--- title: World Cup 2018: Best England 'They're Going Home' Memes description: Following England's devastating loss in the World Cup, Twitter was rife with jokes poking fun at the "It's coming home" rallying cry. canonical: https://time.com/5336308/world-cup-2018-england-theyre-going-home-memes/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-07-11T22:11:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:53:48.750Z og:title: 'They're Going Home' Memes Came After England's World Cup Loss og:description: The English squad was unable to best Croatia in the World Cup semi-final og:url: https://time.com/5336308/world-cup-2018-england-theyre-going-home-memes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteff42523c73460e7/6989352b656a3f15c6bd4edd/world-cup-2018-england-loss.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: England v Croatia: Semi Final - 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'They're Going Home' Memes Came After England's World Cup Loss twitter:description: The English squad was unable to best Croatia in the World Cup semi-final twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteff42523c73460e7/6989352b656a3f15c6bd4edd/world-cup-2018-england-loss.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # England Lost in the World Cup and the 'They're Going Home' Memes Are Here by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jul 11, 2018 10:11 PM UTC  Ashley Young of England is seen at full time during the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Semi Final match between England and Croatia at Luzhniki Stadium on July 11, 2018 in Moscow, Russia. Ashley Young of England is seen at full time during the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Semi Final match between England and Croatia at Luzhniki Stadium on July 11, 2018 in Moscow, Russia.Ian MacNicol/Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jul 11, 2018 10:11 PM UTC Following [England’s](http://time.com/5335799/soccer-word-origin-england/) devastating loss to [Croatia](http://time.com/5336137/world-cup-croatia-firefighters/) in the World Cup semi-final, Twitter was rife with jokes poking fun at the [“It’s coming home”](http://time.com/5334946/world-cup-2018-england-its-coming-home-memes/) rallying cry of the English fan base. With a little over 10 minutes to go in extra time of Wednesday’s match, Croatia’s Mario Mandzukic fired a shot into the back of the net to give his team a 2-1 lead over England. The English squad was unable to come up with an equalizer in the remaining time, officially ending their chances of reaching their first [World Cup](http://time.com/5334194/harry-maguire-tattoo/) final since 1966. But as if the loss itself wasn’t crushing enough, it was then that the “They’re going home” memes began to appear. Those rooting against England were all too quick to turn their fans’ cheer of “It’s coming home”—which has risen in popularity throughout the 2018 World Cup—into a taunt. See some of the “They’re going home” memes below. > [](https://twitter.com/brfootball/status/1017146455469981696) > [](https://twitter.com/shotongoal247/status/1017145916954955776) > [](https://twitter.com/ksteng12/status/1017145255706017792) > [](https://twitter.com/Ryanpedro11/status/1017145946772267009) > [](https://twitter.com/Angelo%5Fvo/status/1017145863674777600) > [](https://twitter.com/ameenharrdien/status/1017166879398481927) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5336308/world-cup-2018-england-theyre-going-home-memes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5336308/world-cup-2018-england-theyre-going-home-memes/"},"headline":"England Lost in the World Cup and the 'They're Going Home' Memes Are Here","datePublished":"2018-07-11T22:11:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:53:48.750Z","description":"The English squad was unable to best Croatia in the World Cup semi-final","url":"https://time.com/5336308/world-cup-2018-england-theyre-going-home-memes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","World Cup 2018"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteff42523c73460e7/6989352b656a3f15c6bd4edd/world-cup-2018-england-loss.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteff42523c73460e7/6989352b656a3f15c6bd4edd/world-cup-2018-england-loss.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"England v Croatia: Semi Final - 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia","caption":"England v Croatia: Semi Final - 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia","creditText":"Ian MacNicol/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5336308/world-cup-2018-england-theyre-going-home-memes/","name":"England Lost in the World Cup and the 'They're Going Home' Memes Are Here"}}]}] ```