Revealed: Chubby Victorian footballer who inspired 'who ate all the pies' chant

[Stoneage Dinosaur]

His name was William 'Fatty' Foulke, a rather large Victorian goalkeeper who inspired the derisory football terrace chant 'who ate all the pies?'.

Researchers discovered the origins of the mocking football chant and many other of the English language's most colourful chants, clichés and catchphrases.

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