From the reactions to last night's win over Colombia, you'd be forgiven for thinking football had already come home. When England made it into the final eight of the World Cup, London was a very happy place to be. Here's how the capital reacted.
One member of Team Londonist spotted these jubilant scenes on Essex Road:
It was a similar scene in Angel, as shown in this video shared on Reddit:
The scenes in angel after the win tonight from r/london
Meanwhile, somebody at TfL got a bit jubilant, blasting out a rendition of Vindaloo over the tanoy system on a Victoria line platform:
Vindaloo on the Victoria Line last night! from r/london
Things got a bit, er, lively on this bus in Finsbury Park:
Meanwhile in #FinsburyPark #ENGCOL pic.twitter.com/0tJS9UBYB2
โ Josephine Amsel (@Josieamsel) July 3, 2018
The area around Tottenham Court Road and Charing Cross Road was once again blocked by fans revelling in the street:
Kicking off on Tottenham Court Road. Itโs coming home! #ENGCOL pic.twitter.com/3DdY0LebBQ
โ Jamie Murray (@JMurray29) July 3, 2018
We *think* this is BoxPark in Croydon
#ENGCOL
โ Adel Al-shehri (@AdelAlsheri1899) July 3, 2018
English fans reaction to Dier winner penalty ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ pic.twitter.com/xDGEIMa5kL
Flat Iron Square:
The moment Eric Dier sent England into the World Cup quarterfinals ๐๐ฝ@flatironsquare_ #itscominghome #ENGCOL pic.twitter.com/h66humeMbg
โ ESPN UK (@ESPNUK) July 3, 2018
London Bridge:
London Bridge right now ๐#itscomighome #ENGCOL pic.twitter.com/ntGNWyrOpy
โ ESPN UK (@ESPNUK) July 3, 2018
Somewhere in the East End:
East end Bengali England fans doing it! #ENGCOL pic.twitter.com/r16H6EokUF
โ ๐ (@shahedwon) July 3, 2018
The most British reactions on Twitter
Were these people in London? Who cares โ their reactions were so British, we had to share them.
England beating Colombia this morning is definitive proof that tea is better than coffee #WorldCup #ENGCOL
โ Patrick Gray ๐ (@Patrickgray92) July 4, 2018
Legit just watched a guy run full speed, stark naked, carrying an England flag and a can of beer, shouting โf*ck off Shakiraaaaaaaaaโ in unbridled joy, straight into a hedge.
โ Marc Ozall (@marcozall) July 3, 2018
I feel you brother. #ENGCOL
So who has the film rights and more importantly, who will play him in the film???#ENGCOL ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ pic.twitter.com/jdqPijsScQ
โ Ms Chuffy (@MsChuffy) July 3, 2018
Fair play to my neighbour who just went out to his car solely to honk the horn. He now returns to his living room, duty complete. #ENG
โ James Manning (@JamesManning) July 3, 2018
The musical reactions (sound on to watch)
Knighthood for whoever initiated this please:
The #WorldCup has got the nation singing Atomic Kitten in the street. WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE ๐๐ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ #SouthgateUrtheOne #footballscominghomeagain ๐ค #ENGCOL @England @atomickitten pic.twitter.com/XTyoj0Ea7l
โ Sam Darlaston (@samd_official) July 3, 2018
Last but not least, it's not London-specific, but every fan needs to watch this at least once. Oh, there seems to be something in our eye...
Dierโs penalty is miles better with titanic music #ENGCOL pic.twitter.com/xHbgbwiNri
โ Will (@willgreatorex) July 3, 2018
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