The Fascinating Story of West Ham’s “I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles” Cheering Song

British football cheering culture is often equated with songs and music. Whether it is a pop song that has evolved into a cheering song, or some short songs (football chants) that are sung repeatedly, they often resound in various stadiums. There will be a bunch of singers in the club, allowing fans to sing for several hours on the match day.
Among them, West Ham’s song “I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles” (I’m always blowing bubbles) fascinates me the most. It expresses fans’ emotions and philosophy of life. .
West Ham fans have been blowing soap bubbles for 58 years since the last European championship, and the bubble finally became a dream.

West Ham was nicknamed “The Hammer Gang” and “Iron Soldiers”. When it was established, it was called “Thames Ironworks FC”. Song, fans want “I’m Always Blowing Bubbles”? The reality is really hard to test, and there are several theories circulating at present.

One theory is that Will Murray, a West Ham apprentice player at the time, was involved in a soap advertisement. It was pointed out that Murray’s appearance was very similar to the little boy in the well-known soap commercial at the time, so some fans called Murray by “Bubbles Murray”. Since then, fans will sing “I’m always blowing bubbles” when he plays.

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There is another saying that the West Ham team invited the band to perform at home before games and at halftime in the 1920s. The song “I’m Always Blowing Bubbles” was included in the playlist. Keep singing at home.

Some historians also pointed out that “I’m Always Blowing Bubbles” was a song often sung by people in east London during World War II when they took refuge in air-raid shelters, and it gradually evolved into a cheering song. When West Ham won the League War Cup in 1940, this song was sung all the time. It may be that the fans thought it would bring good luck, and the habit has continued to this day.

“I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles”

I’m forever blowing bubbles,
i’m always blowing bubbles

Pretty bubbles in the air,
beautiful bubbles floating in the air

They fly so high, nearly reach the sky,
They fly high, almost to the sky

Then like my dreams they fade and die.
Like my dreams, disappear without a trace

Fortune’s always hiding,
luck avoids me forever

I’ve looked everywhere,
I can’t find it

I’m forever blowing bubbles,
i’m always blowing bubbles

Pretty bubbles in the air.
beautiful bubbles floating in the air

Listening to it at first, you may think that the singer is a self-destructive person, and the lyrics he sings are full of bad words, but in fact, if you take a closer look, you will find that it is full of life principles. The singer is actually full of great ambitions to pursue his dreams, but he is also a down-to-earth person at the same time. He has always managed expectations for himself while chasing his dreams. He understands well that it is great to have a wish come true, but if it fails to come true, it will not be the end of the world, as long as you keep a normal heart and continue to dream, life will survive. Because you have to be a man when you laugh, and you have to be a man when you shout. The most important thing is to always have hope, which is the attitude towards life in the often cloudy Britain.

When “I’m Always Blowing Bubbles” came out for a hundred years, a musician and West Ham fan re-recorded it:

It is with this belief that West Ham fans sang high mountains and low valleys together. The club was founded in 1895 and renamed West Ham in 1900. After 60 years of ordinary life, it ushered in its first peak.

In 1958, the club won the championship of Group B and was promoted to the then top league League One. In 1964, it won the first major trophy in the history of the club, the FA Cup. The following year, it participated in the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup as the cup champion Cup) to win the championship. Plus a year later, the team’s main players Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters helped England win the World Cup at home, of which Bobby Moore was the captain and Martin Peters Sri Lanka entered the finals, and Boots even staged a hat-trick. In the past few years, the line has run to the end of the toes, making West Ham fans feel like a spring breeze.

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In the 1970s, West Ham replicated its good luck many times. First, it won the FA Cup with an all-English lineup in 1975. In the following year, it participated in the European Cup Champions Cup and reached the final again. It is the second highest peak in West Ham history.

After that, the soap bubbles of West Ham fans rose high and exploded quickly, and then they fell into the era of elevators for decades. When they returned to the top league in 2012, they had experienced 4 ups and 4 downs, and the club became famous. The youth training club has cultivated many generations of stars, but the club always misses the championship. Today, after 58 years, the club once again ushered in the second European championship.

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