The crowd went wild when an England fan scored – with a paper plane

England may have qualified for next year’s football World Cup with their 1-0 victory over Slovenia on Thursday night, but it wasn’t the most exciting game for fans. In fact, after a snooze-worthy first half at Wembley, many entertained themselves by making paper aeroplanes.

And then it happened. One plane took off from the stands and flew across the pitch, swerved towards Joe Hart’s goalposts and, with a last-second dip, crossed the line. The fans went wild.

[Prepare to avert your eyes: there's an actual swear word in the Tweet below]

https://twitter.com/AndyHoust/status/916042889062436866

Back of the net! Let’s re-play that from another angle…

https://twitter.com/oyesteingooner/status/916053270442987520

The beautiful game indeed.

But spare a thought for Michael Keane, who was being substituted on for Raheem Sterling at the time. To him, it would initially have looked if the crowd was celebrating his arrival.

https://twitter.com/tomwfootball/status/916037245500628992

https://twitter.com/markchapman/status/916033435017318400

https://twitter.com/Nicatthedisco/status/916041273525571584

https://twitter.com/SamMorshead_/status/916036184090058757

But still, after a 94th-minute goal from Harry Kane (with a ball, not a plane), England are on their way to the World Cup finals in Russia next year. That’s something to celebrate, right?

https://twitter.com/CamelRoberts/status/916039729270767616

Maybe not then.