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Last Updated: Thursday, 21 December 2006, 09:50 GMT
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The terrace chant is alive and well

A song taking the mickey out of Graham Poll for showing three yellow cards to the same player in the World Cup has been chosen as your chant of the year.

Nearly 16,000 of you voted in the poll, with the "World Cup and you ****** it up!" attracting an incredible 26.79% of the vote.

West Ham fans' clever ditty to their biscuit baron chairman Eggert Magnusson - "If you made a lot of money selling biscuits, buy our club" - was second with 13.5%, while a song about Liverpool's Dirk Kuyt to the tune of 'Put Your Hands Up For Detroit' came third with 11.5%.

606: DEBATE

To view the full list of results, select any circle in the voting form on the right, hit the vote button and they will appear. The poll is now closed.

All 10 chants, selected from the hundreds sent in by fans during 2006, can be viewed below. Here's wishing you all a tuneful Christmas - and keep sending those chants in!

OUR TOP 10 CHANTS OF 2006

"World Cup - and you ****** it up!"
All four sides of the ground during Everton-Arsenal game, including away fans, chanting at Graham Poll, who showed three yellow cards to the same player in the World Cup.

"If you made a lot of money selling biscuits, buy our club."
West Ham fans to new owner, biscuit baron Eggert Magnusson, to the tune of the old Club biscuit TV advert.

"Put Your hands up for Dirk Kuyt - he loves this city!" (To the tune and rhythm of 'Put Your Hands Up For Detroit').
Liverpool fans to striker Dirk Kuyt.

"All bling and Burberry, high teenage pregnancy, no father on the scene, all robbing cash machines!"
A chant that Sittingbourne fans sing to local rivals Chatham (to the tune of Verdi's La Donna e Mobile).

"Mourinho are you listening, you'd better keep our trophy glistening, coz we'll be back in May to take it away, walking in a Fergie Wonderland!"
Manchester United fans taunt Chelsea to the tune of Winter Wonderland.

"What's that coming over the hill? It's Michael Chopra! It's Michael Chopra!"
Cardiff City fans to their striker (to the tune of 'Monster' by The Automatic). There have been many imitations since then, but this is the original and best.

"He's fat, he's round, he's kicked us out our ground, Robbie Williams, Robbie Williams."
Scotland fans at Parkhead after the game was moved because of a Robbie gig at Hampden.

"There's only one Emile Heskey, one Emile Heskey, he used to be s***e, but now he's all right, walkin' in a Heskey wonderland."
Wigan fans to Emile Heskey (to the tune of Winter Wonderland - apparently Birmingham fans had a similar version).

"Ben-jani, who-ah-whoh whoh...he comes from Zimbabwe, he'll score eventually."
Pompey fans to striker Benjani Mwarawari.

"Geordies at home, watching The Bill."
Sung by Boro fans during the second leg of their Uefa Cup semi-final at the Riverside.



VOTE RESULTS
Vote for your top terrace chant
Michael Chopra
 9.29% 
Robbie Williams
 7.57% 
Benjani
 3.52% 
Club biscuits
 13.50% 
Heskey
 4.35% 
Bling and Burberry
 10.73% 
Geordies at home
 2.45% 
Dirk Kuyt
 11.49% 
Trophy glistening
 10.53% 
Graham Poll
 26.57% 
15893 Votes Cast
Results are indicative and may not reflect public opinion


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