“Grown men were coming up to him with tears in their eyes, saying how he would never fully understand what the song had done for them over the years”: Producer Stephen Hague tells us how he made “the best English football record” with New Order

New Order.

1990 seems like a distant, arguably slightly utopian, world away, with acid house culture swelling across the UK and England’s national football team looking to triumph during Italy’s World Cup campaign. Optimism was in the air.

Although ultimately they didn’t win, no one could contest the quality of the summer of sport’s official soundtrack. A song cooked up by the least likely footie fans - New Order.