Tuchel urges parents to let kids stay up for England game

I do hope there aren’t storms and delays as there were to a previous for two hours.

Jaxjacky

I do hope there aren’t storms and delays as there were to a previous for two hours.

Then it won't be worth going back to bed before school/work!

I feel this year's set up is more brutal than in the past where the late-night sessions I believe were Friday or Saturday nights, allowing for sleep-ins for most. I've looked into this a bit as it seems very different this year and much more awkward than I can remember in the past. I thought I was misremembering but no. This year things are different.
This is what I've found:

Past tournaments, such as Brazil 2014 or USA 1994 were managed so that England’s prime matches were late-night but not "middle of the night" (usually 9.00pm or 10.00pm) so they finished before midnight.

The During the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, things were starting to shift. England's opening group match against Italy was at at 11:00pm UK time - but that was a Saturday so not so difficult. And 11pm is not really ad hard as 1am.

Historically, FIFA has forced play (even in brutal heat) just to accommodate European television schedules which was at that time the big draw for audiences. Europe therefore had lots of sway because of this. The 1970 and 1986 World Cups in Mexico, matches were played at noon local time - apparently because we wanted to see them at a "reasonable" hour. The safety of players wouldn't allow that now irrespective of revenue streams from advertising.

​To prevent matches from overlapping (which splits the global viewing audience and so hurts advertising revenue), this year they are forced to use the entire length of the day in order to pack all the teams in.

There are 16 more teams in the tournament this year going from 32-teams (there has been 32 since 1998) to 48 teams now. So it's gone from 64 games to 104. Squashing in 40 extra games is obviously difficult.

I'm sure there are other reasons - but these are the main ones I've found.
So yes, this year it IS different.

Usedtobeblonde we bought a TV after seeing the first episode of the Attenborough life trilogy series at my parent's house (early 1990 I think) .... so it does happen!

We were overwhelmed by this amazing programme and felt our family were missing something educationally very special.

We immediately bought a TV which lived in the study at the top of the house.

I can still remember the excitement of watching that one programme with my children at my parents' home on our way back ftom Southern Ireland - and thereafter watching the series at home.

I think you are misunderstanding me here NotSpaghetti
In the context of not knowing the World Cup is on I was referring to snobbish attitudes that such things are beneath one.
Heyho never mind.
I hope you now enjoy your television for a wide range of programmes, some even classed as light entertainment.

Frankly, I don't believe anyone doesn't know what the world cup is.
It reminds me if those people who only ever read the daily mail if it happens to be thrust upon them by a masked intruder.

Graceless

Who's Tuchel?

Google is your friend 😁

Post Covid and the appalling way children were treated, I think many more parents are far more relaxed about such things.

MissAdventure

Frankly, I don't believe anyone doesn't know what the world cup is.
It reminds me if those people who only ever read the daily mail if it happens to be thrust upon them by a masked intruder.

I think some people like to profess their 'ignorance' of such matters as if it would otherwise be somehow beneath them.

The world cup footballing competition is definitely beneath me!

MissAdventure

Frankly, I don't believe anyone doesn't know what the world cup is.
It reminds me if those people who only ever read the daily mail if it happens to be thrust upon them by a masked intruder.

That made me laugh out loud 😹😹😹

Aveline but I’m sure you know it is taking place.

All I know is that my TV schedule is wrecked!

Aveline

All I know is that my TV schedule is wrecked!

That’s Wimbledon for you 🙂

Wimblebore!!!

I can remember being allowed to be late for school following the Moon landing in 69. That was, however, a once in a lifetime event. The World Cup is held every four years.

We were on holiday so did watch the moon landing. It was such an anticlimax and really rather boring. We'd been big fans of Thunderbirds and Fireball XL5 so real rockets were just dull to us!

As someone who is totally uninterested in the football, I just wish there was something else to watch on tv. Today, there is football, cricket, motor racing, Rugby and Wimbledon, there are those among us that aren't interested in sport as a whole and we have no choice really. I'm glad I do like Tennis so I do have something I like to watch. That being said I really wish our own teams and individuals do well simply for their own sakes.

As for letting kids stay up to watch it, surely that is a matter for parents only, if they are happy then so be it, but as someone on the tv said the kids should still go to school the next day, tired or not. I remember staying up to watch Mohammed Ali fight, with my dad and his only stipulation was, you've still got to go to school.