There are some ugly things that happen at football tournaments, outside of the football. And, sad to say, as a fella from England, often when England fans are around.

But one of the nicer things that happened at the recent Euro’s was the adoption of Neil Diamond’s Sweet Caroline, as the anthem of the English fans. It was quite moving to be honest, leaving aside the right’s and wrongs of football fans being allowed to have such close contact at this time.

And I’m sure it’s no coincidence that the words leading up to the main chorus are the ones that stand out, and caused the song to take off in this way.

”Hands, touching hands
Reaching out, touching me, touching you”

We’ve missed being able to get close to people, and a new appreciation of that sense of touch is a good thing, I think.

A little less digital, a bit more physical, will do none of us any harm in the long run.