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.

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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

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Maybe not then.

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Thomas LingStaff Writer, BBC Science Focus

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