20 million watched England’s World Cup win against Sweden

According to reports from England, the Three Lions victory victory over Sweden attracted a huge 89 percent of available audience to BBC One, with a peak of 19.9 million, said the BBC in a statement.

“The match received an incredible 3.9 million programme requests online… with a record 3.8 million of them live, making it the BBC’s highest online-viewed live programme, ever.”

Streets across England were deserted on Saturday afternoon as the nation crammed into sweaty pubs, gathered around big screens or stayed home to watch the national side reach the last four in a World Cup for the first time in 28 years.

When the final whistle blew in Russia, fans draped in red and white flags spilled outside back home to celebrate the 2-0 victory and dance to chants of the anthem “football’s coming home”.

There was a little too much enthusiasm in one area of London, however, where revelers jumped on an ambulance car, causing enough damage for it to be taken out of service for repairs.