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England capped off their 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign in resounding fashion after eviscerating minnows San Marino 10-0 to book their place in Qatar.
Having drubbed Albania 5-0 last week, the Three Lions were almost through, but were in no mood to take their foot off the pedal.
Inspired by Harry Kane's four-goal salvo, the visitors raced to a 6-0 lead at the break, before adding four more in the second half.
Harry Maguire, Emile Smith Rowe, Tyrone Mings, Tammy Abraham and Bukayo Saka were the other goalscorers for Gareth Southgate's side. Filippo Fabbri struck an own goal to make it double figures.
It was a historic night for England, who not only secured qualification for the World Cup, but also broke numerous records and set new milestones in the match.
Here are the top five:
#5 Ramsdale - the 1,265th player to play for England
Aaron Ramsdale's heroic performances for Arsenal earned him an international call-up from Gareth Southgate earlier this month.
Last night, he finally made his England debut against San Marino, becoming the 1,265th player to represent the Three Lions.
The 23-year-old is also the seventh Arsenal goalkeeper to do so, and the first since David Seamann in 2002.
He marked the occasion with an expected clean sheet, hopefully the first of many in the years to come.
#4 Smith Rowe - the first Arsenal player in 29 years to score on England debut
Ramsdale wasn't the only in-form Arsenal player to make his first England start. Emile Smith Rowe also joined him on the occasion with his first appearance in their starting XI.
He came off the bench against Albania last week to officially make his Three Lions debut, and now, on his first start, scored his first international goal too.
Smith Rowe is now the first Gunners player to achieve the feat since Paul Merson in March 1992. The ex-Arsenal forward scored against Czechoslovakia on his England debut.
Rowe's also the 18th different England player to score in 2021. That is the most number of goalscorers the nation has ever seen in a single calendar year.
#3 England score 10 goals for the first time since 1964
Scoring 10 goals in a game is never easy, but England are no stranger to the feat.
Way back in 1964, Alf Ramsey's historic Three Lions team beat USA 10-0 in New York, albeit in a friendly game.
Liverpool ace Roger Hunt netted four times while Frederick Pickering scored a hat-trick. Terence Paine and Bobby Charlton were the other scorers on the historic day.
Gareth Southgate's young and exuberant squad have now joined their ranks by equaling the record, and moreover, in a competitive game.
#2 Kane - the first England player to score back-to-back hat-tricks since 1927
Harry Kane's struggles with Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League this season are well-documented. But his form with the national set-up is fine as ever.
In fact, it's the best we've seen from him, as the striker followed up his hat-trick against Albania last week with a four-goal salvo last night.
In the process, he became the first English player to score consecutive trebles in competitive games since Dixie Dean in 1927!
It's a terrific record indeed, with Kane also just the fourth player in the nation's history to record back-to-back hat-tricks in all competitions.
#1 England record their biggest away competitive victory
As we saw earlier, this isn't the first time that England scored 10 goals in a game. But that feat in 1964 came on home soil.
Their biggest away victory in a competitive game was a pair of 8-0 wins against Turkey and, you guessed it, San Marino.
The first came in 1984 in a World Cup qualifying game, inspired by a Bryan Robson hat-trick, before the Three Lions repeated the trick 29 years later.
Seven different players were on the scoresheet that night at the Stadio Olimpico in 2013, including Jermaine Defoe, who struck a brace.
But now history has been rewritten, with Gareth Southgate's putting 10 past the hapless San Marino for their biggest away victory in a competitive game.
Expect the record to stay that way for a long time.
