It’s coming home.
Fans at screenings across the city lost it when England secured their place in the World Cup quarter-finals on penalties last night. And as you’d expect, things got just a little bit out of hand.
At an outdoor screening at Impossible Manchester:
In The Printworks:
#England supporters celebrate outside the Printworks after winning against Columbia on penalties. #Manchester, UK 2018. #worldcup #football pic.twitter.com/IdJCnRozYy
— andy barton photo (@Andybartonphoto) 3 July 2018
And pubs:
Man went to the pub yesterday. #Footage #Manchester #ENG pic.twitter.com/dqEUw41H4e
— Kwame Amoah Mensah (@kwamz1994) 4 July 2018
@SkySports @BBCMOTD @BBCSport the Kenilworth pub,cheadle Hulme,Manchester’s reaction to Harry Kane’s penalty pic.twitter.com/bZF1dkZCZj
— ellie powell (@powell10ellie) 3 July 2018
@SkyNews Weatherspoons Manchester.. Kane scores penalty reaction. pic.twitter.com/7jUgDHr956
— Andrew Blakeley (@andrew_blakeley) 3 July 2018
Then they took to the streets:
Sitting in Manchester, I don’t even need to watch the game, I just need to open the windows and listen to the streets. Go England #WorldCup #MassiveFan
— Wasim Akram (@wasimakramlive) 3 July 2018
The streets of Manchester were buzzing after England got through to the #WorldCup quarter-finals!#ENGCOL#ThreeLions#ENG pic.twitter.com/eqmn0wKImX
— The Sportsman (@TheSportsman) 4 July 2018
What a vibe pic.twitter.com/XdfiRB089N
— Sanah-Iman (@sincityyo) 3 July 2018
And started on the buses in Oxford Road:
Only England fans😂 pic.twitter.com/sZtzLhZwb6
— Sanah-Iman (@sincityyo) 3 July 2018
While those who’d stayed at home to watch the game were hanging from their balconies in the Green Quarter:
Green Quarter might be a bit excited… #worldcup #COLENG #manchester #greenquarter pic.twitter.com/CEgHTt5nBP
— Nick Hughes (@iamnickjh) 3 July 2018
Mad for it.