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Podcast: Witness History
Episode: 'I wrote the Champions League anthem'
Description: In 1992, European football was at a turning point. The European Cup was going to be replaced with a new format: The Champions League. European football’s governing body, Uefa wanted a classical theme to accompany the new competition, in an attempt to try and fix the image of football which was mired by hooliganism at the time. Tony Britten was the man tasked with writing such a piece of music. He tells Tim O’Callaghan how he did it. Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by the...