Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's coming home
It's coming home
It's coming
Footballs coming home!

I'm English which doesn't stop me finding this absurd and trite jingle highly annoying.

It has never been home, re. the Euros. I love the interview with Denmark players when they said this !

WC was 1966, no Euro win.

I think the annoying jingle is a reference to the game's invention (or at least the formal codification of laws) in England in the 19th century, not any previous tournament victory, or (as you point out) lack thereof.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's coming home
It's coming home
It's coming
Footballs coming home!

It’s going to be epic to see all those British faces sobbing because you can’t rob your way thru a trophy. Back to the cave, rat.

Don't you mean English faces? I'm British (Northern Irish) and I'll be cheering for Italy. And I'm not alone. You'll find that many in Britain, ie Scotland, Wales and N Ireland, support ABE - Anyone But England.

British is what most Americans call people from England. I just tell them this:
English - People from England
Great Brittain - The one island with Scotland, Wales, and England.
Brittish Isles - Includes Great Brittain, Ireland and many others.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's coming home
It's coming home
It's coming
Footballs coming home!

I'm English which doesn't stop me finding this absurd and trite jingle highly annoying.

It has never been home, re. the Euros. I love the interview with Denmark players when they said this !

WC was 1966, no Euro win.

And after the remark the smug look on Kaspar Schmeichel's face faded as he was confronted by a journalist on his thoughts of facing a player (Kane) who's scored a boat load against Schmiechel in the Premiership. Must have stung more after he made the first penalty save only for Kane to bang in the rebound and spark that chant of football's coming home.

Let's remember in 1966 England was facing a side that had a World Cup to its name (1954) whilst England had never won the World Cup. It could happen this time around despite Italy being the team in form and the team to beat. By no means would I think that Italy can be easily beaten as they've demonstrated their class throughout this entire tournament. But the sentimentalist in me hopes to see England win. I still remember watching the semi-final match between England and Germany with that woeful Southgate miss against Koepke and then being subjected to the 98 version of "Football's coming home" (tears for heroes dressed in grey, no plans for final day!). Either way it will be a fantastic end to an otherwise entertaining tournament.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's coming home
It's coming home
It's coming
Footballs coming home!

It’s going to be epic to see all those British faces sobbing because you can’t rob your way thru a trophy. Back to the cave, rat.

Don't you mean English faces? I'm British (Northern Irish) and I'll be cheering for Italy. And I'm not alone. You'll find that many in Britain, ie Scotland, Wales and N Ireland, support ABE - Anyone But England.

England 2 Italy 1. In regulation. Italy scores first, then runs out of steam while England methodically grinds them down.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's coming home
It's coming home
It's coming
Footballs coming home!

I'm English which doesn't stop me finding this absurd and trite jingle highly annoying.

It has never been home, re. the Euros. I love the interview with Denmark players when they said this !

WC was 1966, no Euro win.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's coming home
It's coming home
It's coming
Footballs coming home!

It’s going to be epic to see all those British faces sobbing because you can’t rob your way thru a trophy. Back to the cave, rat.

Oh this game will be a black arts special. There will be some much diving and rolling around in pain. I doubt they actually play more than 15 minutes a half.

Anonymous wrote:Where is a good place to watch the game on Sunday with kids? Looking for a big screen, preferably outdoors, kid friendly, food+drinks... Any ideas?

Bump. Also wondering…

Anonymous wrote:Where is a good place to watch the game on Sunday with kids? Looking for a big screen, preferably outdoors, kid friendly, food+drinks... Any ideas?

And does anyone know where one can buy Italian soccer shirts? We’re partly Italian-American and it would be fun to have the kiddos and us wear the shirts and celebrate our heritage too. Such fun!

Anonymous wrote:It's coming home
It's coming home
It's coming
Footballs coming home!

It’s going to be epic to see all those British faces sobbing because you can’t rob your way thru a trophy. Back to the cave, rat.

Where is a good place to watch the game on Sunday with kids? Looking for a big screen, preferably outdoors, kid friendly, food+drinks... Any ideas?

Anonymous wrote:It's coming home
It's coming home
It's coming
Footballs coming home!

I'm English which doesn't stop me finding this absurd and trite jingle highly annoying.

It's coming home
It's coming home
It's coming
Footballs coming home!

Anonymous wrote:Pirates pirateering…. What’s new? Did you really think the British bastards were not going to rob and pillage their way thru?

It was so obvious i won 2700$ on a parlay bet (Denmark scores first, Kane scores in the game and England wins)

Regardless. Forza Italia this Sunday!!! Nobody born before 1965 has seen the English win anything… let’s keep it that way ragazzi 🇮🇹🍝🍕⚽️

+1

Anonymous wrote:I hate Italy. And I will be rooting for them to win 7-0 on Sunday, because I hate England more. Ridiculous dive gets them into the final and they've had every advantage of home games. Forza Italia.

Unless you’re an English kunt there’s no reason to root for them lol like when everyone was Croatia in WC2018