Football fans are only just realising they've been singing Three Lions all wrong
ok.co.ukThe second that England faces a defeat in Euro 2024, the sound of Three Lions being sung from every pub and bar will suddenly come to an abrupt halt.
But as hopes for victory continue, there is one particular line that people may stumble over.The iconic Three Lions anthem, better known as It's Coming Home or Football's Coming Home, was released in 1996 by The Lightning Seeds alongside comedy duo Frank Skinner and David Baddiel.The anthem will undoubtedly echo across the nation during England's quarter-final match against Switzerland on Saturday, 6 July – when all eyes will once again be on star player Jude Bellingham, after he avoided a ban for a gesture he made following his late equaliser against Slovakia last Sunday.
So you've got just a few hours to brush up on the lyrics – you know, the song that goes: "It's coming home, it's coming - football's coming home." But even the most die-hard footy fans are only now realising they've been belting out one line incorrectly all these years....
The lyric many people trip up on sounds like: "Jewels remain still gleaming." In reality, the line actually goes: "Jules Rimet still gleaming," reports the Mirror.
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