Joy for England as Wales fans' dreams are dashed

It was a jubilant nighttime for England fans arsenic they qualified for the knockout signifier of the World Cup - portion crestfallen Welsh fans' hopes of triumph were dashed.

The 2 location nations battled it retired to spot successful the apical 16 - with England reigning victorious with a 3-0 win.

BBC News has been pursuing fans crossed England and Wales watching the game.

Among them were hundreds of radical gathered astatine a shot instrumentality portion astatine Bristol's Ashton Gate stadium.

Steady hands were the bid of the evening for the barroom unit astatine the venue, who were tasked with delivering trays of two-pint glasses to tables of supporters.

Seconds aft a burst of the England manager's appreciation opus - "Southgate you're the one" - from the crowd, the stadium erupted successful cheers arsenic Marcus Rashford whipped successful England's archetypal extremity with a escaped kick.

And the supporters had hardly begun a chorus of Football's Coming Home earlier Phil Foden arrived astatine the backmost station to slot the 2nd extremity - cue fans lasting connected their seats and brew flying successful the air.

In minutes the temper had switched from somewhat tense to enactment clip arsenic the goal-hungry assemblage roared connected the Three Lions.

Ollie Cleghorn (pictured left) won the people prediction bragging rights from member Toby (pictured middle) for correcting guessing the eventual 3-0, and helium was engaged readying celebrations aft the last whistle, which helium said mightiness hazard a missed archetypal lecture tomorrow.

The different victor contiguous was Abella Webb, aged four, who took location the crown for champion headgear astatine the venue, narrowly pipping to the station her nine-year-old member Chanse, and artifact snowman Carrot.

Their begetter Tyron, who works successful a state engineering household concern with woman Laura, initially revised his 2-0 to England prediction down to 1-0 aft seeing the team's first-half showing.

But helium said the household had "loved the game".

"It's astir what they [England] bash adjacent now," said Bristol City instrumentality Mr Webb, aged 35.

It mightiness beryllium Tuesday but it feels similar the commencement of an impromptu nighttime retired for a bully fewer here.

The Don't Take Me Home chant, which came into being erstwhile Wales bushed Brussels successful a 2014 qualifier, is being sung by England fans tonight.

"Please don't instrumentality maine home, I conscionable don't privation to spell to work," supporters sang crossed the instrumentality zone.

Wales had a taller bid to fill.

The squad did not conscionable request to triumph the lucifer to suffice for the adjacent signifier of the World Cup, but besides for USA and Iran to gully successful bid for them to beryllium rescued from the bottommost of the table.

From optimism and hope, to disappointment but appreciation, Swansea was awash with the afloat scope of quality emotion tonight.

Nobody wanted this crippled contiguous to beryllium arsenic it was: a indispensable triumph against the aged enemy, but alas that was however the fixture panned retired for Wales aft a bitterly disappointing nonaccomplishment to Iran connected Friday.

The excitement earlier the lucifer lasted a batch longer than predicted, adjacent aft the 2nd extremity went in.

Hymns and Arias rang retired crossed Wales's largest instrumentality portion successful Swansea.

"Don't instrumentality maine home" blared out, arsenic good arsenic "Yma o Hyd", the iconic protestation opus besides doing the rounds.

But aft extremity three, it became alternatively flat, arsenic fans realised that the World Cup fairy communicative had travel to an end.

Derek, successful his 50s, said helium told a radical of younger fans down him to savour this moment.

It's the archetypal clip helium has seen Wales astatine a World Cup, and urged everyone successful Wales contiguous to marque the astir of it arsenic they whitethorn ne'er spot it hap again.

His champion friend, John, a reddish partition stalwart for years, told fans to "think of what we person achieved".

"It whitethorn not person gone the mode we expected, but I volition besides enactment our nation," helium added, grabbing the Welsh emblem connected his shirt.

Many besides commented connected fable Gareth Bale, who was subbed astatine fractional time. A motion possibly to the information that his, and Wales's, exit whitethorn present spell the extremity of the country's aureate procreation of football.

While it remains uncertain wherever England volition decorativeness successful Group B, their imaginable opponents are already known.

The victor of the radical volition play Group A table-toppers Senegal successful the past 16, portion the runner-up volition play the Netherlands.