Lee Carsley's tenure as England interim manager got off to a winning start with a 2-0 victory away to the Republic of Ireland in the Nations League.
Goals from Declan Rice and Jack Grealish, who both previously represented Ireland at various levels, proved to be the difference between the two sides.
Here, Mail Sport's Craig Hope runs through some of the things you may have missed from the game at the Aviva Stadium.
A group of us reporters were cutting it fine to make kick-off - and that was because we were locked in the press room to allow for Sir Keir Starmer’s motorcade to safely deposit the prime minister at the entrance reserved for dignitaries (no, we use the next door down).
He did sing the national anthem, by the way.
A fully-kitted fan - later revealed to be internet prankster Jarvo - ran onto the pitch and joined the England line-up prior to kick-off
As Carsley has learnt in just 24 hours, there is whole new level of scrutiny being the England boss.
Security spotted the intruder and he was led away, much to his annoyance. He genuinely thought he could do a job out there.
I used to cover Republic of Ireland for Mail Sport in the days when Martin O’Neill was manager. They were good days, too.
So when I walked back into the Aviva Stadium, one of my old Irish comrades was quick to liken me to Declan Rice.
That was a joke (I think) but the treatment handed out to Rice by the locals was not so friendly, including a banner carrying his and Jack Grealish’s pictures with the slogan, ‘The snakes are back’.