Aargh - continued

And now of course I can't get the damned tune out of my head.  My grandkids didn't seem sure of some of the meanings, so for them, and anyone else of a tender age, here's an explanation -

Thirty years of hurt - The song first came out in 1996, thirty years after our one and only World Cup success.

Three lions on a shirt - the emblem of the England football team off and on since 1872

Jules Rimet still gleaming - Jules Rimet was President of FIFA  from 1921 until 1954, and mainly responsible for organising the competition we now know as the Wolrd Cup.  In his honour the original trophy was named the Jules Rimet trophy and it was this which was played for in 1966 and held aloft in triumph by Bobby Moore.  When Brazil won the World Cup for the third time in 1970 the trophy was presented to them permanently.  It was later stolen and never recovered.  The current trophy is just called The FIFA World Cup Trophy.

It's coming home - it is generally accepted that the game of Association Football as we know it today has its origins in the set of rules formulated by the newly formed Football Association in London in 1863.  It is therefore said that England "gave" the game to the rest of the world, and if we were to win the World Cup. the game would be "coming home".