Top chants of Varsity 2012

There were some things missing from last night’s big varsity game. No pints of piss travelling through the air – and as was picked up in our live feed of […]


There were some things missing from last night’s big varsity game. No pints of piss travelling through the air – and as was picked up in our live feed of the day’s antics – certainly no streakers.

Thanks Mick.

But what the fixture lacked in debauchery it certainly made up for in spirit. The complexities of the intra-institution relationship we share with our polytechnic brethren are best summed up in one way: the chant.

So let’s take a look at what was on offer, shall we? We’ll start with the best our mates from Met had to offer.

At least now we have an explanation for Met’s 24hr libraries…

Keeping the theme of sodomy alive and well, though we feel more anatomical questions are asked than answered with this theme.

The idea… good. The execution? not so… #knowthetune

Not a bad showing. A lot of the words were even spelled correctly.

But moving on, let’s see what our tribe had on offer.

In the end there could only be one winner. No need for any explanation or analysis.

One rivalry. One decent university in Leeds. One chant. One word (repeated as many times as possible):

Anything we missed? Leave them in the comments and we’ll pick them up.