[Siberian Spireite]

Just heard some owd chap on't radio explaining that the origin of the 'Zigger zagger' chant was when some lads from a Manchester grammar school went to the Olympics in Rome in 1960 and heard German fans chanting "Zicken zacken" (whatever that means) and copied it at Old Trafford with a response of "Oy oy oy". So he reckons, anyway- I often wondered where it came from.

I'll get me coat

[psyman]

 Siberian Spireite, on Feb 15 2008, 09:53 AM, said:

Just heard some owd chap on't radio explaining that the origin of the 'Zigger zagger' chant was when some lads from a Manchester grammar school went to the Olympics in Rome in 1960 and heard German fans chanting "Zicken zacken" (whatever that means) and copied it at Old Trafford with a response of "Oy oy oy". So he reckons, anyway- I often wondered where it came from.

I'll get me coat

According to Google translate "She goats notched"

[belpercfc]

 psyman, on Feb 15 2008, 10:18 AM, said:

According to Google translate "She goats notched"

Late sixties or early seventies play -'Zigga Zagga'.

[Bugerov]

 spireiteblue, on Feb 15 2008, 11:05 AM, said:

There you go you can practice it at Hereford tomorrow and i expect it to be perfect at our next home game,we went one further and changed it for one of our players,a goalkeeper we could do with now Steve Ogrizovic

Are we the only fans who still sing it?

[Eddie63]

for some reason I thought it was first used by stoke city but I might be wrong.

[Frank Thacker]

 belpercfc, on Feb 15 2008, 10:32 AM, said:

Late sixties or early seventies play -'Zigga Zagga'.

Peter Terson, who wrote "Zigger Zagger" for the National Youth Theatre, was from Stoke, and it is likely he first heard the chant there.

[Scampi]

 latewinner, on Feb 15 2008, 11:39 AM, said:

Are we the only fans who still sing it?

I've never heard it anywhere else recently