[Verse 1]

Bellowing instructions from the touchline, that's my dad

Purple  in the face‚ getting really mad

[Refrain]

Man  on! Man on!

An empty stadium yells "man on"

Come on! Come on!

The  cross goes sailing wildly over the heads of everyone

[Verse 2]

"Stop  fannying around! Keep it nice and simple!"

"You're not Lionel Messi‚ just pass the bloody ball!"

[Refrain]

Man  on! Man on!

An empty stadium yells "man on"

Come on! Come on!

The cross goes sailing wildly over the heads of everyone

[Verse 3]

Perhaps  we were expecting this to be a walk in the park

But these bastards from King's Priory

Are kicking lumps out of us

[Refrain]

Man on! Man on!

An empty stadium yells "man on"

Come on! Come on!

The cross goes sailing wildly over the heads

[Verse 4]

Their left back slips taking a free kick

It trickles over the mud straight to me

In desperation he scrambles and slides

I leap his flailing leg and dink it

Over the sprawled body of the goalie

The net is gaping

The ball takes a bobble and I slice wide of the mark

Everything goes quiet

Staring into the red dark of my palms

They launch a long ball into our box

Suddenly we find ourselves with a corner to defend

I am on the near-post

Somehow it gets bundled underneath my feet

At the final whistle I am inconsolable

[Refrain]

Man on! Man on!

I reckon dad is really disappointed with me

Come on! Come on!

He tries his best to not show how he really feels

[Outro]

In the car home‚ he says "dust yourself down

Move on to next week's game

Shall we pick up a Chinese or would you rather fish and chips?"