Drinking Dallas dry! England fans are kicked out of a bar by police as they down $4 pints, strip off – and take over the rodeo – hours before World Cup opener against Croatia

England fans were escorted out of the Londoner Pub in Dallas, where traveling fans were partying wildly on Tuesday.

Local police entered the bar well before closing time at 2am to remove fans.

Brits were shirtless, dancing on tables and enjoying cheap drinks ahead of England’s first World Cup match against Croatia on Wednesday.

And British fans didn’t just invade bars in Texas as they took over the rodeo on Tuesday.

Daily Mail Sport’s Mike Keegan stunned locals by sharing footage of Sweet Caroline’s rendition at the event.

Dozens of die-hard Three Lions fans boarded the last flight out of London on Tuesday to attend today’s opening game against Croatia.

American Airlines Flight 81 was booked with England fans and a few Croatians on board, and a huge cheer went up when it landed an hour early in Dallas Fort Worth at 7.30pm local time.

Dallas Police asked England fans to leave the facility on Tuesday night

This packed flight from London Heathrow was the last direct flight to Dallas, Texas, where England will start their first group match against Croatia in the suburb of Arlington today. The flight took off at 4.25pm ​​on Tuesday and landed eight hours later.

Fans had hoarded money by trickery or fraud, begging, borrowing, but not stealing to pay for the eye-watering costs of tickets, flights, and hotels; all in the hope of seeing England get off to a winning start.

At least 16,000 fans are thought to have flown to the United States for the opening match, with many remaining here for the other group matches and then the final in New York on 19 July.

Among them were Chelsea fans John Nagy, 62, and his two England-capped sons Daniel, 28, and Max, 27, all from Beaconsfield, Bucks, and were among the first passengers on the Boeing 777.

John said: ‘We’re really excited to be here, it’s a father and sons bonding trip, it cost the best part of £15,000 but you can’t take that with you so you can enjoy it too.

‘We’ll be going to all three group games so there’ll be some travel, but we’re also breaking it up with a holiday in Nashville to check out the music scene, that’s straight after the Dallas game and then we’re off to Boston and New York.

‘Yes, it’s a lot of money but I’m hoping it will be an experience of a lifetime, I might not be around for ten or fifteen years so why not have some fun and it would be nice to be with the kids.

‘I’m actually sure the group stages should be a simple three wins game but with the knockouts it gets a bit tricky, but I like the way (Thomas) Tuchel has brought this team together, they look like they’ve come together.

‘Obviously as a Chelsea fan I’m disappointed he didn’t take Cole Palmer but I’m ready to forgive and forget, especially if we can go on and win this after 60 years of pain, it’s time.’

Max was also confident and said: ‘I’ll be disappointed if we don’t get to at least the quarter-finals, because my dad says group games shouldn’t be a problem, but as always, knockouts get harder from now on.

‘But from what I’ve seen from the warm-up games we’ve been through, qualifying without losing a game means other teams will be wary of us, we just need to make sure everyone stays fit.

UK fans traveled from far and wide to enjoy the US

‘This will be the experience of a lifetime and I’m really looking forward to it; ‘Dallas, Nashville, Boston and New York are a real slice of America and it’s going to be wonderful, expensive but wonderful.’

However Daniel wasn’t so confident about England and said: ‘I’m going to go against the trend here and say I’m not as confident as my dad and Max, I’m sure we’ll get out of the group but as always we’ll go for the knockout and that’s it.

‘I can brace myself for disappointment, so I won’t be too upset when it happens because it’s always like that in England, we improve ourselves and talk ourselves into being world champions and then it all goes terribly wrong.’

Pension worker Harry Matthews (23), took half a day off and worked until 11.30am, went to Heathrow and then straight back to work after Boston – I did the same for the friendlies last week and I am a member of the England fans club, managed to get tickets.

‘I came this way but I’m meeting a friend flying via Madrid and Toronto and I also have knockouts outside the round of 32 – and yes. I have a ticket to the final and if we don’t make it it won’t cost me much.

