No One Likes Us – We Don't Care

"No One Likes Us – We Don't Care" is a football chant which originated with the supporters of Millwall F.C. in the early 1980s. [cite video
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publisher = WORKING PICTURES (MILLWALL) LTD for Channel 4] The song was a reaction to what the Millwall fans perceived to be sustained, exaggerated and unfair criticism of their behaviour by the press and the stereotypical image of all Millwall fans as hooligans, perpetuated by certain sections of the media in general.

Many other football clubs in the UK have hooligans, but various commentators including Danny Baker and Rod Liddle have questioned why Millwall's have consistently been singled out to the point where the name of Millwall has become synonymous with hooliganism, creating a siege mentality amongst the ordinary, law abiding Millwall fans. In his book "The Soccer Tribe", Desmond Morris uses Millwall as the only example in the section dealing with the problem of football violence: "At Millwall they are known as 'F-Troup', these are the real nutters, the ones who go over the top. It is not uncommon for a dozen of them to attack almost a thousand opposition supporters."

Southwark-born writer and journalist Michael Collins, believes that it is due to what he terms the demonisation of the white working classes, and that as Millwall's support has always been drawn from this group, they present an easy target for the press and media alike. Collins writes: "At the end of the 19th century around the time Millwall F.C. was formed, middle class journalists used to descend on the area like Baudelaireian flaneurs, to report on the urban working class as though they were discovering natives from the remote islands of the Empire."

The song reached a world wide audience when Millwall reached the FA Cup Final in 2004. Subsequently (and, indeed, before this [cite news | last = Mueller| first = Andrew| title = No One Likes Us, We Don't Care| work = Melody Maker| date = 1995-03-11| url = http://pweination.org/info/media/features/pewimed1.html| accessdate = 2007-07-05] ), supporters of other clubs, social groups and members of professions who perceive themselves as not being liked for various reasons, have tried to "steal" it, without understanding the full implication of its meaning. [cite web| last = Buckley| first = Martin| title = No one likes us, we don't care...| work = Channel4.com| publisher = Channel 4| date = 2006-04-06| url = http://www.channel4.com/4car/ft/feature/feature/181/1 | accessdate = 2007-07-05] [cite web | title = No one likes us and we don't care – or do we?| work = Kudocities| date = June 2007| url = http://kudocities.com/cities/london/conversations/no-one-likes-us-and-we-don-t-care-or-do-we| accessdate = 2007-07-05] The chant has even been adopted by Girton College Cambridge due to the relative distance from Girton, in comparison with the other Cambridge Colleges.

The song is sung by the Millwall fans to the melody of "Sailing" in defiant defence of themselves and their team.

Lyrics

"'No One Likes Us, No One Likes Us, No One Likes Us – We Don't Care!

We Are Millwall, Super Millwall, We Are Millwall From The Den!

"'No One Likes Us, No One Likes Us, No One Likes Us – We Don't Care!

We Are Millwall, Super Millwall, We Are Millwall From The Den!

Notes and references

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External links

* [http://www.millwall-history.co.uk/Origins-7.htm The Beginning of No One Likes Us]
* [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3724/is+20056/ai_n14902196 A city above suspicion: Rod Liddle]