Sports National Anthem

[tamborine]

Should it be Jerusalem?

[-Talbot-]

It'a a rousing song, it always makes me and my mate Arti choke.

[steg]

Ken Dodds - we are the diddymen men

[ichkeria]

It should be but it won't be, by the look of it
It already is for the Commonwealth Games I think?
I wish they would change it then the pressure would be on us (NI) to drop GSTQ as well and have our own like Scotland and Wales (and England)

[jno]

Whose anthem? Britain's? England's?

[jackthehat]

We don't actually have blue-birds on this side of 'the pond', Jordy...

[tamborine]

sry, (anti FBI) Apple wont let iphone add link from Sky news today ;)

[Gromit]

Any Tournament England are in that can be decided on penalties, should use this theme...




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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr-SNCtoyPk

[ichkeria]

http://news.sky.com/story/1621599/should-english-national-sports-change-anthem

They must have had a change of heart ...

[Gromit]

< I can't believe I posted a Phil Collins videa >

[tamborine]

Thanx for link ichkeria

[mikey4444]

I am an Englishman living in Wales, and I am not sure how popular "Jerusalem" would be in this side of the Severn Bridge !

But for the English it about ideal I would have thought.

[Haggisdj]

I think that God Save the Queen should be saved for Royal events and British sporting events and Jerusalem for English sporting events.

[woofgang]

Jerusalem is about Jesus coming to England (specifically the west country) as a boy. Why would people who don’t believe in god, or believe in a different god, want to sing it?

[ichkeria]

Why would people who don't believe in God sing "God Save the Queen"?

[woofgang]

no idea ich

[viv41]

Jordy, I thought that was beautiful ..

[jourdain2]

Love 'Jerusalem', it's really good to sing (which is a consideration of course), but I would go for 'I vow to thee my country'. Great tune and country/loyalty focused.