unlikely anyone would have predicted that his name would be renowned among football fans across the globe a few short months later.
Nor would many have tipped Hearts, without a league title in 40 years, to be sitting pretty ahead of Glaswegian giants Celtic and Rangers at the top of the Scottish Premier League.
Yet football's a funny old game and, as we near the festive period, this is indeed the case.
Braga's electric start to life in Edinburgh has seen him net 9 goals in 16 games, earning him the adulation of his new Scottish supporters.
Some players, and good ones at that, wait years for their names to be sung on the terraces - but not Hearts' new hero.
To the tune of Queen's iconic 1984 track Radio Ga Ga, his chant of 'all we need is Claudio Braga, Claudio Braga, Claudio Braga' has been dubbed 'the best football song ever' and captured the attention of thousands of supporters.
However here at Daily Mail Sport, we think we've found a few tunes from years gone-by to match...
Claudio Braga's managed to earn himself one of football's most popular chants in just a couple months at Hearts
‘Kevin Nolan, your chicken is dead’
By Michael Pavitt
A bizarre chant on the surface, but one combining football knowledge, humour and getting your own back on player who has haunted you in the past.
Sunderland fans had grown sick of Nolan’s strange ‘chicken dance’ celebration after he had scored six goals against them, including a hat-trick as Newcastle captain in a Tyne–Wear derby win. So, it was understandable they would have a pop back when the Black Cats led Nolan’s West Ham 3-0 in 2013.
Fans seized the moment perfectly with the taunt also showing their awareness that Nolan was on a lengthy goal drought at the time.
They were proved to be right as well, as Nolan failed to score against them again.
Sunderland fans eventually got sick of rival attacker Kevin Nolan's 'chicken dance' celebration
'You can stick your Yorkshire puddings up your a**e!'
By Kieran Gill
Back when I was a kid following Hartlepool United home and away with my dad, we travelled to face Leeds United for the first time in decades.
It was a dream to get to go to Elland Road and I remember the Poolies singing in their thousands: ‘You can stick your Yorkshire puddings up your bum.’
OK, maybe they didn’t use ‘bum’, but for some reason, that song stuck with me, partly because I’m a sucker for a good Yorkshire pudding and wouldn’t dare waste one.
'Jamie Vardy, your wife is a grass'
By James Sharpe
Partly because it was always funny to be reminded of the ludicrous courtroom saga, sparked by Coleen Rooney accusing Jamie Vardy’s wife, Rebekah, of leaking stories to the press, but mainly, speaking as a Leicester fan, because whenever that song rang out, it invariably ended with Vardy tucking the ball into the corner of the net, racing towards the choir and cupping his ears in celebration.
Thank you very much. Football fans never learn.
Jamie Vardy always knew how to shut rival fans up with a goal and cheeky celebration
'Mikel Arteta, it must be the ball!'
By Craig Hope
'It must be the ball… it must be the ball… Mikel Arteta, it must be the ball.'
I did enjoy this last season, when 52,000 inside St James’ Park teased the Arsenal boss during the second leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final.
Arteta had claimed after the first leg, which Newcastle won 2-0, that the Carabao Cup ball was different to the Premier League ball and had affected his team. The Geordies weren’t going to let that pass and, with Newcastle again 2-0 up in the second leg, this song went around the stadium for the majority of the second half...
'He's got a plant pot on his head!'
By Luke Power
A decade ago, some green-fingered Barnsley fans somehow snuck a plant pot past security and birthed a uniquely agricultural chant.
The aim of the game? Whack a plant pot on a fan's head and sing 'he/she's got a plant pot on his/her head' to the tune of 'He's Got the Whole World In His Hands'. Then rinse and repeat. At one match, they apparently did it for 20 minutes straight!
'He's fast, he's red, he talks like Father Ted...'
By Ian Herbert
I watched a lot of Manchester United games in the early 2000s and one of the songs from that time, about Irishman John O’Shea, is still the one that makes me smile the most. ‘He’s fast, he’s red, He talks like Father Ted, John O’Shea! John O’Shea!’
And then there’s the little gem which Grimsby Town fans know so well and which we’ve always sung to them at my club, Wrexham. ‘You only sing when you’re fishing!’
'Is this the way to Istanbul?'
By Lewis Steele
Manchester City’s terrace hit to the tune of (Is This The Way To) Amarillo? is a real toe-tapper and dedicated to the greatest night in the club’s history.
