It comes by every four years: a time for aspiring musicians everywhere to prove their love of “The Beautiful Game” with their own football terrace anthem. Dizzee Rascal and James Corden have had a go; Russell Brand and Robbie Williams have covered “Three Lions”; and YouTube is positively littered with other attempts including a tune from not-so-Young-One Rik Mayall called “Noble England”.

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