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Power Rankings: The best 'Football's coming home' memes

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6 Jul, 2018 09:22 PM2 mins to read

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Football is officially coming home. Well, that's the theme increasingly clogging up social media feeds since England's penalty shoot-out win over Colombia on Wednesday.

And the memes are brilliant.

For the first time in the social media era it looks like England actually have a chance of winning the World Cup and the whole nation is losing its mind.

So before England's dreams come crashing down around them with a penalty shoot-out loss to Sweden tomorrow morning, let's rank the best of the 'Football's coming home' memes.

(Don't know what the heck 'Football's coming home' means? Click here for the 'dummies guide')

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10. Whitney?

Who did this ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ #Itscomminghome ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ pic.twitter.com/dEI5YuVw1Y

— Laura Woods (@laura_woodsy) July 4, 2018

9. Hot Stuff

#ThreeLions #worldcup #ItsComingHome its coming home video - Hot Stuff! #thefullmonty #2018 pic.twitter.com/hLMXconH0m

— DMK (@DSign_Media) July 5, 2018

8. Flippin' Shrek!

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Whoever done this has too much time on their hands, unreal though ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ #ItsComingHome pic.twitter.com/QnAac2RGSK

— Rhys (@rhysgoode1) July 5, 2018

7. Jordan Pickford >>>> Jordan Belfort

6. Top 5 contender

๐Ÿคฃ๐ŸคฃRT @ObiWanIsTaken: It's not stopping #Itscomminghome pic.twitter.com/HcUGYyumaj

— Katie (@ktDaltonator) July 6, 2018

5. I see happy people

4. Hope is a good thing, the best of things...

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Even shawshank redemption knows... #BELJAP #WorldCupRussia2018 pic.twitter.com/0lxmjUxEMg

— Andrew Samms ๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿพ (@sammsy) July 2, 2018

3. Simply the best

2. Too good

1. And the winner is โ€ฆ

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