With Euro 2024 upon us, a thread to discuss football songs. Man, there are some stinkers out there. But also some gems.
If this is to be Super Furry Animals’ swansong, then what better way to go out then with a krautrock inspired bit of daftness inspired by Wales qualification for (and subsequent great performance at) Euro 2016:
Anyone remember this Madchester inspired piece from Primal Scream and Irvine Welsh for Euro 96? Felt quite zeitgeisty being immediately post Trainspotting and just as Primal Scream were getting good again:
For balance, ‘England United’ (Echo & The Bunnymen and The Spice Girls) stink the place up with the official England song for WC98 
Although the song was a substantial chart hit in the UK, peaking at #9, critical reception to the song was largely negative. Chris Evans was quoted as saying: “It is a good pop song, but you can’t sing it on the terraces. You can’t really get your teeth into the lyrics.”[4] Charlie Porter in The Times said that it was “a snivelling apology for an official song” that “washes over you”.[5] Matthew Wright, writing in The Daily Mirror quoted footballers Ian Wright and Rio Ferdinand describing it as “bollocks” and “rubbish” respectively.[6] In 2006 Guardian readers voted it the second worst England football song ever, after 1982’s “This Time (We’ll Get It Right)”.[7] BBC reporter Mark Savage describes the song as “clumsy and boring”. When it was played at Wembley Stadium, it was booed by fans.
