Iceland's fairy tale continues with historic upset of England

There's a new low point in the maligned history of English football, and it will be forever remembered in Iceland, of all places.

The Euro 2016 darling added the most incredible chapter to its Cinderella story on Monday, shocking the football world by defeating England 2-1 at Stade de Nice, a result that sends the Three Lions home and puts the European minnow into the quarter-finals of its first-ever major international competition.

In what will go down as one of the most incredible upsets in European Championship history, Iceland, with its population the size of Leicester, got goals from Ragnar Sigurdsson and Kolbeinn Sigthorsson, overturning an early deficit after Wayne Rooney slotted home a fourth-minute penalty.

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The victory sees Iceland set up another date with history later this week, as a quarter-final contest against tournament host France beckons.

The defeat for England, meanwhile, ranks among the nation's most disappointing results, entering the pantheon alongside a 1-0 defeat to part-timers from the United States at the 1950 World Cup.

The setback also cost manager Roy Hodgson his job, as the embattled gaffer announced at a press conference immediately following the match that he has stepped down from his post.

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The biggest day in Iceland's footballing history coincides with arguably the most upsetting in one of the sport's proverbial homelands. It will be some time before this moment is forgotten, be it in London or Reykjavik.