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

I don't follow football but glad I watched. Since most of Europe seemed to be en fête today, and here in France le quatorze juillet/Fête Nationale was being celebrated * and the air and the night sky was filled with the sound of music and enormous fireworks, it was tempting to watch the match. The temperatures dropped a little, the wine stayed chilled and even the Cigales/cicadas eventually shut up. Glad everyone enjoyed it.

* 'Bastille Day' is an English name not used here by the French.

What a wonderful bunch of Twinkletoes are the Spanish team. The youngest player was superb, together with Williams (good old Spanish name? 😉) and I think that England did a good job in mostly managing to contain them. But sadly, not quite good enough. I reckon the better team won but that England's success in getting to the final was well deserved. Love Southgate ( hate the shouty, inane t.v. commentaries) and really hope that English football benefits from the example he sets and all the efforts he has made.

Night Urms and Himself, sleep well, and well done, England!

Lovely message from the king. I think they did well but the better team won.

My ten year old grandson cried at the result, and no, he wasn’t kept up late to watch. He lives in New Zealand and so it’s morning over there. Mum had rearranged her work schedule so she could watch with the children. His little brother said to Mr M, his grandad, ‘well it’s a bit good, and a bit sad, good because I predicted the result, but sad because we lost.’
He did predict the result too!

That's the thing about football. The game is universal, and funnily enough, I also had messages from friends both in France watching it, and from relatives in New Zealand! It kind of links everyone together.

Perhaps your grandson could be an election predictor when he is older maddyone? Save us all the bother!

England did well to get to the final but were pipped at the post in the final minutes.

Well done Gareth Southgate, who has been a calm, steady hand on the tiller, steering them to two finals over the years.

And now the nastiness and recriminations begin by those who sit at home in armchairs, over-paid tv pundits, those who couldn't kick a ball if they tried, but who know so much better how to manage the England team. 😡

Spain played so well, a deserved win. We have a good team with some youngsters coming through, onwards England, World Cup in two years 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Thanks for the thread Urms.

over-paid tv pundits my thoughts too Callistemon which is why I posted what I did last night Casdon. I agree that Linekar was a great footballer but they all sit there with their critical opinions, yet none of them ever played for their country in a final.