Festive revamp for Three Lions
SIR Geoff Hurst and Lionesses Jess Carter and Beth England have made cameo appearances in Frank Skinner and David Baddiel’s festive reworking of their classic football anthem Three Lions, ahead of the 2022 men’s World Cup.
The video sees Sir Geoff swap his England kit for a Santa suit, while Carter and England recreate their celebratory dance after winning the Women’s Euro 2022.
The video features Skinner and Baddiel dressed in Christmas jumpers, superimposed next to their younger selves from the original music video, singing while decorating a tree with Lioness baubles.
They sing: “The blokes seem cursed, whatever they try and I think I know why, they’re just jinxed in July, but it’s December. Three Lions on a sleigh, with she-lions inspiration, Santa says ‘let’s play’.”
The comedians told The One Show that although their famous refrain “football’s coming home” had become obsolete following victory for the England women’s team’s European Championships win this year, they would give it “one more go for the blokes.”
Skinner, 65, said: “We just had to do it. Christmas World Cup songs are not like buses. If we’d let this opportunity pull away, it would have been a very long wait for the next one.”