Gallery - Utter despair: England's early departure from Euro 2016 in pictures ...

ENGLAND are heading home after Iceland, the smallest nation ever to grace a major tournament, inflicted one of the most humiliating defeats in English football history.

By The Newsroom

Published 28th Jun 2016, 00:21 BST

Updated 25th Aug 2016, 18:22 BST

Iceland players celebrate after the final whistle after beating England 2-1 to reach the quarter-finals of Euro 2016. Picture: Jonathan Brady/PA

Having arrived at Euro 2016 among the favourites, falling at the last-16 hurdle to a country the size of Leicester ranks alongside the 1950 World Cup exit to the United States in the embarrassment stakes.

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England's Raheem Sterling (left) is brought down by Iceland goalkeeper Hannes Thor Halldorsson to concede a penalty. Picture: Jonathan Brady/PA

It was a result few could argue with after a cumbersome, uninspiring and ragged England display at the Stade de Nice, where Iceland secured a deserved 2-1 win thanks to a ruthlessness the Three Lions could only dream of.

Here - and you can choose to avert your gaze now if you want - is a reminder of England’s night of misery in Nice.