English revelers turned Manhattan into West Britain on Saturday, packing local pubs to celebrate a 2-0 World Cup victory over Panama.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The beer flowed as freely as the chants, with fans embracing the rare thrill of a decisive win.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been here since half past one,\u201d said Michael Jennison, 32, a Manchester native who admitted he\u2019d been \u201cheld captive\u201d by the revelry for nine hours at Smithfield Hall in Chelsea.\u00a0<\/p>\n
England supporters celebrate inside Smithfield Hall after England\u2019s 2-0 victory over Panama in its final Group L match of the FIFA World Cup, on Saturday, June 27, 2026, in New York. Kevin C. Downs for NY Post<\/p>\n
English revelers turned Manhattan into West Britain on Saturday, packing local pubs to celebrate the 2-0 World Cup victory over Panama.\u00a0 Kevin C. Downs for NY Post<\/p>\n
The beer flowed as freely as the chants, with fans embracing the rare thrill of a decisive win. Kevin C. Downs for NY Post<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a good way to be held captive,\u201d he told The Post.<\/p>\n
\u201cI mean, it was always America. We call it West Britain\u2026 I came from Manchester\u2026 I went to the game in Boston,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI spent $1,000 on the ticket, and it was a nil nil draw. Money well spent.\u201d<\/p>\n
At Jones Wood Foundry, the mood shifted from rowdy singing to cautious optimism.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Smithfield Hall, on West 25th Street, is a popular gathering place for England soccer supporters during the tournament.\u00a0 Kevin C. Downs for NY Post<\/p>\n
\u201cAs an English fan, there\u2019s always an element of\u2026 realism,\u201d said Ed Furnell, 42, who is from the UK and now lives in Brooklyn.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re a very pessimistic supporting group.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other Britons might not be as ecstatic about the English victory.<\/p>\n
Other Britons might not be as ecstatic about the English victory. Kevin C. Downs for NY Post<\/p>\n
\u2029\u201cWe are also quite sad that Scotland went out, but I\u2019m not quite sure that Scotland would be too disappointed if we went out,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n
Vincent Nash, 41, originally from London but now lives in New York, watched the game at MetLife Stadium and came to the Foundry to have a beer.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone had the flags up, everyone was having really good banter,\u201d he told The Post.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are so many English people here, and everyone has had such a great time, and it\u2019s just been really good.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone was chanting \u2018Come on England!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"English revelers turned Manhattan into West Britain on Saturday, packing local pubs to celebrate a 2-0 World Cup…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280466,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[16325,28219,57,9,11,10,9352,58,33009],"class_list":["post-280465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-england","tag-england-soccer","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-panama","tag-us-news","tag-world-cup-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}