I Hate Sweet Caroline

[Sandra15]

Well the song itself, originally, was pretty inoffensive, it was just that, just a song. But then it became a novelty song that people waved their arms about to when drunk and now is associated with football. But why, why, why? It has NOTHING to do with football whatsoever.

I absolutely hate it. It is irritating, annoying, irrelevant and an earworm.

I worked with a woman called Caroline who was horrible, so that makes it even worse.

I hate it. It is an irritating earworm. Give me Three Lions any day or even Vindaloo. At least they make footballing sense.

I don't get it's connection to football either

Tbf it's massive at the darts too

I'd go as far as to say it's so good, so good, so good....

Wasn’t it sung at the boxing traditionally?

I thought I was the only one! I have found my people!

I love Neil Diamond songs so you ABVU

Yes, why on earth this song?

I remember singing it at rugby 7s in the late 00s. I think it's just become part of the travelling sports fan repertoire.

YANBU to have an irrational hatred of anything. I love it.

The Caroline I know is absolutely lovely, so I probably have a spft spot for the song, tbh.

Better than Pretty In Pink when he's not really nice about Caroline.

I’m a Caroline. It does get a bit wearing after a while…

Also love Neil Diamond YABVU

It's on the It's Coming Home playlist on Spotify, but I had never heard it sung at football since this tournament. And I've watched every WC and EC since 1982.

It's played after a victory, at different sports. I loved it in the 70's so hope to be singing it on Sunday.

It's sung at lots of sports I've heard it at darts, hockey, rugby and football. It's not just a football song.

I think it's just a sport song - they sing it at the cricket, too, and I think also the rugby? And definitely darts.

It's easy to learn and sing along to, has a celebratory feel and isn't offensive - I don't mind it.

And the only Caroline I know is 3!

@FreeBritnee

I love Neil Diamond songs so you ABVU

I like lots of his others but I can't stand this one.

I quite like it, though I don't really get its relevance to football. But there are far worse football anthems.

I'm predicting there'll be a swarm of little Caroline's coming along in 9 months.

I find it really creepy, being as it was 'inspired' by a 7 year old girl ...

@bellabasset

It's played after a victory, at different sports. I loved it in the 70's so hope to be singing it on Sunday.

Probably why its never been heard at the football ‘til this year 🤣

But it's ... so good!

Reading fans have been singing this since the 2005-6 season - one of the players started it, it's a bit of fun and wholly inoffensive.

I first heard it in a golf club in the early 1990s, and though "WTF is this noise?" Some middle aged golf bores were singing along to it. So that's the image associated with the song for me. It wasn't even good enough to be a cheesy old song played at student union discos.

It's no different to Hi Ho Silver lining sung as Hi Ho Sheffield Wednesday by their fans 🤷‍♀️ Loads of songs are sung at football matches that are nothing to do with football but mean something to the fans.
Most actual football songs are total crap. Ant and Dec, I'm looking at you with "we're on the ball". You don't hear that being sung at Wembley!

The DJ was supposed to play Vindaloo after the Germany game but played this instead and it's stuck. The lyrics are fitting. I always enjoyed it in the pub, so for me it's a winner.

It's a great song 🎵