A new song for Euro 2024 launched by footballing star Emile Heskey aims to combat the “vile” racist abuse suffered by England players after the last European championship. It’s OUR Team, by up and coming stars CreezOn and Ke4T and producer Toddla T, calls on the England squad to “bring home the silverware and send racism packing”. Launched by Heskey, who has 62 caps for England, the song addresses the racism suffered by Marcus Rashford, Bukayo Saka and Jadon Sancho after England lost to Italy in the Euro 2020 final, and demands it never happens again.
Heskey said: “I am backing this song because it’s catchy, positive and the people involved want to bring the nation together and bring the trophy home. “England is our team, all of us, no matter our race. We cannot let the vile racists win; so let us all get behind our England team.
Come on England.” Toddla T, CreezOn and Ke4T added: “As soon as Black Footballers Partnership brought us the song idea we jumped on it, and within 48 hours we put together this beautifully produced track It’s OUR Team. “We all grew up in a diverse England – black, brown and white people playing footy together on beat-up pitches, jumping on each other as goals went in and suffering the misery of too many losses.
“England is our team. We hope the message of this track brings people together and helps drive the racists away from our beautiful game. Come on England.
” The song lyrics specifically name-check Rashford, Saka and.
