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Which football fans sing the praises of players from different clubs?

Celtic players and supporters celebrate winning the title at St Mirren in 1985-86. The man who made it possible, Dundee’s Albert Kidd, became a Celtic legend.
Celtic players and supporters celebrate winning the title at St Mirren in 1985-86. The man who made it possible, Dundee’s Albert Kidd, became a Celtic legend. Photograph: SMG/PA Images

“Do any fanbases regularly sing in praise of a player who never actually played for them?” tweets Andy Brook. “Possibly due to scoring a vital goal against a rival or something similar?”

The key phrase here is probably “in praise”. A number of you mentioned schadenfreude-fuelled chanting – Steven Gerrard’s slip, Patrick Vieira giving Ryan Giggs the ball, that kind of thing – but you could write a book on those and they aren’t really in the spirit of the question. So let’s focus on the positives.

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