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Pubs open til 5am, children encouraged to miss school by the England manager.

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canthavetoomanylights · 02/07/2026 21:35

Surely this is going too far. I wouldn’t agree with it if it was the final.

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bittertwisted · 05/07/2026 18:54

So is DS allowed to watch it?
im completely lost, and no idea 🤷‍♀️

XelaM · 05/07/2026 19:24

Even my office is making allowances for people staying up late to watch the game and people can work 11am-7pm if they want to.

Some people on this thread are such killjoys.

ovals · 05/07/2026 19:38

Watch how gleeful some will be if (when?) we lose. Talk of getting back to normal (i.e. when everyone feels as hopeless as they do). What a shitty way to live.

Smeuse · 05/07/2026 19:45

lovecotswoldsliving · 05/07/2026 14:46

What have you to say about the goalkeeper from Paraguay calling the French team African?
Racism abroad is far worse than here.
We need to eradicate any form of racism or hatred, including those spouting unkindness towards those trying to have fun watching the football.
Hows that for a bag of apples? Be away and leave people alone.

What do I have to say?

Racism is wrong every time and I condemn it, whoever does it.

Unkindness is a different kind of apple entirely.

I will be watching, big football fan and a leftie in case you are wondering

GasPanic · 05/07/2026 19:52

When I was at uni I used to go out to a club til 2 am, get hammered, a kebab on the way back and then up for a lecture at 09:00.

I don't think watching a single 2 hour match at 1 am is going to be any great crisis.

TheGreatDownandOut · 05/07/2026 19:55

Hildegard25 · 05/07/2026 17:38

Well well well,

How this thread has changed. OP posted this thread.

Pubs open till 5am, children encouraged to miss school by the England manager.

We were intended to debate the pros and cons of this statement.

And now we are discussing, or should I say arguing racism.

Yeah I am confused, I read the first page and jumped to the last one and everyone was talking about racism and I was like, huh?

Id forgotten the football was on. I live in the midlands and have managed to avoid it. I hope everyone who is watching the match has a good time. But I hope my neighbours aren’t loud because I am tired.

Keepoffmyartichokes · 05/07/2026 20:51

lovecotswoldsliving · 04/07/2026 18:09

You obviously don’t know many teenagers.
Or if you do, you are blind.

I have a teenager, he is not up all night gaming and neither are his friends

lovecotswoldsliving · 05/07/2026 21:09

Keepoffmyartichokes · 05/07/2026 20:51

I have a teenager, he is not up all night gaming and neither are his friends

I can assure you a lot are up until the early hours.

Nowisthetimeforicecream · 05/07/2026 21:12

lovecotswoldsliving · 05/07/2026 21:09

I can assure you a lot are up until the early hours.

Depends on the quality of parenting they get.

downloadtoad · 05/07/2026 21:23

XelaM · 05/07/2026 19:24

Even my office is making allowances for people staying up late to watch the game and people can work 11am-7pm if they want to.

Some people on this thread are such killjoys.

Edited

Aren’t they just. I commented when the thread was first made saying the same thing, popped back and people are still whinging 😆

Hildegard25 · 05/07/2026 21:59

Keepoffmyartichokes · 05/07/2026 20:51

I have a teenager, he is not up all night gaming and neither are his friends

I maybe believe the first half, unless your Son is very deviously sly, but come on,
"and neither are his friends", that statement is pure conjecture, you cannot possibly know that even if their parents have told you which I would very much doubt a conversation like that would ensue.

BringBackCatsEyes · 05/07/2026 23:15

My step-FIL's jury service has been postponed from Monday to Tuesday. They haven't said why, but he has his suspicions!

LuckyHazelFox · 05/07/2026 23:17

Well done Norway 🇳🇴

Gooseling · 06/07/2026 04:19

anotherside · 03/07/2026 00:00

Do you lot never break up for summer? Here in Ireland we’ve already been off a week! Don’t worry we’ll stay up late and cheer on Mexico, sorry England for you!

You were saying …… ?

Top o’ the morning to ya 😁😁😁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

lovecotswoldsliving · 06/07/2026 04:32

Gooseling · 06/07/2026 04:19

You were saying …… ?

Top o’ the morning to ya 😁😁😁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Brilliant.
All those supporting Mexico are going to have a miserable day. We on the other hand will have a brilliant day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽️

Minilover79 · 06/07/2026 04:59

Some of the comments here 😂 😂 😂. What a match!! Go England!!

HelenaWilson · 06/07/2026 05:04

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 WOW! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Just woke up wanting a wee. Looked at the score and couldn't believe what I was seeing!!!!

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Hope everyone who stayed up had a great night.

Schools that are showing it this morning aren't going to get any work done afterwards, are they. Kids will be too buzzed.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

GreenWheat · 06/07/2026 05:05

anotherside · 03/07/2026 00:00

Do you lot never break up for summer? Here in Ireland we’ve already been off a week! Don’t worry we’ll stay up late and cheer on Mexico, sorry England for you!

Hope you had a nice night I guess your performative cheering wasn't as good as our genuine cheering. Sorry for you not in the slightest 😁

DontBuyAnotherBook · 06/07/2026 05:06

lovecotswoldsliving · 06/07/2026 04:32

Brilliant.
All those supporting Mexico are going to have a miserable day. We on the other hand will have a brilliant day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽️

They will be off to buy Norway shirts.

themiddleofourstreet · 06/07/2026 05:48

@LlynTegidi do hope you’re eating your humble pie

JacketPotatoFoodOfTheGods · 06/07/2026 05:50

Whooooo! Yessss!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

YourAmplePlumPoster · 06/07/2026 07:43

In spite of the rigged refereeing, England won. Always the same in every World Cup, rigged and bribed refs.

downloadtoad · 06/07/2026 07:46

Come on England ! What altitude?!?!

lovecotswoldsliving · 06/07/2026 07:49

YourAmplePlumPoster · 06/07/2026 07:43

In spite of the rigged refereeing, England won. Always the same in every World Cup, rigged and bribed refs.

And all the VAR officials were from
South America 😬