As World Cup fever begins, we go beyond terrace chants and team anthems to look at footy-mad songwriting, from Cardiff rap to Zimbabwean rumbira ... and Rod Stewart ...

Letters: Readers reflect on the greatest songs about football and make their own suggestions ...

England football songs can feel like pure hope in your chest, but one chorus still drags me back to the moment belief turned into heartbreak.

Ahead of England's World Cup opener on Wednesday, ESPN have ranked the five greatest songs ever attached to the Three Lions.