It's so tense for these fans as they watch England's Euro 96 semi-final with Germany. Are you pictured?It's so tense for these fans as they watch England's Euro 96 semi-final with Germany. Are you pictured?
It's so tense for these fans as they watch England's Euro 96 semi-final with Germany. Are you pictured?

Football's coming home! Nine pictures as we relive 1996 in Hartlepool

Remember when THAT song dominated the charts – and the football chants that came with it?

Remember when England came within a whisker of knocking Germany of the tournament?

Or how about that David Seaman penalty save? It was a cracking summer and Euro 96 gripped the nation.

It’s all about to come back into the spotlight when the whole tournament is re-screened on television from Monday.

But what was happening back in Hartlepool that year? Here is a reminder.