What exactly does it mean when they say “it’s coming home”?

[Soubriquet]

As you can probably tell, I’m not a football fan

In fact I can’t stand it and think it’s a load of rubbish but that’s besides the point

I keep seeing Facebook friends saying “it’s coming home!” And acting all excited

So what’s coming home?!

It's coming home
It's coming home
It's coming
Football's coming home (we'll go getting bad results)
It's coming home
It's coming home
It's coming
Football's coming home
It's coming home
It's coming home
It's coming
Football's coming home
It's coming home
It's coming home
It's coming
Football's coming home

Everyone seems to know the score
They've seen it all before
They just know
They're so sure
That England's gonna throw it away
Gonna blow it away
But I know they can play
'Cause I remember

Three Lions on a shirt
Jules Rimet still gleaming
Thirty years of hurt
Never stopped me dreaming

So many jokes, so many sneers
But all those oh-so-nears
Wear you down
Through the years
But I still see that tackle by Moore
And when Linekar scored
Bobby belting the ball
And Nobby Dancing

Three Lions on a shirt
Jules Rimet still gleaming
Thirty years of hurt
Never stopped me dreaming

(What a save, Gordon Banks!
(Good old England, England that couldn't play football)
(England have got it in the bag)
I know that was then but it could be again

It's coming home
It's coming
Football's coming home
It's coming home
It's coming home
It's coming
Football's coming home (England has done it)
It's coming home
It's coming home
It's coming
Football's coming home
It's coming home
It's coming home
It's coming
Football's coming home

Three Lions on a shirt (it's coming home, it's coming)
Jules Rimet still gleaming (football's coming home, it's coming home)
Thirty years of hurt (it's coming home, it's coming)
Never stopped me dreaming (football's coming home)
Three Lions on a shirt (it's coming home, it's coming)
Jules Rimet still gleaming (football's coming home, it's coming home)
Thirty years of hurt (it's coming home, it's coming)
Never stopped me dreaming (football's coming home)
Three Lions on a shirt (it's coming home, it's coming)
Jules Rimet still gleaming (football's coming home, it's coming home)
Thirty years of hurt (it's coming home, it's coming)
Never stopped me dreaming (football's coming home)
Three Lions on a shirt

@GintyMcGinty

Its from the song and the belief that England invented football.

It was invented in England. The Football Association was established in 1863 and was the first official governing body for the sport.

So what’s coming home?!

It, clearly 😂

Thank you for this thread, it has been much more useful than my husband telling me every 2 years "it's just...it! It's coming home!"

@LyndaMcLynda

I've just read something that said who else thought the song said "jewels remain still gleaming".

I did. Apparently it doesn't. It says "Jules Remet still gleaming" which is the name of the old cup or something. Head blown.

Ohhhh!!!! Well that changes things lol..

55 years of hurt now..blimey.

98 version
We still believe, we still believe
We still believe, we still believe

It's coming home, it's coming home
It's coming, Football's coming home
It's coming home, it's coming home
It's coming, Football's coming home

Tears for heroes dressed in grey
No plans for final day
Stay in bed, drift away
It could have been all
Songs in the street
It was nearly complete
It was nearly so sweet
And now I'm singing

Three lions on a shirt
Jules Remet still gleaming
No more years of hurt
No more need for dreaming

Talk about football coming home
And then one night in Rome
We were strong, we had grown
And now I see Ince ready for war
Gazza good as before
Shearer certain to score
And Psycho screaming

Three lions on a shirt
Jueles Remat still gleaming
No more years of hurt
No more need for dreaming

We can dance Nobby's dance
We could dance it in France

It's coming home, it's coming home
It's coming, Football's coming home

And how are the 1990s so long ago!

@joystir59

At the moment we've got a brilliant team of mature professional humble young men playing a beautiful skilful game. And maybe, just maybe, football really is coming home. And I feel sorry for anyone miserable enough to not get behind our team right now.

Omg this x a thousand million So many joyless windbags on here