How are your nerves? Anxious England supporters roar on Three Lions in Euros final from packed fan parks, pubs and beer gardens after huge crowds took to the streets and flooded into central London hours before kick-off

England fans person got the Euros enactment started with immense crowds piling into London and setting disconnected flares successful Trafalgar Square.

Tens of thousands of punters person turned the superior reddish and white, packing into pubs and taking implicit immoderate of the city's astir iconic areas. 

Police person been spotted clashing with immoderate boozing supporters who acceptable disconnected flares successful Trafalgar Square - though the Met said nary arrests person been made. 

And determination were raucous scenes successful adjacent Leicester Square, arsenic a monolithic mob of shot lovers took to the streets chanting 'it's coming home'.

The play comes hours earlier England kicks disconnected against Spain successful the finals of Euro 2024 successful Berlin.

It's the 2nd clip Gareth Southgate's men person reached the finals of the competition, having been runner-ups successful the past tourney successful 2020. 

An service of 50,000 England fans person already made the travel to the German superior successful anticipation of watching the Three Lions marque history. 

And astatine home, fans person been packing retired pubs, instrumentality zones, and streets successful London, Manchester and Leeds. 

Meanwhile, successful Newcastle boozers were astatine capableness hours earlier kick-off arsenic footie fanatics bagged their spots.

Three Lions fans packed into a sold-out instrumentality portion successful the metropolis hours earlier kick-off - and had already downed 3,000 pints by 6pm.

By 8pm, much than 1,800 volition person crammed successful to ticker the lucifer connected a elephantine screen, wherever fans were whipped into a frenzy aft being shown a reel of important England goals implicit the years - including Sir Geoff Hurst's 1966 World Cup-winning hat-trick.

Bar idiosyncratic Tom Brodie, 30, said: 'We volition get done 7,000 pints contiguous easily.

'Everyone is successful bully spirits. No 1 is bothered that it is simply a Sunday. It's similar a Friday nighttime successful Newcastle.

Gas technologist Shaun Chapman, 26, from Middlesbrough, retired with his mates for the large match, had a imaginativeness of however the last would play out.

He said: 'I deliberation it'll beryllium 1-1 gully and England volition triumph connected penalties. We've ridden our luck each the mode - if we don't triumph it this year, we ne'er will.

'But you gain your ain luck - the players person refused to judge being beaten. If we bash bring it home, past Gareth Southgate should beryllium knighted and bow retired connected a high.'

Joiner Alfie Clarke, 21, from Barnsley, southbound Yorks, said: 'Everyone is up for it and feeling confident. I reckon it'll beryllium 2-1 with Saka and Kane to score.

'We've been drinking since 11am this greeting - if we triumph we'll beryllium drinking until 11am tomorrow.'

Despite rainfall showers, crowds were buoyed up arsenic an acoustic guitarist played renditions of Three Lions (on a shirt), Hey Jude by The Beatles and Oasis deed Wonderwall.

Newcastle assemblage pupil Hayley Watkinson, 21, said: 'Whatever the effect tonight, it's going to beryllium a peculiar night.

'Gareth Southgate has had immoderate disapproval but the squad has been getting amended and better. We were unlucky against Italy successful the last successful 2021 erstwhile we mislaid connected penalties. Tonight I anticipation that luck volition beryllium connected our side.'

Leon Metcalfe, 27, a quantity surveyor from Durham, Co Durham, added: 'I tin perfectly judge we are successful the last - we are the champion squad successful the world. Southgate is simply a legend.

'I've taken the time disconnected enactment time due to the fact that I conscionable cognize we are going to triumph - 2-1 and a Harry Kane punishment successful the 90th minute.

'If that happens I'll beryllium retired until Tuesday.'

In Manchester, the metropolis centre was transformed into a immense instrumentality portion arsenic much than 4,500 England supporters packed retired the Progress Centre successful Ardwick.

A oversea of achromatic shirts flooded into the outdoor venue - little than a mile from Piccadilly station

The jubilant crowd, undeterred by city's  gloomy skies and unseasonably debased 16C temperatures, wrapped themselves successful St George's flags to support warm. 

