“Football’s coming home?” – a translation guide
Published on July 11, 2018 / Updated on November 10, 2022
As the drama in the football world cup unfolded in Russia in 2018, and England fought its way back into relevance, an old (but gold) song has resurfaced: “Three Lions” by The Lightning Seeds – with a little help from David Baddiel and Frank Skinner. It includes, of course, the now-famous chorus, “Football’s coming home”.
England lost, unfortunately, but we still wondered: How do you say “Football’s coming home” in other languages?
Lingoda is a pretty multi-lingual company as you’d expect.
English: Football’s coming home
Croatian: Nogomet se vraca kuci
Russian: Football edet domoi
Irish: Tá sé ag teacht abhaile
Spanish: El fútbol vuelve a casa
Italian: Il calcio ste tornendo e case
Latvian: Futbols nàx màjàs
Belorussian: Football yetze dadomo
Polish: pijkanozna wraca do domu
French: Le foot rentre à la maison
German: Der Fußball kommt heim
Swedish: Fotboll kommer hem
Kannada: Football namma manealli
Dutch: Voetbal komt thuis
Now, let’s see if football is really coming home!