Pubs staying open until 5am for the England game ?

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Oh can you imagine the states at that time 😬😆

It depends on the opposition. Mexico are one of the top ten teams in the world, have won every match so far without conceding a goal and it's a home fixture for them, at altitude which will be very difficult. Plus there were far more teams in the competition to start with this time. 48 teams. When we won it there were 16 teams.

Plus some of their more twatty fans like to find the opposition team hotel and make a racket outside so the players can't sleep.

This.

I barely care about football at all but I certainly understand why it's better to enjoy a game in a large group with camaraderie than alone on your sofa with your kids asleep upstairs. There's no obligation to go to a pub if you don't want to and pubs already have an obligation to stop serving someone who has clearly not got the capacity to know their own limits

I’m pleased they can open. The pub trade is struggling so any additional opportunity to increase business is a good thing. I really hope they’re busy.

The same way Germany beating Paraguay (or Germany missing thier first penalty in 44 years in an international tournament) was a foregone conclusion? The same way Spain veating Cape Verde was a foregone conclusion? The same way South Africa beating Japan in the 2015 Rugby World Cup was a foregone conclusion? The same way Mike Tyson beating Buster Douglas was a foregone conclusion?

I am not in England but see no issue with it, I think it is what most countries have been doing for these games. Surely by 5am people would have drunk themselves sober anyway. I think the pubs will be trying to wake people up to get out rather then have to deal with anti social drunks

Oh fgs it’s a one off thing, why are people so miserable on Mumsnet sometimes?!

No i won’t be going, I am Welsh and don’t like football.
I hope everyone who does go has a great time though and I hope the pubs make a good profit!

I don’t really get why they think EVERYONE will be plastered? We won’t actually go out until 12.30ish!

Good god, where do you live? Magaluf?

I don’t think everyone will! But there will be a few who have been on it since lunchtime, on a normal day in my town centre people sit outside the pubs at 11am with a pint anyway so match day is even more an excuse

Matchday is Monday, they won’t start
11 am Sunday!

It’s 1am Monday morning so if people are going out to watch it they’ll start drinking on Sunday. Which is fine btw!

It’s one match in a decade, longer, that is at an unsocial time.

I think it's eally irresponsible of the government to be honest. A lot of people don't know what equates to a unit of alcohol let alone elimination rates. I wonder how many people will be drink driving the next morning and turning up to work under the influence. As well as has been pointed out, the rise in domestic violence!

In the event that it goes to extra time and penalties presumably. Fancy choosing to live near two pubs and complaining about the noise though.

Not at 11am!

Probably not 11am but some will have BBQs, mates over and just carry on all afternoon and evening at home!

At least in a pub the landlord can stop serving you!

Some people will.

This is a very good point.

Some most certainly will, and the coke will keep them going until kick off

Fuck that. Wearing ear plugs in your own home because of the drunk yobs out in the street at 3am? They’ll get a bucket of water over their heads. I hope England loses.

Our local pub stayed open until 5am for the first Scotland game - we arrived at around 8pm, stayed to watch all the matches, got fed burgers at half time, walked home to the sun coming up and birds singing. My old self could definitely not hack that sort of late night on a regular basis, but as a one off it was a great atmosphere and no one was ragingly drunk

Misery guts at its finest 😂

None of the pubs I drink in are going to do it. Publicans need sleep as well, you know.

The couple I have heard are considering it will probably not open the following lunchtime.

Nah, Wetherspoons won’t be showing it!