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Let's Hang the Referee
RSL's furious response when the ref gets it wrong.
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When the official makes a call the RSL faithful can't accept, this chant rises from the stands. One of the oldest bits of terrace gallows humour in the game, dramatic, loud, and entirely theatrical. Real Salt Lake fans don't hold back when the whistle goes the wrong way. A staple of matchday soccer chants heard at stadiums across the world.
Lyrics for Let's Hang the Referee
A rope, a tree, let's hang the referee!
A rope, a tree, let's hang the referee!
A rope, a tree, let's hang the referee!
A rope, a tree, let's hang the referee!
(Repeated...)
Language · English
Team · Real Salt Lake
Behind the chant
What's the story behind Let's Hang the Referee?
Referee protest chants in this style appear in terrace cultures globally and are recognised as theatrical expressions of frustration rather than literal intent.
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