It was delivered with an ironic smile. The ultimate tongue-in-cheek display of terrace banter to which there was simply no response.
The setting was Stamford Bridge on a Sunday afternoon in March 2015. "Champions of Europe, you'll never sing that" taunted the Chelsea supporters at their Southampton counterparts in the middle of an enthralling 1-1 draw.
The response from the travelling hordes who had set up camp in the famous Shed End was nothing short of comical genius.
"The Johnstone's Paint Trophy, you'll never win that" they replied, as much to provide a humorous illustration of how far the club had come from the dark days of administration and near liquidation to reclaim their place in the Premier League as to silence their mockers.