It happened. It actually happened.
England have been eliminated from Euro 2016 by... Iceland.
As soon as it became apparent that England would be facing off against Gylfi Sigurdsson and his pals, non-England fans everywhere thought "Wouldn't it be gas if Iceland won?". And gas it was. England has 12 cities that have bigger populations than Iceland, and who doesn't love a good underdog story?
The reaction online has, predictably, been immense, so here are some of the highlights.
I haven't been this embarrassed to be English since.... well, since Friday morning. #ENGICE
— Tim Simmonds (@tsimmonds) June 27, 2016
*Pulls shutters down* #ENGICE
— Iceland Foods (@IcelandFoods) June 27, 2016
Hodgson so tactically inept again all tournament. How he kept his job after 2014 WC debacle still baffles me!
— Joseph Barton (@Joey7Barton) June 27, 2016
Looks like Roy could actually be working in Iceland by the week's end...
— Joseph Barton (@Joey7Barton) June 27, 2016
Come on England!!! You're behind!! Do something! Run around!! Tackle someone!!! Anything!!!
— Kasper schmeichel (@kschmeichel1) June 27, 2016
You just know they're gonna blame the amount of foreigners working in England on this one too.
— Richie Sadlier (@RichieSadlier) June 27, 2016
Mike Bassett
— Robbie Fowler (@Robbie9Fowler) June 27, 2016
We'll be better against the top teams! Jesus.....any pressure at the back we concede, against a team with 300k living there! #ENGICE
— Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) June 27, 2016
You can blame a manager all day but when top premier league players can’t pass water or trap a bag of cement then what chance you got ?
— Anthony Pilkington (@Pilkington_11) June 27, 2016
This could be one of the greatest football stories ever told.
— Michael McCarthy (@McCarthyMick) June 27, 2016
When you spot yourself on the big screen and you want the nation to think you've actually got a plan... ?pic.twitter.com/RpzspBJSYb
— Footy Humour (@FootyHumour) June 27, 2016
Stick a bjork in me, I'm done #ENGICE #EURO2016 #Iceland
— Rebecca Meehan (@rebeccameehan) June 27, 2016
Hodgson, like Wenger & Van Gaal - analogue manager in digital age.
Embarrassing. #ENGICE— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 27, 2016
The craziest thing I have ever seen in football #ENGISL
— Peter Schmeichel (@Pschmeichel1) June 27, 2016
Brilliant Iceland deserved everything piss poor England
— Jason MCATEER (@MCATEER4) June 27, 2016
The worst defeat in our history. England beaten by a country with more volcanoes than professional footballers. Well played Iceland.
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) June 27, 2016
Just incredible.
