HOOLIGAN: DOCUMENTARY ON THE INTER-CITY FIRM OF WEST HAM UNITED PART 3 OF 4
The team's supporters are famed for their rendition of the chorus of their team's anthem, I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles, the lyrics are as follows:
“I'm forever blowing bubbles, pretty bubbles in the air They fly so high, Nearly reach the sky, Then like my dreams they fade and die Fortune's always hiding, I've looked everywhere I'm forever blowing bubbles, pretty bubbles in the air United! United!"
There is a slight change to the lyrics sung by the Upton Park faithful. The second line's nearly reach the sky is changed to they reach the sky by the crowd. Then like my dreams is also changed to And like my dreams. The 1980 FA Cup version - which contains the original lyrics - is always played before home games, with the home crowd joining in and carrying the song on after the music stops at the verse "Fortune's always hiding". The song was originally released as a single by the Cockney Rejects in 1980.
