“There was a group of fans waiting outside the studio waiting for the England team; the word had gotten out. The players were in surprisingly good spirits and someone arranged for ‘refreshments’. By the time they made it into the studio, each player had a bottle of Champagne and a few beers. Keith Allen appeared with a raft of lyrics and a major hangover, and on his heels came Tony Wilson and Bernard Sumner. Peter Hook arrived and was mingling with the footballers. Everyone was either very under-slept, hungover, or in the process of getting drunk. We had to get things moving fast.
“My plan was for each player to do part of the infamous rap. We started with Gazza. Nope. Then the rest had a go and it was shocking. I can neither rap nor play centre-forward at Wembley, so I couldn’t get frustrated, but my plan wasn’t working. Then John Barnes gave it a try and we had our guy.
“Keith, Tony and I discussed the original ‘E is for England’ line. I thought it was a bad idea to have a drug reference and face a possible BBC ban, so that went. In that same chat, ‘England’ became a three-syllable word, resulting in the ‘En-ger-land’ chant on the outro.
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