‘But if we make the final then we’re talking a good five figures so I’m lucky I still live in my house otherwise I wouldn’t be able to afford it but if they make the final it would be a financial disaster for me.

‘There were quite a few fans on the flight to London and some Croatians; There was a bit of banter and a huge cheer when we landed, everyone was out to have a good time.’

Luton fan Liam Dempsey, 34, from Luton, said: ‘I don’t have tickets but I’m willing to pay up to £1000 for a ticket, I’ll be meeting some friends here and we’ll work together to see what we can do.

A UK fan embraces local culture by wearing a cowboy hat in Dallas

The night was short-lived as disappointed fans ejected before closing time

‘I’m really looking forward to it, I’ve got a ticket for the Ghana game and I came via Mexico which was a bit cheaper, I had a great time there and swapped jerseys with some locals.

‘I’m sure we’ll do well and get to at least the quarter-finals, anything else is a bonus.’

Meanwhile, at The Londoner pub in the Dallas suburb of Addison, Three Lions fans were singing their hearts out for Harry Kane and the rest of the squad, but the Daily Mail found three teenagers who didn’t have tickets for the game but were unbothered by the situation.

James Rover, 25, from Leeds, who started his new job as a geography teacher in September, said: ‘We were prepared to pay up to £600 for a ticket but from what we’ve seen and heard it’s now at least twice the minimum and I don’t think it’s worth that much.

‘I’m quite happy to stay here and have a few beers with the locals, everyone is so friendly and welcoming, it’s great fun, I know it’s expensive but we’re having the time of our lives, we’re also going to Nashville and making it a road trip.

‘We’re also making great friends and the locals are happy to buy us a drink.’

Joe Tolley, 25, from Leeds, said: ‘It’s great fun here, yes flights and hotels are expensive but we’ve saved money so we’re looking to have a good time and we’ll have great stories to tell when we get home.

‘I was prepared to pay up to £600 for a ticket but now I’m not even sure if we can get one for that price, it’s at least double now and I don’t think I can justify that kind of spend, I think I’ll find a bar on the ground or watch here.’

Electrician Jason Bradbury, also from Leeds, said: ‘I’ll give it a try and see if I can get tickets for the Croatia game, but if I can’t then so be it, but if they get to the final then I’ll seriously consider it a bit.

‘But we’re also here for the holidays and after the game we’ll be heading to Nashville to check out the music scene, it’s going to be a great few weeks and we’ll be very thin at the end but who cares.

Wild scenes broke out at the Londonder Pub and police were called to the premises

‘We went to the Dallas fan park and it’s $20 for a box of Stella, so with five boxes you can burn through $100 or £70 in the blink of an eye; ‘They raised the prices, which is crazy.’

Ticketing sites were offering tickets for $3,000, but while shopping on the Daily Mail, he found tickets for the Croatia game for $1,300.

Among the last-minute arrivals in Dallas were brothers Ian Mercer, 66, and Stuart Mercer, 63, originally from Preston, Lancashire.

They had flown from Los Angeles and were attending their first international game after watching friendlies in the United States, where they had lived for 40 years.

Ian said: ‘I’m pretty confident, group games shouldn’t be too much of a problem and I can see us getting into at least the quarter and semi-finals.

‘We’re lucky to some extent to live here so travel isn’t that expensive, but the tickets are astronomical, we paid $3200 per person for tickets to the Dallas game and then the New York game.

‘We’ve always followed football and having it where we live is a bonus and I know it costs a lot but we’ll have a good time.’

Stuart said: ‘I think the last time I saw England live was in a friendly in 1986 because we don’t get back to England very much these days but we watch them on TV all the time and to be honest I think they’ll get to the final.

‘If they get there I’d seriously consider it but tickets will probably be around $10,000 but we might be dead in 20 or 30 years and life is what you make of it so live a little.

‘I like what he’s doing with the team and Harry Kane is outstanding. We just have to make sure he stays fit and doesn’t get injured.’