CAMDEN High Street was blocked up with revellers draped in red and white flags.

The horns beeped. Flares were set off.

Some of it was joyous, some of it was probably dangerous – and the police were called, too, as people spilled onto the roads.

It was a scene mirrored across the borough.

Finally, we know what it looks like if England reach a major football final.

The outpouring of emotion came as Gareth Southgate’s England team tore up the history books last night (Wednesday) by booking their place in the final of the Euros with an extra-time victory against Denmark at Wembley.

Things get precarious in Camden High Street after England’s victory

It wasn’t the kind of match you watch on your own on the sofa – which is why every table in every pub was booked.

Typically for these occasions, it had not all been big smiles.

Denmark had led in the first half but an own goal and a penalty rebound goal by Harry Kane settled the match.

It means England will contest a major national tournament final for the first time since 1966. They face the Italians on Sunday evening.

The New Journal was out across Camden to soak up the agony and then ecstasy of the full 120 minutes.

Delight inside the Electric Ballroom

The Electric Ballroom – normally the preserve of music fans – instead was rocking to the sound of an England chorus.

The venue, on Camden High Street, usually has a 1,500 capacity, and for this historic night around 200 lucky ticket holders were given seats at the bar to watch the action unfold on a big screen.

They danced into the early hours

Fans from across London congregated. Among them were Sophie Charlton and Max Johnston, who had travelled from Clapham to witness the win.

Sophie said she had been joking about her surname – but admitted she wasn’t related to the Charlton brothers who lifted the World Cup in 1966. She said:

“Maybe it was a good omen – we all feel related to Bobby and Jack.”

Max added: “We’ve been here before to watch bands and knew it would be almost like watching it at Wembley.”

Decked out in their England shirts, brothers Alfie and Dale Dwight joined friends Tom Evans, Harrison Jones, Mike Mitch, Peter Johnson and Laurie Smith.

Alfie said: “We are best mates, but we all support different teams – Spurs, Arsenal, Chelsea and West Ham. This gives us the chance to get together and enjoy a game without moaning at each other.”

Around 100 fans were at Camden Beer Hall in Kentish Town where a big screen had been set up indoors by operators Camden Brewery.

Fans watch the big game at the new Camden Beer Hall in Kentish Town 

Juno and Hera on the ball at the Beer Hall

At the North Star in Finchley Road fans had been in fine voice before kick-off, belting out, “Please don’t take me home” – but “home” was exactly where they wanted football to come.

The rumbling of the Jubilee line underfoot could have been mistaken for the collective jangling nerves as the minutes counted down.

The pub was a com­mun­ity at large. Some fans have reserved the same table for every game during this tournament, and there were fist-bumps galore as people walked past others to take their seat.

There was a ‘here we go again’ feeling at the North Star when Denmark took the lead

Landlady Natasha Purdom said she hadn’t reserved any tables for the final, to give a chance to the regulars who had supported her since the tournament started on June 11.

“It’s been a fantastic atmosphere,” she said. “I’m so glad people have turned out after a tough year.”

The final minutes tick by at the North Star

As soon as the match got underway, fans began to rattle through the full spectrum of emotions in an end-to-end game.

Their hands went from punching the air, ready to celebrate a goal by Raheem Sterling early on, to putting them behind their heads in dismay when it was palmed away by Kasper Schmeichel.

Denmark’s opener, a free-kick in the first half, stunned fans into silence.

Yet bodies were soon piling into each other minutes later when Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka forced that goal off Simon Kjaer.

Replays showed the winning England penalty was a questionable decision but VAR did not overrule the referee’s original ruling.

And, as the scenes which unfolded showed, nobody really cared by this stage. England had done it.