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Salford City-aanhangers zijn vaak te horen terwijl ze luidkeels Dirty Old Town<\/em> zingen op wedstrijddagen, waardoor het beroemde folkliedje een van de bekendste tradities op de tribunes van de club is geworden.<\/p>\n

De aanmoedigingskreet is geen moderne voetbalcreatie. Dirty Old Town<\/em> Het nummer werd geschreven door Ewan MacColl in 1949 en is nauw verbonden met Salford, de stad in Greater Manchester waar hij opgroeide.<\/p>\n

MacColl schreef het lied oorspronkelijk tijdens het werken aan een toneelstuk, waarbij hij het industri\u00eble landschap om zich heen als inspiratie gebruikte. De tekst schetst een beeld van rook, fabrieken en een zware werkomgeving, wat sterk aansloot bij de geschiedenis en identiteit van het gebied.<\/p>\n

Door de jaren heen werd het nummer ver buiten Salford bekend dankzij populaire covers, wat hielp om het te verspreiden door het Verenigd Koninkrijk en vervolgens in de voetbalcultuur. Maar voor Salford-fans zijn de wortels van het lied persoonlijk: het weerspiegelt de plaats die de club vertegenwoordigt.<\/p>\n

Daarom is het een regelmatig terugkerend geluid in het Peninsula Stadium, met trots gezongen als een knipoog naar de stad en haar verleden, en als herinnering aan de oorsprong van de club.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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