You can dance if you want to: How the internet reacted to the Socceroos triumph and Andrew Redmayne's heroics

Andrew Redmayne sparked an avalanche of memes after his shoot-out winning turn that clinched World Cup qualification for Australia. (Supplied: Channel 10/Football Australia)

As Socceroos manager Graham Arnold motioned for a sub, and it became clear it was his goalkeeper and captain, Mat Ryan, that would be trotting off to be replaced by Andrew Redmayne, it began.

Nervous laughter at best, spittle-flecked rage at worst, the online response to the most audacious of technical substitutions suddenly burst forth.