Stan’s World Cup Song: Stan Boardman

Stan’s World Cup Song is available from 29th May on Harkit Records.

Musical Style: Set to the tune of She’ll be Coming Round the Mountain, with a bit of Rule Britannia and the Dambusters theme, backed with a banjo straight out of Deliverance.

Over The Moon: Stan Boardman is a life-long Liverpool fan, and long before making his name in comedy his ambition was to play for his beloved club, but a short playing career convinced him he wasn’t quite cut out for the professional game. Nowadays it’s easy to forget how often Stan appeared on our screens in the 70s and 80s telling jokes about “the Jerrmans”, so all things considered, it’s only natural for him to throw his hat into the ring with his own World Cup song. Despite the unimaginative title of Stan’s World Cup Song his lyrics are well rhymed right down to the inevitable chorus “Singing aye aye yippy, the Germans bombed our chippy” even though they don’t raise more then the occasional tight-lipped smile.

Sick As A Parrot: This song is more reminiscent of the sort of thing you’d hear sung on a pensioners’ coach trip to Blackpool than an England Anthem. The comedy has as much bite as a toothless chihuahua.

Terrace Appeal: 5/10