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David Baddiel never thought he’d hear Three Lions sung at Wembley after an England final win-Tori Brazier-Entertainment – Metro
‘I really did think that would never happen.’
The comedian and novelist finally heard his song sung in the perfect circumstances (Picture: Getty/AFP)
David Baddiel has said it was ‘beautiful’ to hear the football anthem Three Lions sung at Wembley Stadium on Sunday, as he admitted he never thought it would actually happen.
The comedian was reflecting on the dazzling success of England’s women’s football team after their 2-1 victory at the Euro 2022 final ended 56 years of hurt for the country with a major championship title finally clinched again.
The last time England won a significant football title was 1966’s World Cup win, with the nation never having earned the European champion title until yesterday.
David recorded the classic football song with Frank Skinner and rock band Lightning Seeds in 1996 ahead of the World Cup, at that time marking just 30 years of hurt.
He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Monday: ‘It’s beautiful, it’s fantastic.
‘It was beautiful to hear it sung out at Wembley yesterday as we finally clinched a final – I really did think that would never happen. It was so amazing to actually think, “Oh, we won” – this doesn’t happen.’
David said it was ‘beautiful’ to hear his song sung on Sunday by the crowd and the Lionesses (Picture: David Levenson/Getty Images)
David with Frank Skinner in 1998, with whom he also presented TV show Fantasy Football League (Picture: Trevor Leighton/TV Times/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
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‘It’s actually happened, and then the team all coming into the press conference and anarchically breaking [it] up by singing the song… it was just so brilliant, and so in the spirit of the Lionesses, which is kind of joyful and unbridled and brilliant, the way they play.’
The performer added that he was ‘very happy about it’.
He also shared that he hoped his daughter and her children would think of football not as ‘default owned by men’ but as ‘the same game, played by women or played by men’.
England lifted the UEFA Euro trophy for the first time in history (Picture: Getty)
Making the distinction, he went on: ‘But that is something that I think has only been made clear very, very recently.
‘It’s the same game, played by women or played by men. And what’s totally brilliant in the last sort of few weeks is the sense that the country can get behind it in entirely the same way.’
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The Lionesses’ triumph was celebrated by the likes of Adele, Phillip Schofield and Piers Morgan, while retired international player Alex Scott became emotional discussing the victory during a BBC Breakfast interview on Monday.
The match broke attendance records at Wembley Stadium as well as viewing figures for the year so far, trouncing the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
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