ASPIRING musicians hope to fill the hole left by the lack of an official England World Cup song with their own stirring anthem.

The song, called Fabio, is the brainchild of a Devon-based music collective The Competition.

An ode to England's Italian manager Fabio Capello, the tune features performances by Totnes community choir Glorious Chorus, Torquay rapper and musician Sillian and music student Sam Welch.

The plan was hatched last summer, months before the FA confirmed that, for the first time since 1966, there will be no official song to mark England's World Cup campaign in South Africa.

The musicians have just released a video to accompany the song that features fans on a double-decker bus and action shots at Harbertonford Village Hall.

The clip has already generated more than 6,000 viewings on the video sharing website YouTube.

Devonian Sam, currently a student at the Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford, Surrey, said the video and the song is "truly a grass roots production".