Perhaps they play it because they're trying to recreate the plot: The Yanks getting out of town because they don't want to be associated with the giant mess, Parish as Harold, the boss being unable to build what he had planned, being totally unaware of how out of his depth he is, finding that...
What he should have said was "Here come the teams, so let's sing Tottenham's song."
Dave Clark actually formed the DC5 to raise money for Spurs. They were also referred to in the sixties as playing the 'Tottenham Sound'
'Horrible Suburban' Crystal Palace can't even run out to a song that has...