UK government ministers have been told to avoid using the phrase"it's coming home" when they are discussing the England football team because it irritates other countries, Politics Home reported.
The email said:"As stressed before, please do encourage your Ministers not to use 'It's Coming Home' with the news media and social media. The phrase"it's coming home" comes from"Three Lions," a song released by the Lightning Seeds and comedians David Baddiel and Frank Skinner to mark the Euro 1996 final.
But the phrase"it's coming home" can be seen to annoy other countries who claim the sport originated there.
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'I know we're swimming against the tide, but we know this does not go down well overseas — and strategically we need to do all we can to make ourselves welcoming to the football authorities when the UK and Ireland is scoping out a bid for the 2030 World Cup.'