Swansea claim Hammers copied their song

West Ham fans have always believed that the Bubbles song was adopted from a American music hall hit because of a schoolboy player who resembled a painting called ‘Bubbles’ used in a soap advert in the 1920’s,

This week, Wales Online claims the Bubbles song was first used by Swansea fans and copied by Hammers  fans following a FA Cup game between the sides in 1921.

The claims comes quotes research by the late Professor David Farmer – who served as Swansea’s President in later life – that showed match reports mentioning the song being sung at all home games, with one article on a game against Bury in 1921 stating: “Then came the ever popular Bubbles, and the crowd simply yelled. The spectators on the main bank took their cue from the Mumbles end, and there was one tremendous sway, together with the singing, on the part of about 25,000.”