Your unofficial Euro 2024 final viewing guide

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No shot fans will really look for illustration this watching England v Spain

Emlyn Begley

BBC Sport journalist

You whitethorn person spotted that England look Spain successful nan European Championship last connected Sunday night.

It seems improbable this article is nan first announcement you've had, that you're reference this pinch a startled look and saying to yourself: "England are doing WHAT NOW?!"

But really to walk nan day? Here's a guideline to what you could do earlier nan crippled kicks disconnected astatine 20:00 BST unrecorded connected nan BBC (and ITV, of course).

How do you flight nan nerves?

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Maybe spell retired for immoderate nutrient earlier successful nan day?

If you aftermath up astatine 08:00 BST, that leaves a afloat 12 hours to termination earlier kick-off. So if you don't want to obsess astir nan crippled each day, what tin you do to return your mind disconnected it?

Maybe a bully spot of tennis connected nan TV? The Wimbledon men's singles last - and respective different doubles, younker and wheelchair finals - return spot connected Sunday, which you tin watch connected nan BBC or, if you're retired and about, perceive to BBC Radio 5 Live.

Cycling fan? You could travel nan Tour de France, pinch unrecorded matter sum connected nan BBC Sport website.

Or if cycling is so your jam, you could spell retired for a motorcycle thrust yourself. Or a bully locomotion successful a park?

If you conscionable want a chilled retired day, past really astir a Sunday luncheon astatine nan pub?

You could besides watch nan darts?

Sunday's convention astatine nan 2024 World Matchplay successful Blackpool starts astatine 16:30 BST, alternatively of 19:00, to debar a clash.

Alternatively, you whitethorn want to clasp nan hostility and nan nerves and walk each time watching football?

You tin watch highlights of each of England's and Spain's Euro 2024 games in 1 spot connected nan BBC iPlayer.

A small extremity - possibly conscionable skip done to nan 89th infinitesimal against Slovakia and commencement from there.

You could publication a number of European Championship features we person written on nan BBC Sport website here.

Or if you would for illustration to watch a documentary to debar clicking connected thing caller each fewer minutes, we person 1 connected nan Greek broadside who crushed retired a batch of unspectacular wins (sound a spot familiar?) connected their measurement to winning Euro 2004.

At Euro 2004, Wayne Rooney was doing what mightiness now beryllium known arsenic a Lamine Yamal - and until he sewage injured, it looked arsenic if shot mightiness person been 'coming home'. Watch a doc connected that here.

We besides person a documentary connected Kylian Mbappe, contempt him scoring 1 punishment and breaking his chemoreceptor astatine this tournament. But it's an fantabulous watch.

On nan iPlayer documentaries tab, you besides person nan action of watching various World Cup programmes.

Maybe 1 England crippled successful a European Championship unrecorded connected nan BBC isn't capable for you connected Sunday? Then your luck is in.

England play Lithuania successful nan Women’s Under-19 version. That 1 kicks disconnected astatine 15:00 BST and is live connected nan BBC iPlayer.

BBC Radio 5 Live build-up starts astatine 12:00 though it will attraction connected Wimbledon betwixt 13:00 and 18:00.

And past sum of nan crippled starts connected BBC One and nan iPlayer from 18:30 BST.

Be organised pinch your snack shopping

You're going to want to beryllium prepared pinch your snacks and drinks.

You should not request america to show you really to bargain them arsenic hopefully you person existed successful nan world agelong capable to know.

But conscionable successful case, if you unrecorded successful England aliases Wales, don't hide large supermarkets tin only unfastened for six hours connected a Sunday and must adjacent by 18:00 BST and often adjacent by 16:00.

Many different shops will adjacent earlier than accustomed excessively - pinch Sainsbury's and Tesco announcing their smaller shops will unopen astatine 19:30 truthful workers tin watch nan game.

So if you want to make a dart to get successful immoderate cans aliases crisps arsenic Gary Lineker and co are building up to nan game, it mightiness beryllium excessively late.

Because this is nan 21st Century, you tin astir apt bid online to get immoderate nutrient in. But possibly time off a extremity if it's adjacent kick-off, yeah?

Where to watch nan game?

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Yes, this looks authentic. No notes

Now nan mobility is: Do you watch nan crippled connected your own, pinch your family aliases get each your mates round?

Factors successful this are whether you person a family aliases you person friends. And whether they want to watch nan shot pinch you.

You mightiness for illustration to watch nan crippled down nan pub - but crowds are apt to beryllium large truthful you mightiness request to get location early to drawback a bully spot.

You tin spell and watch it successful a large venue specified arsenic Boxpark, aliases astatine 1 of nan galore instrumentality parks being group up astir nan state particularly for nan game.

If you fancy going retired to watch nan crippled and don't want group throwing £7 beers complete your head, past you mightiness find your section pub a drier venue.

If you enactment astatine home, possibly you could watch it pinch a fewer group for illustration they do connected TV. Make judge to telephone it 'footy', possibly activity a scarf astir and each jump astir astatine random times.

If you person children, should you fto them enactment up? We're nary kid psychologists but nan reply is yes - if they want to.

England don't scope galore finals - this is only their 3rd astatine a men's tourney - truthful it could beryllium a once-in-a-lifetime moment.

After all, you ne'er perceive immoderate of nan older procreation opportunity they wish they hadn't watched nan 1966 World Cup last because they felt tired nan adjacent morning.

Of people if your kid has nary liking successful nan shot - this author's boy would sooner watch a spider locomotion astir for 2 hours than a shot crippled - get them each tucked successful earlier kick-off.

Some schools and businesses are opening somewhat later connected Monday arsenic a consequence of nan game.

Anything else?

If you are watching pinch group who don't usually watch football, get prepared for questions.

We person anticipated immoderate of them and fixed you immoderate links.

"Football is coming home" for England arsenic nan state invented nan athletics apparently. Comedians David Baddiel and Frank Skinner sang it successful a opus 28 years agone to people Euro 96.

At that stage, nan opus mentioned "30 years of hurt" because England had past won a awesome tourney successful 1966. That is now up to 58 for nan men's team... but 2 years since nan Women's European Championship which England won successful 2022. However "two years of hurt" isn't very catchy.

  • "Why are their holes successful their socks?"

"So they tin put their feet into them," would beryllium a HILARIOUS reply to that. But they'll astir apt beryllium talking astir nan holes ripped into nan backmost of them - truthful you could show them it's to "maximise humor travel to their muscles and successful peculiar their calves".

  • "Who is this fella successful a room watching connected nan telly?"

If they're not looking successful a reflector aliases astatine you erstwhile they're asking that, you tin show them that's nan video adjunct referee, and past groan arsenic everybody does astatine nan mention of VAR.

England did get a punishment acknowledgment to nan exertion successful nan semi-final against nan Netherlands, truthful possibly conscionable prevention up nan moaning until nan first time of nan Premier League play actually.

Or until a Dani Carvajal transverse hits a stray England limb successful nan container and nan referee goes to nan monitor.

  • "How aged is this Lamine Yamal guy?"

They're not going to inquire that because nan TV pundits and commentators will mention his property each fewer minutes. The Spain winger was 16 erstwhile he became nan youngest Euros subordinate and scorer ever - but turned 17 connected Saturday.

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