Watch the exact moment the whole UK erupts in World Cup jubilation at England's win
You might not know this, but apparently it's coming home. The World Cup, that is.
After a decidedly tense match, which had the entire nation teetering on the edge of its seat, England knocked Colombia out of the World Cup.
First of all, England has a terrible track record with penalties at the World Cup — they've never won any of their previous penalty shootouts in the competition. So, when it finally happened this time around, people were chuffed (to say the absolute least).
And, right on cue: the whole country erupted into a chorus of jubilation.
The words, "It's coming home, it's coming home, football's coming home," were shouted from the rooftops.
Liverpool Street Station in London was the scene of wild celebration, and total strangers jumped around, danced, and sang together.
MPs were also beside themselves when England won on penalties.
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Pubs and bars up and down the country were rammed with football fans, who basically didn't know what to do with themselves.
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Revellers even took to the streets to express their boundless joy.
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Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.
A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.
Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.
