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CAFC chant · England

We Pay Your Benefits

Charlton Athletic's working class-versus-rivals terrace dig.

Sung by Charlton · Championship · England

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A classic terrace taunt in English football, the away end gets told it lives off the home fans' taxes. Charlton Athletic deploy it at The Valley with full conviction. Blunt, provocative, and very much part of the Charlton Athletic chants arsenal. Lyrics here.

Lyrics for We Pay Your Benefits

We pay your benefits, We pay your benefits, We pay your benefits, We pay your benefits...
Language · English Team · Charlton
Behind the chant

What's the story behind We Pay Your Benefits?

The 'We Pay Your Benefits' chant has become a staple of terrace banter across English football, with dozens of clubs adapting it for their local rivalry context.

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