Quiz! Can you guess the correct version of Baddiel, Skinner and the Lightning Seeds' 'Three Lions'?

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20 lines coming up – but which version of the song were they in?

Comedians Frank Skinner and David Baddiel who hosted the British television programme Fantasy Football League on BBC2, 30th November 1994.
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Four minutes on the clock, 20 lines to guess.

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We've picked out 20 lines from the original version, released in 1996 and the follow-up, which came out two years later. Can you tell us which lyric corresponds to which song?

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Mark White
Mark White
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Mark White is the Digital Content Editor at FourFourTwo. During his time on the brand, Mark has written three cover features on Mikel Arteta, Martin Odegaard and the Invincibles, and has written pieces on subjects ranging from Sir Bobby Robson’s time at Barcelona to the career of Robinho. An encyclopedia of football trivia and collector of shirts, he first joined the team back in 2020 as a staff writer.