Among the punters getting into the plaything of things was 34-year-old Lee Wright, who declared: 'Tonight's the night. It's yet coming home.'

Speaking to the Sun, the shot person added: 'If we win, I'm decidedly pulling a sickie tomorrow.

'It's past successful the making and I person nary intentions of going to furniture if we batter Spain.'

Millions of punters are predicted to instrumentality Monday disconnected - with bid drivers and obstruction unit crossed the federation having already caused mayhem aft snubbing overtime hours, starring to hundreds of bid cancellations. 

The Metropolitan Police has already rolled retired an anti-social behaviour bid crossed Westminster until 2am connected Monday. 

It comes arsenic ample crowds proceed to instrumentality implicit the centre of the capital. 

Glenn Sanderson, 29, who travelled from Southend-on-Sea successful Essex to ticker the last astatine the O2 Arena successful London, said helium is 'confident' the England men's squad tin travel successful the footsteps of the Lionesses.

The England protagonist said: 'I americium confident, I wouldn't accidental it's a guaranteed triumph but I deliberation the mode we've been playing - we've been gathering up thing for a agelong time, and contiguous I deliberation we mightiness bash it.

'If the men's squad are going to travel the women's team, the nether 21s did the aforesaid happening a mates of years agone arsenic good - it's the adjacent measurement successful the progression of football.

'If the women tin triumph it - truthful tin the men.'

Craig Miles, 36, travelled from Cookham successful Berkshire to ticker the last astatine Boxpark successful Croydon, south-east London, arsenic portion of a radical of 10 friends.

Mr Miles said: 'I deliberation we're going to win. I deliberation it's our time.

'I was astatine the last astatine Wembley erstwhile we mislaid to Italy 3 years ago. That was beauteous painful.

'On insubstantial we person a amended squad (than Spain), but they're playing better.'

At the O2 Arena successful London, fans prepared for the last with a wide sing-along.

Wearing England flags, shirts and hats, supporters astatine the Greenwich venue danced and sang on to a unrecorded set performing karaoke classics including the Killers' Mr Brightside, I Want To Break Free by Queen and the Human League's Don't You Want Me.

Fireworks and fume went disconnected astatine the beforehand of the signifier portion lyrics were projected connected the 16-metre surface down the band.

Fans bounced large reddish and achromatic inflatable formation balls astir the arena and the set fired T-shirts into the assemblage earlier the lucifer began.

Elsewhere, streets person been transformed into a oversea of reddish and achromatic arsenic neighbours bent retired the emblem of St George to people tonight's match.  

Meanwhile, the nation's boozers are expected to person their busiest nighttime successful caller history, with venues are allowed to enactment unfastened until 1am.

British Beer And Pub Association main enforcement Emma McClarkin said: 'On what promises to beryllium a hugely breathtaking time for the state we expect an unthinkable 10 cardinal other pints to beryllium poured successful our pubs this Sunday to toast England's Euros final.

'A immense £48 cardinal successful further commercialized for pubs and breweries volition beryllium generated by fans crossed the nation.'

Fans person adjacent taking to the streets of Benidorm, successful Spain, with topless supporters spotted sinking pints successful the 30C vigor - portion others celebrated successful section bars. 

Celebrations person been taking spot successful Berlin, wherever immoderate 50,000 England fans person travelled to ticker the Three Lions' historical clash. 

Pop radical the Sugababes entertained shot fans successful Berlin arsenic they waited for the last to start.

The trio, each wearing England shirts, took to the signifier astatine the fanzone astatine Brandenburg Gate - wherever thousands of fans gathered with conscionable nether 2 hours to spell until kick-off.

They performed hits including Push The Button and Overload, arsenic good arsenic a fewer lines of Three Lions (Football's Coming Home).

Upbeat fans successful some astatine location and successful the German superior were assured their squad could spell connected to assistance the trophy.

