Boardman came up with the idea of writing his own World Cup song because he thought that some of them were "lousy".
He then wrote the song and designed a CD cover for it and contacted a friend of his to help record it.
[3] The song's line "The Germans bombed our chippy" was based on a real incident when Boardman's local fish and chip shop was destroyed by a bomb dropped by the Luftwaffe in the Liverpool Blitz.
[6] In the UK Indie Chart, the song reached number 1 in the week beginning 5 June 2006.
[8] It was reported that Liverpool players Jamie Carragher and Steven Gerrard with former Liverpool player, Michael Owen sang the song during an England national football team training camp coach.