Quote Originally Posted by Moodybluebird View Post
Agree with everything except your paragraph about supporting England. When West Germany equalised in the last few seconds of the 1966 final, I must have been the happiest 12 year old in the land. Sadly my joy didn't last.

No doubt influenced by my dad, I've always had disdain for English international football teams but even so I really liked the team of 1970, in my view the best England team I have seen.....until now.

My one wish is that Spain had a great finisher because England would have been chasing shadows on Sunday, just like Italy were for most of the semi final. Alas, I believe England now have a decent chance of becoming European champions for the first time. Fingers crossed it doesn't come home.
England winning does not equate to football coming home. They have very little pedigree in the tournament, they certainly haven't won it before. the default state in international tournaments certainly isn't England winning.
I always thought the original song was about the tournament (in 1996) being played IN England - i.e. the football coming home to it's roots. Still a slightly arrogant notion, as nobody outside of England really considers England to be the home of football.