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Premiership Yer Having a Laugh

Leeds, in the lower leagues, mocking a Premier League team they are beating.

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'Premiership Yer Having a Laugh' is the Leeds chant for the lower-league days, sung when the Whites are beating a Premier League side in a cup tie. 'You're having a laugh' tells the favourites their top-flight status is a joke; the next line drops them to Sunday League. Words below.

Lyrics for Premiership Yer Having a Laugh

Premiership, Yer having a laugh, Premiership, Yer having a laugh, Premiership, Yer having a laugh, Premiership, Yer having a laugh... Sunday League, Yer having a laugh, Sunday League, Yer having a laugh, (repeated)
Language · English Team · Leeds United
Behind the chant

When was Premiership Yer Having a Laugh first sung?

Sung when a lower-division Leeds side is beating a Premier League team, almost always in a cup tie. The lyric mocks the favourites as no better than a Sunday League pub team. Most memorably aired during the cup runs of the League One era.

What's the story behind Premiership Yer Having a Laugh?

The signature outing was 3 January 2010, when League One Leeds knocked Premier League Manchester United out of the FA Cup at Old Trafford through a Jermaine Beckford goal.

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