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Three Lions on a Shirt: The Official History of the England Football Jersey

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The three lions proved so popular that they reigned supreme on the English royal arms for over a century until Edward III added in some French lilies. But despite alterations and additions ever since, the three lions have always remained an integral part of the arms. Which current league club(s) have been promoted the most times and which has been relegated the most times?" asks Dan Nicholls. Coming face to face with the versions of themselves from the original 1996 hit while sitting in a dated living room, the pair are then met with the arrival of England legend Hurst on their doorstep. Ding Dong Merrily on Sky…oh no it’s not on Sky…it has to be on terrestrial doesn’t it…for legal reasons…

And the final piece of the treble? That came in 1994, when Aston Villa beat Manchester United 3-1 to win the Coca-Cola Cup - although Neil Penny swears blind that Mark Bosnich should have walked in the semi-finals and Tranmere should have been at Wembley instead. Why do Italy play in blue when their national flag does not contain this colour?" asks Kerry Gallant. There is also several nods to The Lionesses who won Euro 2022 this summer, England's 1966 World Cup hero Sir Geoff Hurst is a carol singer and Frank Skinner even dresses as Noddy Holder from Slade.

The comedians insist they 'couldn't resist' to reunite with ‎The Lightning Seeds singer Ian Broudie to create a new version of the much-loved song first released in 1996 when England lost to Germany on penalties, again. He collected his menagerie of menace through accidents of ancestry. His great grandfather, Henry I, used a single golden lion as an emblem for the first part of his reign. When he married for a second time, he adopted a lion from the family crest of his new bride, Adeliza of Louvain. Two lions doesn’t have quite the same ring, though. They ended up on England shirts when the Football Association was looking for an emblem for the kit its players would wear at international games in the late 19th century. They settled on the three lions and presumably gained royal permission (as this was 1879, that must mean that Queen Victoria was somewhat amused at the idea). Three Lions on a Shirt is a beautiful, high quality coffee-table book containing an incredible collection of historic match worn England football shirts.

No problems, Jon. The man you're looking for is none other than veteran midfielder Kevin Richardson.Richard Gough may have insisted that he played in six derbies, including "the one that just might stump you, San Jose Clash v Los Angeles Galaxy" - but John Clements is less convinced. "The cities are 343 miles apart!" he exclaims. Revealed: How many units are REALLY in your wine, beer and spirits - and why booze has got so much stronger since the 1970s Tax cuts are just the beginning! Rishi Sunak says last week's 2p off National Insurance is the 'start of a journey' now he's 'got inflation under control' I love being gay, though I don't do it very much now': Out, proud and extremely loud, actress MIRIAM MARGOLYES, 82, is renowned for telling it as she sees it. She talks love and death... as well as laying off JK Rowling

A Colombia keeper involved in kidnapping, an Arsenal legend four times over the limit… and a Brazil star jailed for using a fake passport - as Dani Alves faces up to NINE YEARS in prison, here are the footballers who have spent times behind bars Two teenage boys are arrested for alleged misogynistic chanting aimed at referee Rebecca Welch during Birmingham City's match against Sheffield Wednesday The first one came from Henry I - known as the lion of England - who had a lion on his standard on taking power in 1100. Shortly afterwards he married Adeliza, whose father also had a lion on his shield, and to commemorate the event he added a second lion to his standard. In 1154, two lions became three when Henry II married Eleanor of Aquitaine, who - yes, you've guessed it - also had a lion her family crest. Baddiel: ‘The Lionesses brought it home. Football came home with the Lionesses. And some might say that should be the end of it. Stop singing it. But we decided to give it one more go on the basis that the blokes haven’t brought it home'. The three lions is the emblem of the Football Association – which would have had to ask for permission to use it due to its royal association.

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Fast foward to 1154 and marriage again increased the lion count; two lions turned into three following Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine's coupling, as she too had a lion on her family crest. The original, which topped the charts along with the reworked Three Lions '98, has sold almost two million copies and has been streamed tens of millions of time. Then, in 1152, Henry I’s grandson Henry, Duke of Normandy married Eleanor of Aquitaine – whose family also had a lion on its crest. Young Henry himself became King Henry II of England in 1154 – founding the great Plantagenet dynasty

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