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Create an England chant and make the government happy

Because its not as if they have much else on right now

The war on terror, the broken society, a wreck of an economy. One would think the government had enough to interfere with  solve at the moment. Yet thankfully, plugging the gaping governmental failure to create any new football songs, arrives a new public sector campaign from the good souls at Get On.

For those interested, the Get On campaign aims, “to encourage adults to recognise the ability that they have with words in their day-to-day life and inspire those who need to brush up on their English skills to do so and gain a qualification. The chant competition, now running for its second season, was launched to tap into the nation’s writing talents and show just how creative with language football fans can be.”

Getting in the front seat of what will inevitably be a World Cup bandwagon heaving with this type of guff, Get On are now looking for a fresh England chant to inspire Capello’s men to victory.

The judging panel will include former World in Motion star John Barnes, who luckily enough, now has plenty of time on his hands to sagaciously judge the field. In case you feel intimidated by the calibre of entry, thespoiler is happy to print the sample entry, written by the resident poet at Barnsley FC no less, Mr Ian McMillan. Its after the jump.

ENGLAND IN THE FINAL (To the tune of White Cliffs of Dover)
There’ll be England winning
And people singing
In the final, just you wait and see
There’ll be glory no doubt
With a penalty shootout
When we thrash the other team 5-3!

Thespoiler are more than interested in winning this competition, and are already looking forward to an appearance on Top of the Pops, which shows our age as much as our ambition.  Please help us, and ultimately help yourselves, by submitting entries below. The best one (as judged by Giles Barnes) will be dispatched to number 10 immediately.

(For those readers not that interested in improving their literacy, just ensure you can still produce an X, which may come in handy next May when trying to elect a government who will tell the profligate likes of Get On to “eff off.”)

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