Every team at this year's World Cup Finals will show up in a different kit, a newer and snazzier kit, than the one they wore last time. And yet somehow they'll all stand there in the baking heat just before kick-off, listening to the same old national anthem as the time before, and the time before that... so I think it's time for a change.
I think it's time we upgraded the national anthem of every country competing in the 2026 World Cup to feature newer and more interesting music, music written by their favourite sons or daughters. Imagine how lively the pre-match would be if this playlist was the soundtrack – and then please be upstanding...
