I’m not sure whether football songs in general are classified as novelty records, but I’m taking this one to be!
Released in 1973, this reached number 14 in the UK charts.
The Cyril in question is Cyril Knowles who played left back for Tottenham Hotspur around that time. He sadly died of a brain tumour in 1991, aged just 47.
I found this funny when it came out as my Dad’s name was Cyril. To be honest, I was young at the time and didn’t see past that, and, not being a football fan, it was only years later that I realised that this was actually a football song! Obviously I have since listened to the words and I now know that Spurs are also known as the Cockerels, hence the ‘Cockerel Chorus’.
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I do not own the rights to this song - this is a fan-made video to share the joy and fun of this music.
