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England fans are daring to dream of victory in the World Cup as the team prepares to take on Colombia in the knock-out stage of the competition.

Every supporter knows the danger of getting their hopes up after enduring decades of disappointment, but a favourable line-up of potential future opponents is encouraging fans to ditch the lessons of past tournaments.

Fidan Fejzi and Juan Florez, both 19 and from south London, are semi-professional footballers and great friends but they will be supporting different sides in the match.

Mr Florez, who is Colombian, said: "Obviously I do want to see England go far in the tournament, however Colombia is the motherland so I just want Colombia to beat England and go through."

Unsurprisingly, Mr Fejzi disagrees. He said: "I think we are going to bring it home, that's all I'm going to say... sorry mate!"

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On the Kirby Estate in south London there are wall-to-wall England flags plus the odd defiant Colombian one.

With so many World Cup favourites like Germany, Argentina, Spain and Portugal crashing out, fans like Jagilieu Bah are feeling confident.

"England is a big team," he told me. "The two or three big teams left can make the difference and England is one of them."

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Sue Smith has played football for England 93 times and is delighted with how support has grown.

"It's so good and so pleasing for me as an ex-player and now as a fan that the nation are behind England and it's actually trendy now to support England," the winger said.

"Maybe a few months back people were saying 'I don't really care about England, I want to concentrate on my Premier League team', but now we're all getting behind this group of players."

She says the squad will be focusing on one game at a time and are likely to be "in a bubble" - away from what is happening back at home.

Pupils in Year 5 at Chase Bridge Primary School in Twickenham are hoping that's not the case.

They have penned an anthem for the team and are desperate for them to hear it.

Kayden Brimah, 10, said: "Our teacher teaches us loads of literacy and we used it to help us do the words and use rhyming and repetition."

Mahi Vyas, also 10, said fans "should have 100% belief" in the team.

The reality of whether England really can progress to the quarter finals will begin to unfold at 7pm.