26 of the best It’s Coming Home memes: Eminem, Chucky, Del Boy…
England have reached the semi-finals of a World Cup for the first time since 1990 – and the entire country has caught ‘It’s Coming Home’ fever.
What started out as a joke for many has become more of an unwavering belief as England have progressed in Russia, but whatever happens, the social media game has already been won.
Here are some of the best memes that have been flying around over the past few weeks.
Eminem
Different, but brilliant.
It’s coming home! 🏴 Eminem knows. Credit @kevbagnall1980 pic.twitter.com/XNTxzrbK8i
— Jason Maza (@JasonMaza) July 10, 2018
David Brent
Promise me you’ll remember one thing.
https://twitter.com/Vitu_E/status/1014797785345024000
Planet of the Apes
Even the apes know.
— Peter Crouch (@petercrouch) July 3, 2018
Chucky
Possibly one of the funniest yet. And slightly scary for our inner child who remembers watching this for the first time.
https://twitter.com/JamieHayden_/status/1015119428739051521
Only Fools and Horses
Just look at Sir Gaz’s smile.
https://twitter.com/i_padawan/status/1014782341733023747
Vladimir Putin
Well, Russia are out…
Even Putin knows… 👀 #ENG #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/cGQBVLrz2o
— FootballJOE (@FootballJOE) July 4, 2018
Wolf of Wall Street
This should have been the actual speech.
https://twitter.com/RossGreenall_/status/1012774936698638338
Ghost
Romantic.
https://twitter.com/willmartin19/status/1014894583786897408
Anchorman
Ron Burgundy knows.
Even Ron Burgundy knows… 👀 #ENG #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/BPbmdWyOgv
— FootballJOE (@FootballJOE) July 5, 2018
Frank Butcher
That bow tie would look decent with a waistcoat, actually.
https://twitter.com/Jesusisablade/status/1016411558115672066
Shrek
The effort that went into this!
https://twitter.com/ShaunyLong/status/1014806359383080960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1014806359383080960&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Ffootball%2F2018%2Fjul%2F05%2Fits-coming-home-england-meme-world-cup
Kevin and Perry
Scenes reminiscent of nightclubs up and down the country this weekend.
Kevin and Perry knew 👀👀
🦁🦁🦁 pic.twitter.com/ZRxbs00XQ7
— Coral (@Coral) July 5, 2018
Friends
This just about sums it up. The realisation that you’ve heard Three Lions more in the past two weeks than ever, but also that it’s f*cking brilliant.
https://twitter.com/ToriSand778/status/1014274800309735424
Friends (again)
Only it’s already on the plane, half way to London.
— Mollie Goodfellow (@hansmollman) July 4, 2018
Alphabetti spaghetti
In other news, we’re over the moon to find out alphabetti spaghetti is still in production.
https://twitter.com/Joey_Brack/status/1009525630260662272
South Park
Mr Mackey is well into it, m’kayyyy.
https://twitter.com/ProperMag/status/1014913026401689600
Napoleon Dynamite
The news has well and truly crossed the Atlantic.
https://twitter.com/ThomasMillett/status/1014983910688743424
Fortune cookie
If a fortune cookie says it, then it’s going to happen.
https://twitter.com/Joey_Brack/status/1011650109715681280
A pug
Even the animal world know.
Ffs just got home and the dog has made a right mess pic.twitter.com/ZkH1LVkKag
— Tom Todhunter (@tdhntr) July 3, 2018
The Matrix
Ok this is brilliant.
https://twitter.com/morelikewater/status/1014391621121708032
Taxi
“Taxi for football.”
https://twitter.com/Glenn_Kitson/status/1010893383542427648
Jesse Lingard
You know it’s coming home when the actual players are tweeting about it coming home.
No mum, I’m not coming home. It’s… pic.twitter.com/VdFHVoEfTI
— Jesse Lingard (@JesseLingard) July 3, 2018
David Beckham
When Becks speaks, we listen
David Beckham seems confident….it’s coming home #ENGSWE #ItsCominghome #threelions pic.twitter.com/dSztsdqy5B
— Heroics (@SoccerStarComic) July 7, 2018
Southgate’s waistcoat
Pinstripes are dead.
Carmen
Forget Mr or Mrs, address Carmen as “it’s”.
oh look lads, it's pic.twitter.com/PVAUQuk6lN
— Dan (@ehdannyboy) July 3, 2018
Gareth Southgate
He can see it, for sure.
"Can you see that, Gareth? That's football. It's coming home."#ENG #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/1e6SOcQctf
— Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) July 3, 2018
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