OILING SOCCER'S `ALAY' DEBATE MANY TONGUES TRIP IN TRANSLATING NO. 1 STADIUM CHANT NORTH SPORTS FINAL Edition

But you'd think we could at least figure out the sport's most famous cheer, chanted by fans worldwide and repeated over and over again before and during Tuesday's big match between Germany and Spain at Soldier Field. The chant-which will be spelled "Alay-Alay-Alay" here for...

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Published inChicago tribune (1963)
Main Author Sue Ellen Christian, Steve Johnson, George Papajohn
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago, Ill Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 22.06.1994
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Summary:But you'd think we could at least figure out the sport's most famous cheer, chanted by fans worldwide and repeated over and over again before and during Tuesday's big match between Germany and Spain at Soldier Field. The chant-which will be spelled "Alay-Alay-Alay" here for purposes of consistency, if not accuracy-translates even more inscrutably than soccer itself on American shores. It's "Ole," according to many fans. But it's "Ale," according to the "Soccer Rocks the Globe" compact disc, which has the official stamp of World Cup USA 1994 and includes a chant-song called "Anthem (Ale, Ale, Ale, Ale)."
ISSN:1085-6706