England gets ready to roar! Fans head to pubs and beer gardens with 35m pints set to be drunk as nation comes to a standstill for Euros semi-final - with supporters paying £900 for last minute tickets as they flock to Dortmund By Mark Duell and Shekhar Bhatia Published: 11:06 EDT, 10 July 2024 | Updated: 15:28 EDT, 10 July 2024 e-mail 8 shares 41 View comments England football fans are preparing to cheer on the team tonight in their crunch Euro 2024 semi-final match against the Netherlands as they try to make history. Some 40,000 Three Lions supporters are in Dortmund for the game which kicks off at 8pm as England play their third semi-final in the past four major tournaments. Millions more will be watching back home on TV with 28million people expected to tune into ITV 's coverage and an estimated 35million pints set to be poured.
The revelry will continue should the team make it through to Sunday's final against Spain in Berlin , with Tesco announcing it will close all its Express supermarket stores in England early to let staff watch the match should they win tonight. England were given an official allocation of just 7,255 at the 81,365-capacity stadium, with tickets now selling on resale websites for anywhere between £385 and £8,000. And EasyJet said its pilots will provide passengers with the latest score in tonight's match, which will be sent to the flight deck on messages sent from ground stations.
England fans can be seen chanting, with beers in hand in Dortmund as.
