Ayatollah is a soccer celebration used by fans of the Welsh football club, Cardiff City. The action is sometimes preceded by the song "do Ayatollah".
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The Ayatollah show is performed by having both hands pointed to each other, raised above the head, and repeatedly moving them up and down with a tapping motion.
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Origins
The Ayatollah festivities began to be used in the Cardiff City game in 1990. Originally performed by singers and fans of the Welsh punk group called U Thant. It was first performed by Cardiff City fans at Sincil Bank, home of Lincoln City, on September 15, 1990, the day after U Thant played at Cardiff's Chapter Arts Center. Singer U Thant has been inspired by footage of the maids at Ayatollah Khomeini's funeral, which was broadcast live on British TV, making a move to express their sadness at his death.
It has been claimed that it was originally used as a sign of despair on the way the team plays. It quickly became very popular with fans of the club, and has since been used in terms of celebration and support for the team. Away games at Hereford United and Peterborough United in 1992 helped to strengthen his position in the fans repertoire.
Early Ayatollah is often wrongly credited to former chairman Sam Hammam. This is probably because of the national coverage of Hammam's pitchside celebrations and in front of visiting Leeds fans, drawing criticism from current Leeds manager, David O'Leary, the Football Association and the BBC's confidential report, following the now 2-1 win over Leeds United in the third round of the FA Cup in 2002, which saw a crowd of spectators after the final whistle.
Use
Supporters: Cardiff City
Ayatollah is now performed by Cardiff City supporters in every game. They, in turn, sang to each of them standing in their native land of Ninian Park and the current ground of Cardiff City Stadium to "Do the Ayatollah". During the game, players performing well in the game, or players who have just been brought during the game, are called to "Do the Ayatollah". Former Cardiff Arsenal player Aaron Ramsey also celebrates his second goal against Cardiff by playing Ayatollah in a major league match in November 2013.
Others on the field are also often called on to make the move, including team manager, away fans, former players on the opposing side (although team managers have been so discouraged that they are rarely done), and police officers on duty matches.
Conducting Ayatollah also became popular for famous Cardiff fans to do while celebrating. Ex-Wales rugby union team captain Gareth Thomas often performs Ayatollah after scoring a try, David Davies swimmer Ayatollah made on the podium while receiving medals at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and at the 2008 Olympics, and cricket Simon Jones also used the celebrations after taking the goalkeeper Simon Katich during the Ashes series 2005. Mark Webster, winner of the 2008 BDO World Darts Championships, also performed Ayatollah after winning the title. Ayatollah has also been used by ice hockey fans from Cardiff Devils while winning the Play-off Championship in 1999.
Big Brother housemates and Cardiff supporters David Vaughan often performs Ayatollah after winning homework in 2010.
Former Cardiff players and footballers who are Cardiff fans have often performed Ayatollah in their rival home yard in Swansea City, The Bluebirds. Gavin Williams, a lifelong Cardiff fan, did so at Vetch Field after scoring against them for his former club Yeovil Town, and former Cardiff player Christian Roberts did Ayatollah when he scored against them at the Liberty Stadium after being verbally harassed throughout the game because the former player Cardiff. Nottingham Forest winger Arron Davies has stated that he would be happy to be the first player to "do Ayatollah" at Wembley Stadium if he and his team, Yeovil Town, reached the final play-off of the Football League. Former Joe Ledley player featuring Ayaltollah celebrating Crystal Palace's last win at Liberty on March 2, 2014. Cameron Jerome celebrates his goal with a 1-0 score for Norwich in Cardiff on 4 February 2017.
In the song
Ayatollah is the focus of two songs written to support the club before they play in the FA Cup Final 2008. A group of supporters released a song called "Do The Ayatollah!" and a different song with the same title written by one of the club's players, Steve Thompson.
See also
- The purpose of the celebration
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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