With Swing Low Sweet Chariot still ringing in English ears after winning the rugby World Cup, one man hopes his song can bring similar success to the nation's football team.

Markus Leinneber has penned England Bring Home Victory and wants it to become the soundtrack for his country's bid to win next summer's European Championships in Portugal.

The 42-year-old is a mature student at the Brighton Institute of Modern Music and the final version of the tune was produced by tutors Mark Flannery and Nick Southwood.

Markus, an actor who has appeared in television commercials for Admiral Insurance, said: "Originally, I wrote it with more of an orchestral arrangement so that it could be played after God Save The Queen.

"But as soon as Nick and Mark heard it they immediately thought it had to be faster and more poppy.

"We want it to become a big song, an anthem the fans can pick up and sing to like they did with Three Lions."

The song by comedians David Baddiel and Frank Skinner became a terrace anthem during Euro 96.

Its celebrity connections gave it a big helping hand and Markus hopes his tune will also attract some famous faces.

He said: "Nick Moran, who acted in Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, has had a listen and expressed an interest and we have sent a copy off to Robbie Williams's management.

"I think the song is strong enough to get some big names involved."

Markus has teamed up with fellow institute student Ross Black, 35, and the pair plan to set up their own company, Tenderhooks Productions, to distribute their own music in the future.

Former engineer Ross said: "Mark played me the song the first day we started college. Even though it was a lot different then - just Mark on a keyboard - I thought it was a goer straight away.

"If the song is successful, we can launch the company on the back of it and we have more material in the pipeline.

"The most difficult thing about the music business is getting started in the first place. Hopefully the song will provide our way in."

Damian Keys, director of the institute, is delighted with the song and believes the college was the perfect environment for its development.

He said: "We wanted to get away from the Pop Idol and Fame Academy worlds where there are 30,000 people auditioning for just one chance.

"The idea here is that there are always ways of furthering your career through doing things yourself, like starting your own label or distributing a track on your own."

Even if the song proves popular, its chances of being burnt into the nation's psyche like Three Lions may depend on something out of their control - the England team's performance.

Markus said: "We really need the team to do well in Portugal. If they can get to the quarter-finals and beyond, the song could really take off."