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MayonnaiseOnMyChips · 2024-07-13T06:50:17+00:00

Just curious...if anyone isn't watching England play on Sunday are you planning to do something else instead? I couldn't give a flying flipadoodle about it so thinking film and a take away. DH will be out at the pub watching it so have the remote and Deliveroo app to myself.

AmelieTaylor · 13/07/2024 10:00

BogRollBOGOF · 13/07/2024 08:00

I'm aware that there's a big match.
Don't know what time.
My policy of not watching has served England well so far so do I attempt to witness history, watch it and jinx it, or quietly ignore to improve their odds

I have a history of triggering devestating penalty shootouts when I show too much interest.

@BogRollBOGOF

please quietly ignore!

if it was just a penalty shoot out, I'd be quietly confident, it's the initial 90 odd minutes that's filling me with 'fear'. My hope is that we get through that without it being a humiliating defeat. Not very positive I know, but Spain have been playing really really well.

LilBowWow · 13/07/2024 09:59

Just do what you’d normally do when there’s something on tv you don’t want to watch. Must’ve happened before.

skippy67 · 13/07/2024 09:57

FunIsland · 13/07/2024 09:54

You know this thread is called football free Sunday which sort of implies that it’s a place where people who don’t want to watch football and are sick of having it rammed down their throats can talk about what they’re going to do?

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You know that posting on a public forum is going to attract responses from people who may have an opposing view? A bit like your response to mine? It's called discussion.

Amazingday · 13/07/2024 09:57

Friend coming round for wine and a chat. Organised before football.

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MayonnaiseOnMyChips · 13/07/2024 09:56

Metempsychosis · 13/07/2024 09:55

Our local cinema is also showing the game on the biggest screen, but unless it's a single screen cinema they will have other options showing.

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Yes! Just checked the listings out of curiosity and other films being shown as normal 😁

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AmelieTaylor · 13/07/2024 09:55

FunIsland · 13/07/2024 08:03

I usually go to the cinema but maybe it won’t be open. If it’s not I’ll go for a long walk or run. Or have a long bath. Or watch paint dry 😉

@FunIsland

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Yesitisnotthatitbe · 13/07/2024 09:55

LadyPenelope68 · 13/07/2024 09:50

History???? It’s a football game 😂

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And??? What qualifies as an historical event then?
Not saying it means anyone should watch it btw. Just responding to the poster who claimed not to understand why a non football fan would choose to watch this game

Metempsychosis · 13/07/2024 09:55

MayonnaiseOnMyChips · 13/07/2024 08:13

Long bath may feature in my plans too.
Not sure if the cinema will be showing films at that time- our nearest cinema is showing the match on the big screen 🤯

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Our local cinema is also showing the game on the biggest screen, but unless it's a single screen cinema they will have other options showing.

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MayonnaiseOnMyChips · 13/07/2024 09:54

Ineedaholidayagain · 13/07/2024 08:21

I'm halfway through a good book so will be curled up in bed reading, DH and DS will be watching in the lounge so I'll use the general sound level to guess how it's going.

Which book? Enjoy!

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FunIsland · 13/07/2024 09:54

skippy67 · 13/07/2024 09:50

Yes but the OP needs people to know just how uninterested she is in football...

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You know this thread is called football free Sunday which sort of implies that it’s a place where people who don’t want to watch football and are sick of having it rammed down their throats can talk about what they’re going to do?

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MayonnaiseOnMyChips · 13/07/2024 09:53

skippy67 · 13/07/2024 09:50

Yes but the OP needs people to know just how uninterested she is in football...

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I absolutely do.
More excited about the prospect of having the house to myself to be quite honest.

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MayonnaiseOnMyChips · 13/07/2024 09:52

Oooh hummus and pizza is a good shout.
Might swerve the take away idea and do myself a little picnic infront of a film.

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garlictwist · 13/07/2024 09:51

Londonrach1 · 13/07/2024 07:54

I don't care about football but this is england so I'll watch it...

