Alex Danson is already revelling in another chance to sample the raucous home atmosphere after England battled their way to the Hockey World Cup knockout stages.
The hosts had not played at their best so far at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, needing at least a draw from their final match with Ireland to seal progression.
They went one better however with Giselle Ansley’s drag-flick deflecting off a defender and into the net in the 1-0 win, England’s first of the competition after draws in their first two matches.
It proved enough to take second in Pool B with South Korea the next challenge in a crossover match before a potential clash with the Netherlands in the quarter-finals.
And with thousands of home fans cheering them on at the scene of the London 2012 Olympic Games, Danson can’t wait to show them what her side can do all over again.
“We’re absolutely delighted, it’s been an unbelievable atmosphere and we stuck to the gameplan against a very good Irish team so we’re delighted to come away with the three points,” she said.
“Now it’s about getting lots of recovery, doing our homework and coming out to Korea for the next game, we’re really looking forward to it.”
While goal-scorer Ansley added: “We’re not going to shy away from the fact that we had loads of penalty corners and did create plenty of chances.
“We’ve just to keep believing and we do believe we can pull them off, it’s job done in the pool stages and now it’s onto the knockout stages.
"The roar of the crowd was incredible, they've been fantastic and just going out there for the past three games has been amazing."
England had to wait until the second half for the breakthrough, Ansley finally making the most of a plethora of penalty corners they were awarded in the contest against an Irish side who had already qualified as pool winners.
Indeed that was just the third goal scored in their three pool matches, held by both India and the United States as their bid for the knockout stages was left in the balance.
The lack of clinical edge from penalty corners has proven to be one talking point for Danny Kerry’s charges, though the head coach believes the performances have certainly been promising so far.
“I said exactly the same thing to the girls as I did after the first two games, we performed well, we dominated the game and finally something has gone in and gone our way,” he said
“In the first two games, we didn’t have quite the same dominance but were the better team, this time we went for it and completely dominated. Eventually that weight of possession and territory paid off.
“The girls started to chat about where we needed to finish in the pool but for me it was about winning the game, taking control of matches, not looking at what ifs. It’s about getting them in the right space for the performance.
“You’re human and if you start to have opportunities from penalty corners, you think about stuff and sometimes you’ve just got to commit to it. It can get into people’s heads but I was really pleased for Giselle, she committed to it and got the deflection and got the goal.”
Sportsbeat 2018