It’s a GAME OF FOOTBALL FFS!

[Drago]

I wonder how the residents of Butt Hole Road (a real place) pronounce the name? Bute Holay Road?

 

[mistyoptic]

I wonder how the residents of Butt Hole Road (a real place) pronounce the name? Bute Holay Road?

Thank you, Hyacinth

 

[Dirk]

I will refrain from speculating as to how they might deal with living on Clitheroe Street.

Or even the close up the road from me - Clitsome View.

 

[N0bodyOfTheGoat]

We don't need another bank holiday just because of this football result...

We need at least one added to the England tally to move out of having one of the lowest number of bank holidays in the world!

 

[Dogtrousers]

What's wrong with bank holidays? I like them.

I don't like the way they tend to sneak up and catch me unprepared, but apart from that, I'm all for them.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Sorry if it's already been mentioned, but according to reports the government allowed pubs to extend their opening hours to show the match, allowing for extra time and penalties should that happen, which it eventually did. The game was over at about 19:45 so why did pubs need extra opening hours when even after the anticipated extra-time and penalties the game was over way before the usual Sunday pubs closing time.

 

[YMFB]

Presumably the people annoyed at the (very unlikely) prospect of an extra holiday are retired?

And grumpy about anything and everything.

As an employer I don’t want another holiday that we give away and have to pay for.

Who gives a hoot how the BBC or anyone else pronounces Basle, Basel or Basil. I don’t don’t know anything about Swiss dialects but they use at least two languages. Multiply the number of dialects by the number of languages gives you the number of locally accepted pronunciations.

Instead of whining consider celebrating the achievement.

 

[AndyRM]

Sorry if it's already been mentioned, but according to reports the government allowed pubs to extend their opening hours to show the match, allowing for extra time and penalties should that happen, which it eventually did. The game was over at about 19:45 so why did pubs need extra opening hours when even after the anticipated extra-time and penalties the game was over way before the usual Sunday pubs closing time.

At least the idea kind of made sense, unlike extending opening hours for VE Day back in May...

I wonder if anywhere actually bothered? I doubt it, given the general antipathy towards women's football.

 

[steveindenmark]

Win the World Cup and I would agree. But not for anything else.

 

[AndyRM]

Win the World Cup and I would agree. But not for anything else.

It didn't happen in 1966, so there's no chance of it happening for an arguably more significant achievement.

 

[T4tomo]

No bank holidays until newsreaders and sports pundits learn to pronounce Basel properly.

To be fair the residents of Bath can't pronounce Bath.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

No bank holidays until newsreaders and sports pundits learn to pronounce Basel properly.

This guy would know how to pronounce it

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Or even the close up the road from me - Clitsome View.

"Clissum View"?

 

[gbb]

Presumably the people annoyed at the (very unlikely) prospect of an extra holiday are retired?

In my case yes. But I still felt the same when the idea was spouted when I was working...

 

[Dogtrousers]

I’d be just as annoyed if I was still running a business but, you are right, I’m retired now. It’s more the trivialisation of bank holidays

Trivialisation?

Are bank holidays something to be revered? Is August Bank Holiday something to be taken deadly seriously?

Trivialise away I say. I'd be entirely happy with Football Bank Holiday. I'd have the same lack of interest in its nominal reason as I have in - say - Easter.