By: Tyler Dudek

“Sweet Caroline” was written around 50 years ago by singer Neil Dimond. It has become the

unofficial anthem of the England national football team.

Neil Diamond said he was “Happy to learn that England fans had started singing his song.”

Wembley DJ Tony Parry said he went with his instinct to play “Sweet Caroline” at a recent

game. “I went with my gut,” he says. “Even the German fans were belting it out in the end. It’s a song that all fans can enjoy.”

Eight-year-old Tess became an overnight superstar after she was caught on camera showing her support for England, jumping and singing along to Sweet Caroline.

“I found out when Sweet Caroline finished. My mum kept getting texts from people saying,

‘Tess is on telly, Tess is on telly!'” she told BBC Radio One.

“When I’m older I want to be footballer so I was looking at how they were celebrating and

thinking of how I was going to celebrate.” said Tess.

“Sweet Caroline” isn’t the first pop song to echo around a sport stadium. Liverpool FC’s anthem You’ll Never Walk Alone was written for the hit musical Carousel, while Scotland have claimed the song, Yes Sir, I Can Boogie, a hit from the year 1977.