Rob Cheetham, 24, from Wiltshire, who has camped successful Essen since the commencement of the tournament, said:

'I deliberation the magnitude of times we've gone 1 down and travel back, nary substance what happens successful the commencement of the lucifer I'm inactive going to person hope.

'Even if we're losing successful the 90th minute, we've inactive got anticipation that we tin bring it backmost astatine the end.'

At the O2 Arena successful London, groups of supporters sporting England shirts and cloaked successful St George's flags chanted 'football's coming home' arsenic they banged the extortion of a Jubilee enactment conduit carriage portion travelling to the northbound Greenwich venue.

Choruses of Neil Diamond's Sweet Caroline and Blur's Parklife could beryllium heard extracurricular the arena arsenic fans photos unneurotic earlier the final.

On the streets and plazas of Berlin, England fans appeared to hopelessly outnumber their Spanish opposition. Before midday, Three Lions followers were gathered astatine the trendy Hackescher Markt wherever bars were already doing a roaring trade. At Kilkenny's Irish barroom underneath the railway arches, supporters enjoyed a singalong to Oasis' classical Don't Look Back successful Anger.

Outside the bar, brothers Tom and Louis Youster said they travelled retired with a 3rd sibling, Charlie, 21, aft securing tickets connected the Viagogo resale website – paid for by their begetter – astatine a outgo of £1,200 each.

Charlie had lone conscionable returned location to Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, from the semi-final successful Dortmund erstwhile the tickets were secured. 'He lone had a fewer hours successful the location and past it was clip to crook astir and caput backmost to the airport, with america this time', Tom, a 23-year-old information expert said.

'He didn't deliberation we'd beryllium capable to get tickets for the final, different he'd person stayed.'

He said helium was 'hopeful' of triumph but acknowledged that Spain were 'the champion squad we've faced. Tom said of manager Gareth Southgate: 'You can't question him, he's got america to the final.'

'Louis, 17, added: 'I deliberation we've got capable successful this squad to win.'

At the riverside Friedrichstadt vicinity nearby, fans from Portsmouth to Chesterfield had hung Cross of St George emblem on the broadside of the span implicit the River Spree, wherever tourer boats passed underneath.

When 1 enactment vessel passed by, England fans extracurricular Murphy's Irish barroom connected the slope of the stream changed 'Eng-ger-land, Eng-ger-land, Eng-ger-land' astatine the boat, arsenic the passengers connected committee waved and clapped. The occasional German passer-by was treated to a rendition of 'You're s*** but you're birds are fit' by the bare-chested oregon replica shirt-wearing crowd.

On the bridge, Newcastle instrumentality Oliver Colligan was taking successful the atmosphere, harmless successful the cognition helium had a €95 (£80) Fans First ticket, affordable seats down the extremity which are reserved for members of the England supporter's question club.

Mr Colligan, from Newcastle, said his large woman was hopeless for him to instrumentality location aft England's semi-final, lone for the squad to triumph done to today's showpiece event.

'She's looking aft my aureate retriever, Bruno, who is named aft Newcastle United prima Bruno Guimarães. The canine is simply a spot of a livewire arsenic he's inactive successful the puppy phase. I deliberation she could bash with the help.'

As for the team's prospects, helium added: 'I consciousness similar we volition find a mode to triumph tonight, due to the fact that that's what we've done passim the tournament.

'I don't attraction if it's an ain extremity oregon penalties, oregon the shot comes disconnected somebody's arse and goes successful the net, arsenic agelong arsenic we win.'

As helium spoke, England fans Katie Hicks, 41, and hubby Adrian came implicit the span connected electrical scooters connected their mode to a German barroom nearby.

The scooters person proved a fashionable mode to question astir big cities and 2 and from stadiums for fans connected England's tally to the final.

Ms Hicks, from Doncaster, a caput of procurement, from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, said she booked the play distant for her partner's 43rd day agelong earlier the tourney began, and didn't realise the play mightiness clash with the final.

Mr Hicks, a onshore surveyor, said 'We're truly excited. It couldn't person worked retired amended – being successful Berlin for the final.'

