| Title: | Famous football chant misrepresented as Ukrainians celebrating Crimea bridge blast |
| URL: | https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.33PG4GZ |
| Publisher: | AFP |
| Date published: | July 20, 2023 |
| Description: | A video circulating online purports to show Ukrainians in a packed pub celebrating the country’s recent attack on the Kerch bridge linking Russia to annexed Crimea. But the footage is being misrepresented; it shows Wigan Athletic football fans chanting: “Will Grigg’s on fire!” in 2016 about the English club’s then-striker. |
Famous football chant misrepresented as Ukrainians celebrating Crimea bridge blast
A video circulating online purports to show Ukrainians in a packed pub celebrating the country's recent attack on the Kerch bridge linking Russia to annexed Crimea. But the footage is being misrepresented; it shows Wigan Athletic football fans chanting: "Will Grigg's on fire!" in 2016 about the English club's then-striker.
