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If you are watching the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽️ tonight where are you and what are your plans?

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Urmstongran Sun 14-Jul-24 18:47:42

We are in our pj’s on the bed, tv on already! We’ve eaten our tea and are ssettled, ready. I’ve got a rosé wine poured it’s on my bedside table. We know how to live!

I’ve just peered over the balcony. The main road is empty! One lone cyclist, then a taxi passed. That’s the sum of traffic right now in usually busy Urmston. It’s like a ghost town …. So quiet! The bars up the road will be buzzing, just not the one below us as they don’t have TV screens and closed early to let their staff go to enjoy the game. Himself told me most of the bars are ‘ticket only’ tonight as on NYE!

What are YOU doing?

C’mon England!

Urmstongran Sun 14-Jul-24 21:58:43

Boohoo! 😨

V3ra Sun 14-Jul-24 21:59:19

Ah well. Everyone applauded here and the staff were pleased! The chef had come out of his kitchen to watch the last minutes 😁

DamaskRose Sun 14-Jul-24 22:00:04

😢

crazyH Sun 14-Jul-24 22:01:32

I can well imagine the celebrations in Spain !

Pantglas2 Sun 14-Jul-24 22:03:37

Well another Cava it is…🥂.

Sad to see England still waiting to match their talent with achievement but Spain haven’t lost a game in the tournament so deserving winners.

I’m glad I’m not in mi Casa tonight - my neighbours will be driving round tooting their horns til the early hours 🤬

LauraNorderr Sun 14-Jul-24 22:07:22

Should have gone to bed earlier, could have saved the disappointment until morning but then I’d have missed the lovely moment when we did score.
Goodnight

NotAGran55 Sun 14-Jul-24 22:10:42

The result was inevitable, but painful nevertheless. The best team won. Well done 🇪🇸.

Joseann Sun 14-Jul-24 22:10:46

A shame for England, but Spain were the better players.

crazyH Sun 14-Jul-24 22:13:41

Goodnight all ..

crazyH Sun 14-Jul-24 22:15:36

And Urms thanks for starting this thread, but didn’t see any posts from you since, or I might have just been too engrossed in the game. Goodnight again

rafichagran Sun 14-Jul-24 22:17:06

Thanks Urms I have enjoyed this thread, not the result though.

Sweetpeasue Sun 14-Jul-24 22:17:21

But we did get to the final. Not bad at all! Well done England.

MayBee70 Sun 14-Jul-24 22:21:11

Galaxy

Maybee you need to keep walking sad

I took the pony in the field up the road a carrot and had a little chat with him about the football. We’d lost by the time I got back. Had it been penalty shoot outs I would have had to go for another walk. I’m glad we scored after I’d left though and didn’t lose as badly as I thought we would. We didn’t deserve to win.The pundits can’t say what they really think.

V3ra Sun 14-Jul-24 22:21:54

crazyH

I can well imagine the celebrations in Spain !

We're going down to the sea front, son wants to join the revelry 🥳

Maggiemaybe Sun 14-Jul-24 22:21:58

Aw, well done England. The best team won, but you can hold your heads up high. smile

Sweetpeasue Sun 14-Jul-24 22:23:41

Maggiemaybe

Aw, well done England. The best team won, but you can hold your heads up high. smile

Yes.

LucyAnna2 Sun 14-Jul-24 22:25:53

A message from King Charles -

Smileless2012 Sun 14-Jul-24 22:34:17

Well said King Charles and as for Linekar and co. none of them ever got to a final.

Callistemon213 Sun 14-Jul-24 22:44:58

LucyAnna2

A message from King Charles -

Excellent message!

Casdon Sun 14-Jul-24 22:46:49

That’s unfair Smileless. Lineker was an outstanding football player, as good or better than any of the England team tonight, but one player doesn’t carry a team through to the final.

Well done England for getting there tonight. My son who is a football geek thinks that the young Spanish team have the potential to be dominant in Europe for the next few years, and there’s no shame in losing to them.

Maggiemaybe Sun 14-Jul-24 22:54:36

That’s a good message from the king. DH and I were wondering who was looking after Louis while Catherine and Charlotte were at Wimbledon, William and George in Berlin.

We decided it wouldn’t be Camilla, as she’d have her feet up with a fag and a bottle of wine, watching the match.

Maggiemaybe Sun 14-Jul-24 23:01:49

My view of the royal family does owe a lot to Sue Townsend’s The Queen and I.

Callistemon213 Sun 14-Jul-24 23:02:37

Nanny.
Or Granny Carole and Grandpa Michael?
I wonder if they watched it on the TV.

Callistemon213 Sun 14-Jul-24 23:03:53

Ps Nanny is Spanish!!

Maggiemaybe Sun 14-Jul-24 23:10:01

grin