England fans have been singing the Three Lions song lyrics wrong for years
It's the time where England fans start to believe that this might be the year the men's side finally win something, with the World Cup now less than a week away.
Thomas Tuchel's side will kick off preparations against New Zealand in the US tonight (6 June), with fans who have travelled over to the States likely to be in good voice as the squad attempt to bring football home for the first time since 1966.
While we'll have to do it without the likes of Harry Maguire and Phil Foden, this might well be the best chance England have of winning the iconic trophy, especially with talisman Harry Kane perhaps unlikely to still be at the top of his game when the 2030 World Cup rolls around.
Whatever happens, there's likely to be a huge amount of beers sunk and songs sung over the next few weeks, and while we might not be signing that Southgate is the one anymore, one tune that's sure to feature is Three Lions.
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The genius of David Baddiel, Frank Skinner and The Lightning Seeds has become a staple of football tournaments over the years, but it turns out that we've probably been singing it wrong all this time.
It's something of a Nelson Mandela effect because you might well think that the lyrics are 'jewels remain still gleaming' but it turns out that they were actually singing 'Jules Rimet still gleaming'.
Who is Jules Rimet you ask? Well, the Frenchman was the president of FIFA for over 30 years and he had the iconic World Cup trophy named after him, so it turns out that Baddiel and Skinner were on about the trophy still looking good.
The trophy was famously presented to the England team after they beat West Germany to the World Cup title in 1966, with Bobby Moore famously lifting the trophy into the air after it was presented by the Queen.
It was also stolen the very same year, later being returned after seven days when a dog named Pickles found it.
The Jules Rimet would later cease to be used in 1970 when Brazil won the title for a third time - meaning they got the honour of keeping the trophy forever.
It was then stolen again in 1983 and is thought to have been melted down.
Despite the trophy itself being long gone, it has since been memorialised to future generations of football fans thanks to Skinner and Baddiel's song, even if it's been way more than 30 years of hurt at this point.
Just make sure you get the lyrics right this year when belting it out in the pub after several pints.
Hopefully the new version of the Jules Rimet will be coming home with Jude and Kane on the flight back to England this summer.
James Moorhouse