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The Bouncy or The Bouncy Bouncy is a sports celebration which involves jumping up and down on the spot while chanting the word "bouncy" or "Let's all do the bouncy" over and over again. It is mainly done by fans of Scottish Association football club Rangers and the Northern Ireland national football team. The Bouncy was first done in 1989 as a terrace song. In 1994, the then Rangers head of security, Alistair Hood jokingly suggested that Ibrox Stadium should have seatbelts installed to stop fans doing The Bouncy. The action is considered a positive action as seen by the Rangers fans doing it in the City of Manchester Stadium in the 2008 UEFA Cup Final against Zenit St Petersburg.

Safety Concerns
Doing The Bouncy is not normally considered dangerous however in 2007 Rangers fans were warned not to do The Bouncy on the Glasgow Subway by the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport amid fears that doing it onboard might derail the train. The Strathclyde Partnership for Transport said that it might mean that Ibrox subway station will have to be shut if fans did not stop doing The Bouncy on the trains.

Controversy
In 2007 journalist Gerry McNee wrote in the News of the World, a claim that The Bouncy was reffering to the murder of Robert Hamill in Northern Ireland in 1997. The allegation caused complaints mainly by the Rangers Supporters Trust who called McNee's allegations "a disgracful slur" and called for him to publicly apologise. The Rangers Supporters Trust also called for McNee and the News of the World to be banned from going to press conferences at Ibrox if the News of the World did not print an apology.