Volley of fan favourites including Sweet Caroline and Atomic Kitten’s Whole Again climb the table ahead of Sunday’s Euros final

Three Lions by Baddiel, Skinner and the Lightning Seeds has returned to the UK Top Five, leading a wave of football favourites in the charts as excitement builds towards Sunday’s Euro 2020 final between England and Italy.

The song was released ahead of the 1996 European Championship and its central line “football’s coming home” has been revived as the mantra of England’s fanbase in recent years, a statement of national pride and self-belief that has sometimes seemed borderline delusional in the past, but which is now more tantalising to sing than ever.

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