Football fans said Watford will "party all night" if England win the Euro 2024 final this evening.
The Three Lions are set to play the first final away in their history when they face Spain at Berlin's Olympiastadion at 8pm BST.
Bookies have pegged La Roja as the favourites with six wins so far in the tournament, and Google has put their chances of winning within 90 minutes at 40 per cent to England’s 27 per cent.
Fans Ollie Neville and Rishi Kaushal have already saved their spot at The Moon Under Water in High Street to watch tonight’s match.
“I think we have got a much better chance than three years ago,” Ollie said, “And we were sat in this exact table watching then!
“I think Spain could dominate the match,” he predicted. “But we have more experience and our players have already been in the final before.”
Rishi also agreed that England has a chance tonight: “After the previous games, we’ve got the mentality now to win.”
Bar team leader Charlie Hall said the JD Wetherspoon has been “crazy busy” throughout the tournament, adding: “We have so many people you can’t even see the floor!
“Spain are really good, but I still have faith in England.”
In the beer garden, Tyler Ganderton, Joe Withey and Freddie Hague were enjoying the sun before they head to a pub in London later to watch the match.
Sharing his predictions, Tyler said: “We would be silly if we weren’t hopeful.
“The amount of moments we’ve had in this tournament, like the goals by Bellingham, Watkins and Saka, it’s just written in the stars.”
Although they disagreed on the exact score, there was one thing the fans agreed on: “The atmosphere will be awful all week if we lose, but if we win, it will be a party all night!”
“I’m not coming home until Friday if we do!” Freddie joked.
The tournament has given the England’s hospitality sector a boost as trade body UKHospitality predicted 17 million pints will be pulled today with a £120 million increase in sales.
At The Prince George in St Albans Road, landlady Sandra Burrows said: “With the England games, business has picked up a bit and I’ve got quite a lot of bookings for tonight.
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“I’m quite excited about it because the people that are coming are pretty much all our locals and we’re like one big family here.”
The Cother Arms has been decked out in England flags as manager Shannon Bunting said they are expecting to be busy.
“It’s been a really, really nice atmosphere,” she added. “Everyone knows each other here so it’s mostly regulars cheering us on.”
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