Yes, Volgadon - it was actually St. Mary's Hospital, Manchester, the day Alf Ramsey's English team won the World Cup of football.
Back to the topic, I don't have it now, but, on a Musician's Channel, I heard it said by an instructor that someone can play whatever they want as an intro. or interlude to a pop-song...sadly, I think, many of the recordings on folk-radio have adopted that idea - and some interludes go on for so long one could easily forget what the lyric was on about...again, I prefer the traditional way.