'Is this the way to Istanbul? Rodri scored in the Champions League final. We’re Man City and we won the Treble. The greatest team you’ll ever see. Na na na na na na na na, City, na na na na na na na na, City!’
And so on. With the clapping along, it is always sang with vigour and gets louder as it goes on. Brilliant.
Manchester City fans serenade Rodri for his Champions League final goal with a rendition of (Is This The Way To) Amarillo?
Liverpool's Careless Hands
By Dominic King
The best songs are the ones that you can still hear through the ages. Virgil van Dijk's tribute from Anfield, to the tune of Dirty Old Town by The Pogues, will stand the test of time, as will the ode to Mo Salah, inspired by the classic Sit Down, by James.
Liverpool's history is full of creativity and ingenuity - would you expect anything else from the city that gave the world The Beatles? - but topping everything is the incident from December 1967.
Gary Sprake, then goalkeeper for Leeds United, gathered a ball in front of The Kop. It was an icy afternoon, his grasp wasn't perfect and as he attempted to throw the ball to his defenders, he lost control and flung it straight into his own net. As soon as the cheers died down, The Kop immediately began singing Careless Hands, which at the time was a huge song for Des O'Connor.
Spontaneity and humour, wrapped up in one - exactly how it should be. The late Sprake even used Careless Hands as the title of his autobiography.
'Last Christmas...'
By Gethin Hicks
It's 2017 and a freezing cold December night in South Wales. Sol Bamba, who signed as a free agent only a year earlier, has just scored the winner for Cardiff against Hull City and Bluebirds fans have made their own spin of George Michael's iconic festive jingle Last Christmas.
'Last Christmas I gave you my heart, but the very next day you gave it away, this year to save me from tears, I'll give it to Sol Bamba!', they sang.
It was always my favourite song, probably because there was no player more deserving of such an adoring chant than Sol. He was everything you wanted in a player for your club.
Sol's no longer with us, but Bluebirds won't forget him or his song anytime soon.
Sol Bamba's no longer with us, but they won't forget him in Cardiff anytime soon
How times have changed...
By Oliver Holt
'We never win at home, and we never win away. We lost last week and we lost today, but we don't give a f**k, cos we're all p****d up! MCFC OK...', Manchester City fans once chanted.
I love it because it reminds me of my youth and a time when Manchester City fans lived on their wits and were expert in gallows humour.
The club’s fortunes have changed since then but the remnants of this spirit still exist amid all the great expectations of modern City.
Oldham's Italian chorus
By Mike Keegan
I'm biased, but Oldham fans singing 'Cod's not sustainable' to the tune of Verdi's la donna e mobile while playing at Fleetwood (the Cod Army) raised a smile, especially when it was followed by a chorus of 'Pies are sustainable'.
While it's not the cleanest, the brutal simplicity of 'You're f***ing s**t' is difficult to beat, especially if the team it's being aimed at tends to not be f***ing s***.
One that I can't stand, and I realise it's what it means to the people who sing it, is 'We're by far the greatest team, the world has ever seen.' Unless you're Brazil 1970 then you're not.
The other week I spent a Tuesday night with 45 Morecambe fans at Boston United and their joyous belting out of Morecambe and Wise classic 'Bring Me Sunshine' with their team unexpectedly 4-0 up, was beautiful.
Lionesses' favourite duo
By Tara Anson-Walsh
An iconic Manchester United song on women's football's favourite best pals and England superstars: 'I like it, I like it, I like it, ooooh, here we go. It's Tooney and Lessi Russo'.
It broke Reds hearts when Russo moved to Arsenal, and the Gunners tried to make it 'Lotte and Lessi Russo', which doesn't quite work. Luckily it can still be whipped out for Lionesses games.
Ella Toone and Alessia Russo are such good pals that they've even got a joint song
Forest's fortune teller?
By Tom Collomosse
Callum Hudson-Odoi wanted his own chant upon joining Forest and the fans obliged with this brilliant ditty to the tune of ‘American Boy.’
It even came true, with Forest reaching the Europa League. Now fans are relying on Hudson-Odoi and his pals to ensure the next trip isn’t into the Championship.
By Tom Collomosse
Robbie Fowler's house
By Ian Ladyman
It's a very personal selection, but I like ‘we all live in a Robbie fowler house' sung to the tune of the Beatles' Yellow Submarine.
City fans sang it at a time when Fowler was known for investing in property to let.
At one stage he owned a whole terraced street in Oldham. I wrote a feature on it and City fans starting singing the song the next weekend!!