27 funniest things people said about England’s butt-clenching last-gasp win over Slovakia
It looked for all the world that England were going to crash out of the Euros at the last 16 stage and we’d all be working ourselves up to a right old fury today bemoaning how so much talent could achieve so little.
Instead – this happened.
UNBELIEVABLE
Jude Bellingham pulls out an overhead kick to save England in the dying moments #EURO2024 | #ENGSVK pic.twitter.com/px4qLzJQoq
— ITV Football (@itvfootball) June 30, 2024
And if anyone captured the nation’s mood after Harry Kane added to Jude Bellingham’s opener to make it 2-1 to England after extra time it was surely Gary Neville (or Roy Keane, depending on your point of view).
Gary Neville’s reaction pic.twitter.com/qicmhTtHq8
— george (@StokeyyG2) June 30, 2024
And it prompted no end of very funny (and utterly relieved) responses on Twitter. We’ve read them all – well, quite a lot of them – and these people surely said it best.
1.
The entire country to Gareth Southgate
pic.twitter.com/zgBmLAnfge— Footy Humour (@FootyHumour) June 30, 2024
2.
Fair play to Southgate. He’s doing just enough to get us through while avoiding any national feel-good factor that might benefit the Tories. After Thursday we’ll be like 1970 Brazil.
— Jason Spacey (@Jason_Spacey) June 30, 2024
3.
England scored their first goal in the 95th minute and their second in the 91st? pic.twitter.com/gU7Oy4KiDm
— Tom Carnduff (@TomCarnduff) June 30, 2024
4.
That Bellingham goal was the biggest bailout I’ve ever seen and I was alive for the 2008 financial crisis
— Tom (@injuredpotato) June 30, 2024
5.
Even Oceangate made better subs than Southgate
— Fuck off (@Get_effed) June 30, 2024
6.
he’s a mad bastard, but he’s our mad bastard pic.twitter.com/WHF5XQ3L5o
— Kyle (@EFCKyIe) June 30, 2024
7.
England have played in the same way I react when my wife comes in from work and I’ve been at home all day. Do absolutely nothing for hours and then just jump into action and start frantically cooking and cleaning like a lunatic #ENGvSLO
— Scott Bennett – at EdFringe 13-25 August! (@scottbcomedyuk) June 30, 2024
8.
England playing with two strikers, lumping it up to the big fella twice and scoring. pic.twitter.com/GuFOjB4cyL
— . (@tsnmknd) June 30, 2024
9.
Best English comeback since Cheryl survived the breakup of Girls Aloud, her marriage to Ashley Cole and malaria all in the space of about seven minutes
— SHANE REACTION (@imshanereaction) June 30, 2024
10.
— Oll the Bear (@TheGamerTek33) June 30, 2024
11.
Gallagher’s influence is like when you’re playing football in the park and suddenly someone’s dog is on the pitch
— Neil Gibbons (@neilgibbons) June 30, 2024
12.
Scotland Ireland and Wales deleting tweets pre 94th minute pic.twitter.com/iemS95pNKY
— Corey (@Corey_g94) June 30, 2024
13.
“Gareth Southgate is his own harshest critic.”
Not while I’m alive, he’s not.
— Martin Calladine (@uglygame) June 30, 2024
