Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Euro 2024 final: Your unofficial viewing guide

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Now the question is: Do you watch the game on your own, with your family or get all your mates round?

Factors in this are whether you have a family or you have friends. And whether they want to watch the football with you.

You might like to watch the game down the pub – but crowds are likely to be big so you might need to get there early to grab a good spot.

You can go and watch it in a big venue such as Boxpark, or at one of the many fan parks being set up around the country especially for the game.

If you fancy going out to watch the game and don’t want people throwing £7 beers over your head, then you might find your local pub a drier venue.

If you stay at home, maybe you could watch it with a few people like they do on TV. Make sure to call it ‘footy’, maybe wave a scarf around and all jump around at random times.

If you have children, should you let them stay up? We’re no child psychologists but the answer is yes – if they want to.

England don’t reach many finals – this is only their third at a men’s tournament – so it could be a once-in-a-lifetime moment.

After all, you never hear any of the older generation say they wish they hadn’t watched the 1966 World Cup final because they felt tired the next morning.

Of course if your child has no interest in the football – this author’s boy would sooner watch a spider walk around for two hours than a football game – get them all tucked in before kick-off.

Some schools and businesses are opening slightly later on Monday as a result of the game.

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