When Peter Crouch scored the winner in England's 2-0 victory over Trinidad and Tobago, vulgarities were soon replaced by chants of "Inger-land!"

An England soccer fan dressed as a knight reacts as he watches the soccer World Cup Group B match between England and Trinidad and Tobago on a huge television.[Reuters]

"Finally!" Dominic Brown, a 41-year-old accountant watching nervously, said. "That has been 83 minutes of rubbish!"

Minutes later when Steven Gerrard sealed the win with a strike in injury time, screams filled the Penderel's Oak pub, reverberating onto the streets of central London.

"Great goal, one of Gerrard's best," Brown said.

Many fans were left unconvinced of the country's chances of winning the World Cup.

"We were pretty lucky, really," David Lord, a 42-year-old engineer from London, said. "You'd expect them to go through, and the result reflects a game that they were still lucky to win. I don't think they're going to so well when they come up against a team like Brazil though."

Wayne Rooney's first appearance received mixed reviews. "I didn't notice much of an impact from Rooney," Lord said. Brown disagreed. "Our only chance of winning the World Cup is with him."

Trinidad and Tobago fans were hardly disappointed after having slugged it out with the two Group B favorites for 183 minutes.

"They played well throughout except for the last few minutes," said Glaspole Graham, a 45-year-old engineer and the only Trinidad and Tobago fan in Guanabara bar. "Holding England that long, they lasted a lot longer than many thought. They should slaughter Paraguay now."

While Carl Guichard, 28, a boxing trainer from north London, said Trinidad and Tobago played "with heart."

"Remember we are a small side," he said. "It is like Ricky Hatton fighting Lennox Lewis and losing on points."

Among the throngs of fans were a few Scotsmen, cheering loudly for the underdogs.

"I thought they were very unlucky," said David Quigley, a 31-year-old civil servant originally from Greenock who was wearing a Trinidad and Tobago shirt. "They played really well, especially considering the strength of their team compared to England."

Quigley supports the Soca Warriors because he knows them _ six of the team's players are based in Scotland.

"Rooney made a big difference, giving the rest of the team a lift and more confidence, but he still didn't look completely fit," he said.

When asked if any Scots cheer for England, Quigley's response was "just politicians."

As fans spilled out of pubs and bars to catch their bus home after the game, Nancy Panchi was in celebratory mood after seeing her native Ecuador beat Costa Rica 2-0.

"I cheer for Ecuador, but also for England because I live here now," the 34-year-old cleaner, clad in the yellows of her home country, said. "They played better today than against Paraguay and I think they can win it all.

"But if they meet England in the second round, Ecuador will win."