If you haven’t heard the song “Will Grigg’s on fire” and all its variations, it’s a good time to ask yourself where you’ve been for the last few years. You probably didn’t at the games.
“Mitro’s on fire”, are the words that every Serbian fan will want to sing on Thursday after 8 pm. Fulham fans had a lot of reasons last season and this season to sing to Serbian striker Aleksandar Mitrović, and do you know who this song was actually dedicated to?
Only true lovers of island football will react to the mention of Will Grieg. After seasons in Walsall and Brentford, Grieg moved to Wigan and entered the hearts of the fans with his goals, as well as a “musical legend”.
Wigan fan Shaun Kennedy took Gale’s famous 90s hit ‘Freed from Desire’, changed the lyrics and it became a social media and stadium phenomenon around the world.
From that moment on, Wigan fans continuously chant:
Will will score just more and more
He will score goals
He will score them all
He will score goals
Will will score just more and more
He will score goals
He will score them all
… Will Grigg’s on fire
Your defense is terrified
Said Will Grigg’s on fire
Your defense is terrified
Will Grigg’s on fire
Your defense is terrified
Will Grigg’s on fire
… On, On, On, On, On, On, On, On, On, On, On, On, On
Will Grieg is also a member of the Northern Ireland national team, and this fan anthem experienced an unprecedented expansion at the European Championship in France. Grieg didn’t play much, but his name echoed in French streets and stadiums.
After that, fans around the world started dedicating this song to their heroes. After Red Star’s victory over Liverpool, Milan Pavkov entered the song and legend.
And the captain of the Serbian national team got his share of the celebration of winning the title in Amsterdam Ajax.
We hope that on December 18, the fans of Serbia will sing a song dedicated to the best scorer in the history of the national team, as they sang in Lisbon a year ago.
