Man Utd fan and Strictly star Rachel Riley has helped set a new world record for the largest synchronised goal celebration - with the help of hundreds of Lionesses fans.<br /><br />The TV presenter used her dancing know-how to lead more than 500 fans in a synchronised mash-up of popular goal celebrations as England defeated Haiti. <br /><br />Among the celebrations featured were Cristiano Ronaldo's ‘Siuuu’, Peter Crouch’s 'robot dance', and Lionel Messi’s 'two fingers to the sky'. <br /><br />It took place at Wembley Stadium’s BOXPARK fan zone, which has been renamed ‘WeetaBOXPARK’ for England's first two matches, following a partnership with Weetabix.'<br /><br />Rachel, 37, who teamed-up with the cereal brand to help set the new record, said: “As a nation, we all love a good goal celebration - it unites us in support. <br /><br />“This record break was the perfect way to bring football fans together to have some fun and show the Lionesses and how proud we are of them. <br /><br />“I learnt a lot during my time on Strictly, but this routine was a different dance sequence altogether. I hope I did Crouchy proud!”<br /><br />The mass-dance follows a study, commissioned by Weetabix, into the greatest football goal celebrations of all-time - with Peter Crouch’s robot dance coming top.<br /><br />Paul Gascoigne’s 'dentist chair' finished in second place and Cristiano Ronaldo’s ‘Siuuu’ secured third spot.<br /><br />Other notable goal celebrations included Jürgen Klinsmann’s 'dive', Eric Cantona’s 'boss man' stance, and Jimmy Bullard’s half time team talk.<br /><br />Celebrations from the women’s game made the cut too - including Chloe Kelly swinging her top overhead, and Ellen White's 'goggles' celebration.<br /><br />Rachel added: “I loved that Chloe Kelly’s iconic goal celebration came out as 10th in the most iconic moves of all time. <br /><br />"It really shows how football fans have moved on and that the Lionesses are now seen as rivals to the major men’s players.”<br /><br />It also emerged 60 per cent, of the 1,000 football fans polled, believe a truly great celebration can make a goal “even better”.<br /><br />Another 62 per cent believe goal celebrations have the power to unite countries when cheering on their side.<br /><br />And an iconic celebration can also get more people playing football - as 39 per cent believe Chloe Kelly’s at England’s Championship win in 2022 - inspired more young girls to take up the sport.<br /><br />Rachel said: “As a mum to two girls, I love that the Lionesses are such incredible role models.<br /><br />"And I’m sure they will inspire my two little ones to want to lace up their football boots in the future. <br /><br />“Weetabix have been championing women’s football for years. <br /><br />“And I love that they’re on a mission to inspire more young girls to get into the beautiful game through their Weetabix Wildcats initiative, where young girls aged 5-11 can play, have fun and find a new sense of confidence. <br /><br />“I wish something like that existed when I was younger!”<br /><br />The study found 77 per cent of fans polled follow the women’s game, with 35 per cent putting it down to just enjoying all football.
