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EURO 2O24 ⚽ part 3

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DuncinToffee · 06/07/2024 18:33

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JasonTindallsTan · 11/07/2024 22:10

Ezekiela · 11/07/2024 21:26

The Killers interrupted their concert at the O2 to show the end of the game so fingers crossed for you.

Im in Scotland at TRNSMT 😐

Ezekiela · 11/07/2024 23:37

JasonTindallsTan · 11/07/2024 22:10

Im in Scotland at TRNSMT 😐

Yeah, I don't fancy your chances in Scotland.

JasonTindallsTan · 12/07/2024 11:42

No me either. We’ll drive home tbh if no way of seeing it. Devastated at missing Calvin Harris but needs must.

Acapulco12 · 12/07/2024 13:14

JasonTindallsTan · 12/07/2024 11:42

No me either. We’ll drive home tbh if no way of seeing it. Devastated at missing Calvin Harris but needs must.

Could you watch it on your phone or a tablet? I know it’s far from ideal though :/

JasonTindallsTan · 12/07/2024 13:41

Highly doubt there will be enough signal to even send a text never mind stream the game ☹️

Maggiethecat · 12/07/2024 17:29

JasonTindallsTan · 12/07/2024 11:42

No me either. We’ll drive home tbh if no way of seeing it. Devastated at missing Calvin Harris but needs must.

Needs must indeed!
I’m trying to find somewhere in Edinburgh to watch it with England supporters (wouldn’t want any possible cheering for the team to upset the neighbours 🤫)

AndSakaDancing · 12/07/2024 19:01

Needs must indeed.

Calvin Harris must be sacrificed

I want to watch it in Palma with my good friends who live out there but also want to watch the Tennis.

stuckdownahole · 12/07/2024 22:36

HungryLittleCrocodile · 11/07/2024 12:11

Very few people seem to care a lot about the Lionesses doing so well. (They won the Euros in 2022.) Even most women I know weren't massively bothered.

I mean they were happy for them, and pleased they won, and thought it was a good example to girls to see women doing something like this.

But it was nothing like the euphoria that exists right now with the men. And when the men were in the final of the last Euros (2021,) and the quarter final of the world cup in December 2022, and in the semi final of the world cup in 2018.

I wonder why?

As a football obsessive I would say two reasons: firstly that the men's Premier League and Champions League are highly popular, so there's a greater familiarity with the players. I could tell you off the top of my head which clubs most of the Spanish men's team play for, let alone England. In the women's game I know Chloe Kelly and Ella Toone scored England's two goals in the Euro final 2022, but I honestly would have to look up which clubs they earn their bread and butter from.

Secondly, that the women's international game is still developing. The USA were previously very dominant and many of the games in the early stages of women's tournaments were quite one-sided as some of the teams weren't very good. That's becoming a thing of the past and the women's World Cup last year was the first time the USA didn't even make the semi-finals. Also, just my opinion, Nigeria were terrific and unfortunate to be knocked out by England. African teams doing well is a huge boost to the tournament and it looks like that might happen soon.

There's a third reason with England which is the history of unlucky failure and the struggle of very well-paid and famous young men to live up to the sky-high national expectation. It's become a perennial drama that sucks everyone in.

DuncinToffee · 13/07/2024 09:57

And don't forget, the FA banned women's football for 50 years!

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burblish · 13/07/2024 13:39

DuncinToffee · 13/07/2024 09:57

And don't forget, the FA banned women's football for 50 years!

This is a major factor - women's football is still playing catch up. In the post-WW1 period, women's football matches were attracting as many and, in some cases, even more spectators than men's matches. That's why, in 1921, the FA banned women from playing on FA-affiliated pitches (which, effectively, meant no pitches with spectator facilities) - couldn't let the little wimmins take attention off the men.

BirthdayRainbow · 13/07/2024 14:57

It was a lovely surprise that the Lionesses were playing yesterday as I'd forgotten and needed cheering up. Never fear, my T-shirt is washed for tomorrow and currently going around in the dryer. ⚽️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Hellohah · 13/07/2024 19:28

I'm getting excited for the final now. I watched my team defy the odds to win the FA Cup Final, so am feeling unreasonably (?) optimistic.
I sometimes get feelings, and I got a feeling in May we'd do it. I have the same feeling at the moment, but my radar doesn't always work the same for England as it does for United.
I've got everything crossed for a Mainoo goal, after spending the rest of the tournament just hoping he came out of it unscathed.

BirthdayRainbow · 13/07/2024 19:33

I've just remembered it's tomorrow again and I'm really excited.

Maggiethecat · 13/07/2024 19:40

Hellohah · 13/07/2024 19:28

I'm getting excited for the final now. I watched my team defy the odds to win the FA Cup Final, so am feeling unreasonably (?) optimistic.
I sometimes get feelings, and I got a feeling in May we'd do it. I have the same feeling at the moment, but my radar doesn't always work the same for England as it does for United.
I've got everything crossed for a Mainoo goal, after spending the rest of the tournament just hoping he came out of it unscathed.

“…..that (tomorrow) night’s gonna be a good night, gonna be a good good night”

Woo hoo!

DuncinToffee · 13/07/2024 19:42

It's a long wait until 8pm tomorrow

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BirthdayRainbow · 13/07/2024 19:49

It is. An afternoon kick off would have been better for our nerves!

Ezekiela · 13/07/2024 21:21

BirthdayRainbow · 13/07/2024 19:49

It is. An afternoon kick off would have been better for our nerves!

Better for those of us trying to get across Berlin and back to our hotel after the match, too.

OonaStubbs · 13/07/2024 21:39

I think it should have been on Saturday. It would have been better for everyone.

Indiaorigin · 13/07/2024 21:41

Snacks bought - haven’t decided what I’ll be eating. It’s just me (live alone). I have a chocolate pudding to enjoy whatever the result.
Afternoon would have suited me better - I start work at eight on Monday luckily wfh.

duc748 · 13/07/2024 21:43

For the semi, I watched the first half at home, and walked down to the pub for the second half. But I doubt I'll do that tomorrow night.

AndSakaDancing · 14/07/2024 00:05

I'm glad it is late as Wimbledon men's tomorrow. I've had a lovely day today watching the women and then the doubles really looking forward to the men's final.

The euro final, not so much. I imagine it will be stressful.

AndSakaDancing · 14/07/2024 00:06

BirthdayRainbow · 13/07/2024 14:57

It was a lovely surprise that the Lionesses were playing yesterday as I'd forgotten and needed cheering up. Never fear, my T-shirt is washed for tomorrow and currently going around in the dryer. ⚽️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

I really enjoyed the game, it was great to see them pressing when 2-0 up.

Cadela · 14/07/2024 06:22

Woke up at 5am from nerves, saw Trump got bb’d in the ear. Not sure if that’s a good sign or not 😅

EasternStandard · 14/07/2024 07:31

Cadela · 14/07/2024 06:22

Woke up at 5am from nerves, saw Trump got bb’d in the ear. Not sure if that’s a good sign or not 😅

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I don’t think it was a bb as there were casualties

Brefugee · 14/07/2024 08:55

late to this party, i'm not a big fan of Internationals, but it's the final so i feel obliged to watch.

I am Very Cross Indeed that it is so late 9pm here in Germany. That really gets on my nerves, there is zero need for that, it's a European competition and the earliest anyone in Europe gets to see it is 8pm. On a freaking Sundy. Grumble grumble grumble

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