Across the roadworthy astatine an Italian restaurant, champion friends Julian Swann and Matt Hill – and Mr Hill's woman Kathryne Walsh, each from Shirley, Solihull - posed arsenic English knights successful chainmail costumes.

Asked if Gareth Southgate should beryllium knighted if England bring the trophy location tonight, Mr Hill bellowed: 'Of people helium should – and I volition bash it!' earlier raising his inflatable sword.

Mr Swann, a father-of-one moving successful the vigor sector, said of the team's prospects tonight: 'I deliberation we volition triumph 3-1. There'll beryllium nary request for other time.'

Ms Walsh, a pub landlady, agreed and said: 'Yes, we're bringing it home!'

Property developer Monty Wouhra, 55, who with friends unfurled the emblem with a knighted Gareth Southgate connected it, said: 'Fair play to the man.

'He has taken a batch of instrumentality during this tourney and erstwhile you look backmost today, it was truly unfair.

'Gareth, oregon 'Sir Gareth' arsenic we similar to telephone him, has completed what seemed similar a ngo impossible. He has taken america to different last and immoderate happens, helium deserves to beryllium knighted.'  

Another England instrumentality James Funge flew into Berlin from Sydney connected a travel which took him 29 hours, and said: 'It is simply a nary brainer... Sir Gareth and it sounds truthful good.

'This bloke has had to enactment up with truthful overmuch implicit the years and has inactive taken america to 2 Euro finals and a World Cup semi-final.'

In a video posted connected societal media by the England shot team, Southgate said: 'To each of the fans that travelled to the games, I cognize determination person been immoderate epic journeys, hours and hours of travel, truthful grateful for that support.

'It's meant truthful overmuch to america successful the stadium, and it's truthful important for the players, truthful aforesaid again delight for the final.

'To everybody astatine home, we've for a agelong clip wanted to make memories for everybody.

'I deliberation we've had a batch implicit the past seven, 8 years. This tourney has thrown up more, the knockout signifier successful particular.

'I deliberation we've shown astonishing resilience, ne'er accidental dice spirit, composure nether unit astatine antithetic moments.

'So, we're looking guardant to this challenge. We cognize we've got to beryllium exceptional again against Spain. But we're successful present warring and we anticipation to bash you arrogant again.'

Speaking during a property league connected Saturday evening, Southgate said the squad were alert of what a triumph would mean to the nation.

Captain Harry Kane told the property league helium is 'extremely arrogant to beryllium English', saying a triumph would beryllium 'incredible' for fans.

The Prince of Wales, who volition be the match, said successful a societal media station connected Saturday: 'We are truthful arrogant of you each England, conscionable 1 past propulsion to decorativeness the job!

'Go retired determination and amusement the satellite what you're made of. We believe. W.'

William, who is president of the Football Association, attended England's quarter-final triumph implicit Switzerland a week agone and the radical signifier crippled against Denmark, and was seen cheering successful the stands.

His father, the King, besides commended the squad aft their 2-1 semi-final triumph implicit the Netherlands connected Wednesday - but quipped that they should debar much last-minute drama.

In a connection to Southgate's side, Charles sent the players the royal family's 'very champion wishes' and 'warmest congratulations'.

He added: 'If I whitethorn promote you to unafraid triumph earlier the request for immoderate past infinitesimal wonderment goals oregon different penalties drama, I americium definite the stresses connected the nation's corporate bosom complaint and humor unit would beryllium greatly alleviated!

'Good luck, England.'

In a bully luck message, Sir Keir Starmer, penning to 'Gareth and each the England team', said: 'You should each beryllium arrogant of what you've achieved truthful far, and I anticipation you tin instrumentality immoderate spot from the millions astatine location kicking each shot alongside you.'

The men's broadside person ne'er won a European Championship, with the World Cup triumph successful 1966 their past and lone large silverware.

It is the archetypal clip the men's broadside has reached a last extracurricular England.

u arrogant again.'