England fans kicked out of pub in Dallas after £30,000 drinking session

England fans were kicked out of a Dallas pub on Tuesday evening after police intervened during a drinking session that cost over £30,000.

Officers and bar staff instructed fans to vacate the Londoner Pub shortly before 10pm local time, despite the venue having advertised a later closing time.

Authorities confirmed the early closure was necessary because the establishment had reached its maximum capacity while operating with just two security guards on duty.

The gathering took place ahead of England's World Cup opener against Croatia, with thousands of UK-based supporters expected to attend the match.

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Hundreds of supporters denied the police's directions, with some dropping plants over the balcony edge.

Others kicked a football along the street and around the outdoor area, with the ball occasionally bouncing onto the bonnets of parked cars.

Dozens of Dallas police department vehicles assembled along the road outside the venue as officers monitored the situation from street level for around 20 minutes.

Police later came back to take fans off the balcony.

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The evening saw the pub sell more than 5,000 beers before its doors were forced to close early.

Supporters had arrived from 4pm onwards, many wearing fancy dress costumes and draped in St George's flags as they endured the Texas heat.

Traditional England chants, including "It's Coming Home" and "Don't take me home", rang out.

No police officers were present during the earlier hours as fans packed into the establishment.

Once the venue finally emptied, numerous England supporters remained behind to assist bar staff in tidying up the mess left from the session.

John Gallivan, a Bristol Rovers supporter who organised the event, said the gathering had exceeded his expectations after he promoted it on social media.

He said: "America's massive, it's so big, so vast. When we go to Europe, it's really easy - you know where you're going to be. You don't have to ask, you don't have to look, you just know where we're going to be.

"In America, that's impossible - so the whole idea of today was to just find somewhere, get them to put a deal on the beer and then advertise it."

Gallivan criticised the way Fifa had handled the event, given the extortionate cost for fans.

He said: "I think the way Fifa have managed it, it's been disgraceful. We've been dealt a bad hand.

"We could have brought so many more out here, but sadly, they've been outpriced.

“People that I spent time with in Albania and Latvia and had a really good night with, who go home and away, they've been priced out of it, and that's not right. They shouldn't have been."

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