"No one likes us, we don't care" is a football chant which originated with the supporters of Millwall in the late seventies. The chant is to the tune of Sailing by Rod Stewart. The chant was originally sung by Millwall fans in response to the sustained criticism of their behaviour by the press and the image of many Millwall fans as hooligans, perpetuated by the media. The chant reached a worldwide audience when Millwall reached the FA Cup Final in 2004.
Social origins
Several other football clubs in the UK have a history of hooliganism, but various commentators including Danny Baker and Rod Liddle have questioned why Millwall's history have consistently been singled out to the point where the name of Millwall has become almost synonymous with hooliganism. This in turn has created a siege mentality amongst ordinary, law-abiding Millwall fans. From the late 1960s through to the early 1980s there was a gradual increase in academic study of, and political concerns over, violence at football matches. Millwall featured in some of these studies. In 1977 a Panorama programme by the BBC Dr. Anthony Clare used Millwall as an example of fans who were looking for trouble and, using a militaristic analogy, said: This was followed up by Don Atyeo who wrote in Blood & guts, violence in sports that "F-Troop are Millwall's hard men, an older, tougher brigade who are bent on 'rucking' at every opportunity, even to the extent of attending games which Millwall are not even playing". In his book The Soccer Tribe, Desmond Morris mentions several football firms, by dwelt on hooliganism by Millwall supporters by quoting a long extract about F-Troop from Atyeo's book, and so introduced an even wider audience to Millwall's hooligans. 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". Supporters of other clubs, social groups and members of professions who perceive themselves as not being liked for various reasons, have used variations of the chant. Wealdstone F.C., Burnley F.C., MK Dons, Crawley Town, AIK, Shamrock Rovers, Philadelphia Union, Columbus Crew SC, Seattle Sounders FC, Urawa Red Diamonds, Raith Rovers, Hertha BSC, Detroit City FC, RB Leipzig, San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball and MSV Duisburg supporters have also adopted the chant. Anaheim Ducks fans have adopted the line "No one likes us, we don't care" as an informal motto, usually replacing the "D" in "don't" for the team's logo, a stylized D. After an NHL playoff series against the Winnipeg Jets, some fans in Anaheim were shown on TV holding a banner with the motto. Rangers supporters sing a version of the song with the lyrics changed to reflect a bitter rivalry with Celtic; however, this version contains lyrics which have been condemned as sectarian. Non-league team Dulwich Hamlet F.C. also sing a version, with the lyrics changed to: "No one knows us, we don't care." During the Super Bowl LII victory parade for the Philadelphia Eagles on February 8, 2018, football centerJason Kelce sang a profane version of the chant referencing Philadelphia, to the crowd's delight.
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!
