The summer of 1996 was a special time for English football. Manchester United had just lifted their third Premier League title under Sir Alex Ferguson, and attention turned to the European Championships, which were on home soil.
The soundtrack of the summer was Baddiel and Skinner’s ‘Three Lions’ commonly known as ‘Football’s Coming Home’. The song, which featured the Lightning Seeds, built memories that have lived on long after that summer, and in many ways the song is a bitter reminder of just how close the country came to tasting international success.
England’s squad, led by Terry Venables, boasted a wealth of talent from front to back. One of those stars was Tony Adams, and he has revealed that a seven-week bender followed the loss to
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