"ROONEY, Rooney, Rooney!" The name of England's boy wonder was chanted in York City centre long into the night by jubilant fans following the team's 3-0 demolition of Switzerland.

The normally busy city centre streets were left deserted as workers poured out of shops and offices and into the nearest pub to watch England's crucial second game of Euro 2004.

In the Keystones in Monkgate, doormen had to turn people away as it became packed with supporters watching the big screens. The atmosphere was quiet and edgy to begin with, as Sven's men nervously sought to cancel out Sunday's heartbreaking injury time defeat by France.

But the mood was lifted when the cameras panned into a York City flag draped over a stand in the stadium, generating a huge cheer. When 18-year-old Wayne Rooney headed home after 23 minutes a roar went up - and it never stopped.

Stephanie Burns, 19, from Heslington, was in the pub with her boyfriend, Kevin Francis, 22.

"Rooney was marvellous," she said.

More than 350 people crammed into the Windmill pub, in Blossom Street, to watch the game.

Landlord Pete Pendlebury said it was "just like being in Portugal".

"The atmosphere was amazing," he said.

England fan Dan Adams, 26, from Fulford, said his girlfriend Michelle "started crying" in the Windmill when Rooney's second goal went in.

"The crowd got behind the lads like they were in the real stadium."

In Malton, Danielle Grainger, 20, who runs the King's Head, Market Place, with her partner Luke Postlethwaite, said: "It was more like a cinema in here - there were people sitting, standing and on the bar watching the match."

Updated: 10:30 Friday, June 18, 2004