England fans have begun preparing to welcome football home with hilarious impromptu performances of Three Lions across the nation.
World Cup fever has truly gripped England as children and adults band together to sing, or in some cases sign, the Baddiel and Skinner cult classic.
Other creative souls have used the jingle on their ice cream vans or school bells as they get ready for their semi-final match against Croatia tomorrow.
Nichola Price shared this heart-warming clip of her teaching her four-year-old son Alfie how to sign along to Three Lions
This heart-warming footage showed the moment a four-year-old boy with a speech and language delay is taught to sign the words to Three Lions.
Nichola Price taught her son Alfie Backhouse how to sign the football anthem at her home in Normanton in West Yorkshire yesterday in the build-up to the match.
In the clip, Alfie and Nichola sign in increasing synchronicity as the chorus hits until the end when they both give a thumbs up as a huge grin spreads across his face.
The 30-year-old full-time carer said: ‘Alfie loves the song and has been humming along so I thought it would be great for him to learn to sign it.
Nichola Price taught Alfie at her home in Normanton in West Yorkshire yesterday in the build-up to the match. She said that Alfie has been humming along to the song for ages and so she decided to teach him how to sign it
‘He has really got into the World Cup spirit. I wanted to film it, so I could raise awareness of sign language and Makaton.’
Alfie suffers from Perthes disease which causes his femur bones to crumble, meaning he has to use a wheelchair when travelling long distances.
Ms Price added: ‘Hopefully Alfie will be having a good day pain wise, so we can go and watch it at his grandmas.
‘If not, we will definitely be watching it at home. We’ve got flags pinned to the front of the house and on match days we attach some to his wheelchair.
‘Because of his physical issues he cant play football so I’m trying to make a real effort for him to be involved by watching.’
At the end of the clip Alfie and Nichola look delighted, having managed to reach perfect synchronisation during the chorus
One football-mad headteacher took his love of the World Cup to the next level by switching out the school bell and instead playing Three Lions.
Chris Rue, who works at the Epinay School in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, surprised pupils while they waited patiently for the bell to signal the end of morning lessons.
But instead of the usual ringing, students were delighted when ‘It’s Coming Home’ blared out of speakers across the playground.
He said: ‘The kids have totally got into the world cup and the way Gareth has got the team playing, it has created a massive football feeling here.
Chris Rue, the headteacher at the Epinay School in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, changed the school bell from its usual jingle to play Three Lions
‘The reaction was extreme excitement, the kids were up dancing and jumping around. They’re all singing the song on the way to school anyway.
‘It was just a bit of fun to get us all into the spirit and support the lads as best we can really.
‘We have it planned at least until Wednesday and fingers crossed next week too.’
The school installed the bell in June which allows the children to choose different tones and melodies.
Mr Rue added: ‘We have ‘Respect’ by Aretha Franklin play for lunchtime and other songs that have some kind of educational meaning.’
He said: ‘It was just a bit of fun to get us all into the spirit and support the lads as best we can really. We have it planned at least until Wednesday and fingers crossed next week too’
In the clip, filmed in Newcastle on Saturday, Ollie gets everyone at a wedding reception to sing along to ‘it’s coming home’
This is the adorable moment a young boy gets everyone at a wedding reception to sing along to ‘it’s coming home’.
In the clip, filmed in Newcastle on Saturday, a woman introduces the little boy and says ‘Ollie’s gonna start the song off and you can all join in’.
After the nervous boy is given a little prompting from the woman, he soon begins chanting ‘It’s coming home’.
The rest of the wedding reception quickly joins in, with everyone clapping and shouting the lyrics.
After around half a minute of singing, the boy stops and a loud cheer goes up from the crowd, praising Ollie for his efforts.
The adorable boy then says ‘thank you very much’ and ‘bye’ before handing the microphone back.
The rest of the wedding reception quickly joins in, with everyone clapping and shouting the lyrics
This England-obsessed ice cream van driver has switched out his usual jingle for Three Lions
An England-obsessed ice cream van driver did his bit for World Cup fever by blasting Three Lions out instead of his usual jingle.