Yes, I wouldn't normally watch sport but I'll
watch this one as it's a big game. I do think I'm a curse though: I only ever watch sport when it's important and when I do my side tends to lose.

skippy67 · 13/07/2024 09:50

NashvilleQueen · 13/07/2024 08:20

Football is rarely on at 8pm on a Sunday night so just do whatever you'd ordinarily do. I hear there's streaming platforms available these days and everything.

Yes but the OP needs people to know just how uninterested she is in football...

LadyPenelope68 · 13/07/2024 09:50

Yesitisnotthatitbe · 13/07/2024 09:33

Because it might be a chance to witness history being made?
It's the Olympics in a couple of weeks. Loads of people will watch sporting events they normally wouldn't dream of doing so if there's the possibility of their country winning the gold medal

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History???? It’s a football game 😂

LadyPenelope68 · 13/07/2024 09:48

I’ll be in bed with a glass of wine and a book, not interested whatsoever. Husband and 2 teenage sons not interested either, so a football free zone.

think it’s ridiculous and way over the top that things are shutting early Sunday, or opening later on Monday. It’s just a football match, they didn’t do that for the Lionesses or the Olympics, or rugby etc, etc.

MrsStottlemeyer · 13/07/2024 09:47

I'll be about an hour into a four hour journey home with DH and two DC They are huge football fans but are not England fans so will be willing England to lose.
I will hopefully find a good book to listen to because football on the car radio unlocks an intense rage in me.

FunIsland · 13/07/2024 09:39

Yesitisnotthatitbe · 13/07/2024 09:33

Because it might be a chance to witness history being made?
It's the Olympics in a couple of weeks. Loads of people will watch sporting events they normally wouldn't dream of doing so if there's the possibility of their country winning the gold medal

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Because it might be a chance to witness history being made?
But - and I can’t stress this strongly enough - it’s only a game. It’s only ‘important’ or ‘history’ because of the hysteria attached to it. Other than perhaps some people getting more famous, the only impact on normal people is that they will (hopefully) feel temporarily excited or sadly some people will be victims of crime or violence as a direct result.

Sethera · 13/07/2024 09:35

DH and I not interested so I expect we'll watch a film, as we normally do on a Sunday evening.

Yesitisnotthatitbe · 13/07/2024 09:33

sashh · 13/07/2024 08:18

I'll probably do the same OP.

Although my local carvery doesn't have TV so will be empty.

I don't care about football but this is england so I'll watch it...

Why? I don't understand.

Because it might be a chance to witness history being made?
It's the Olympics in a couple of weeks. Loads of people will watch sporting events they normally wouldn't dream of doing so if there's the possibility of their country winning the gold medal

Flumpie59 · 13/07/2024 09:28

I agree! There's business staff and school kids going home early to watch footie!

Absolutely EVERYTHING about it bores me into a coma!

If I had staff and they said they want to go home early to watch footie then I'd say that's absolutely fine .... but I'll delete a portion of their wages for the time they're off! HA!

CheeseSandwichRiskAssessment · 13/07/2024 09:19

Buy a nice supermarket pizza or hummus and such so you don't have to deal with the deliveroo wait, and The Bear season 3.

BarbedButterfly · 13/07/2024 09:17

We will probably watch a movie as neither of us cares about football

Squirrelsnut · 13/07/2024 09:15

FunIsland · 13/07/2024 08:47

@Afternoonteavirgin I’m nothing to do with the police but this is a big part of it for me Also as an ex police despatcher I'm all too aware of what it does to the country in terms of crime, violence, child abuse and animal abuse. One to avoid for me.

Yep.

Fairyliz · 13/07/2024 09:12

RedVanYellowVan · 13/07/2024 08:24

This is weird. It's a football match, nothing more, nothing less.

Surely you either watch it if you are interested or carry on as normal if you're not? There almost seems to be a sense of having to arrange something alternative on purpose going on here.

FWIW, we are meeting friends to do something outdoors and potentially very messy for most of the day. The evening will be cleaning ourselves, cleaning kit and eating. I'm not interested in football but might think to look at my phone at some point.

But perhaps you can’t ’carry on as normal’?
Venues are shutting or will show the match at full blast or friends that you would normally see have bought into the collective madness.