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Because of their use on national team football shirts and other FA products the coat of arms is familiar to many English people. The Heraldry Society have said that "it is probable that, after the Royal arms, it is the most widely recognised shield in England". [2]: 39 The coat is the subject of the England football song "Three Lions".
The three lions have been extensively used in sport, and currently feature in the coats of arms of The Football Association, the England and Wales Cricket Board, and in the logo of England Boxing. [6] [35] [36] [37] In 1997 and 2002 the Royal Mint issued a one pound coin featuring three lions passant to represent England. [38]
The motif of the England national football team has three lions passant guardant, the emblem of King Richard I, who reigned from 1189 to 1199. [105] In 1872, English players wore white jerseys emblazoned with the three lions crest of the Football Association. [106] The lions, often blue, have had minor changes to colour and appearance. [107]
Three gold lions (or leopards) passant on a red field. The Royal Banner of England is based on the Royal arms of England . The banner is neither a national flag or a royal standard, and only represents the ruling monarch exclusively in England.
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The Three Lions, the nickname of the England national football team "Three Lions" (song), a 1996 song by Baddiel and Skinner and the Lightning Seeds; Three Lions, a football video game; The Three Lions, a 2013 play by William Gaminara; The Three Lions crest of the England cricket team
The Barbary lion is an unofficial national animal of England. In the Middle Ages, the lions kept in the menagerie at the Tower of London were Barbary lions. [6] English medieval warrior rulers with a reputation for bravery attracted the nickname "the Lion": the most famous example is Richard I of England, known as Richard the Lionheart. [7]
A successful conversion from the three-yard line is worth one point, from the 10-yard line worth two, and 20-yard line worth three. —Field dimensions are more complicated, and subject to discussion.