Craig Johnston, 28, filmed his local ice cream van ringing out the chorus to the 1998 football hit as it did the rounds on Monday – and the footage quickly went viral.
The tiny truck’s catchy tune could be heard from streets away as the ice cream van approached Mr Johnston’s road during the hot afternoon.
It’s the third time he has heard the driver playing the cheerful jingle, and Mr Johnston has joked that he can’t ‘escape the tune’.
Craig Johnston, 28, filmed this clip of his local ice cream van making its way up his street in Byram-Brotherton in Yorkshire which quickly went viral
Mr Johnston, from Byram-Brotherton in Yorkshire, said: ‘The ice cream man comes down our road playing his jingle every day.
‘I noticed he changed the song over the weekend shortly after the quarter-final match.
‘Of course I like the song. We’ve only lived here two years, but since we have he’s always had some sort of theme music on it.
‘Last year it was ‘(Is this the way to) Amarillo’, which I found hilarious. It gets a lot of attention around here because we’re only a small village.’
Even Scottish-born Mr Johnston can’t resist the pull of the Three Lions song, and has said he will supporting England in the match tomorrow.
He said: ‘The funny fact about it is that I’m actually Scottish. I’m usually a Rangers supporter, and my English team would be Leeds.
‘I’m supporting the England team though, of course I am. You’ve got to support your neighbours.’
A wedding crowd of 500 guests were spotted going wild when the DJ played it’s coming home just after England smashed Sweden in the quarter final last week.
Heartwarming footage crowds at the Punjabi wedding dancing to the Skinner and Baddiel hit while chanting ‘It’s Coming Home’ and waving glow sticks in the air – with at least one even wearing an England shirt.
Kiran Dhaliwal, from London, posted the video with the caption: ‘Sikh family wedding. I bloody love this country #ItsComingHome.’
One guest at the wedding told MailOnline the bride and groom are ‘avid football fans’.
Heartwarming footage posted online shows crowds at a Sikh wedding dancing to the Skinner and Baddiel hit while chanting ‘It’s Coming Home’ and waving glow sticks in the air
But as the wedding coincided with England’s big clash against Sweden friends of the groom watched the match on iPads at their table.
‘Once England won they requested footballs coming home to be put on then it just erupted,’ the guest said.
Since being posted on Sunday the video has racked up nearly a million views and hundreds of responses.
One person said: ‘Best wedding dance ever… whoever said that romance was dead was so wrong.’
Another added: ‘A few in that video are defo on for Waistcoat Wednesday- we’re reclaiming the flag and the Waistcoat- you’re absolutely right – this is England- mad bonkers beautiful England.’
‘Best wedding dance ever!’ Fans cheered and chanted as they danced at the wedding
Justin Timberlake was heard shouting ‘it’s coming home’ during his concert at the O2 Arena in London yesterday
Justin Timberlake came out in support of the England football team by leading a chant of ‘it’s coming home’ at his concert at the O2 Arena in London yesterday.
The 37 year old was playing the first of two headline sets at the venue this week when he paused to give his backing to the team as they prepare to face Croatia.
In a reference to the chorus of the David Baddiel and Frank Skinner song Three Lions, Timberlake called out: ‘It’s… coming… home!’ prompting screams and applause from thousands of his fans.
Timberlake continued: ‘Somebody told me the first time I came here that I became an honorary Brit so – it’s… coming… home!’
Timberlake said: ‘Somebody told me the first time I came here that I became an honorary Brit so – it’s… coming… home!’ He then attempted an English accent and added ‘go on then Kane’
The Cry Me A River singer then humoured the audience with an impression of impassioned England fans cheering on the players.
With an attempt at an English accent, he cried: ‘Go on then Kane, go on! Go on then Maguire come on!’
Timberlake will play the second of his dates at the O2 on Wednesday night – at the same time as England’s big match.
After the O2 shared footage of Timberlake’s football chant on social media, fans asked whether the venue would be showing the match ahead of the singer’s performance.
In response, a post from the venue’s official Twitter profile read: ‘Please keep you eye on our facebook and twitter, we hope to have an announcement later today…’