Euro 2020: Live updates as pubs packed across Portsmouth ahead of England vs Italy final

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The Three Lions men’s team were in their first major tournament final for 55 years – the last being at Wembley in 1966 – and took Italy to extra-time and penalties.

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The tension in pubs across the area was palpable – but sadly it was not to be.

Follow along in our live blog below.

Live updates as Portsmouth gets ready for Euro final

Key Events

  • Pubs busy across the city
  • Fans hope for a bank holiday tomorrow
  • England face Italy at Wembley Stadium

Couple at Ironmaster’s are raffling off a Jude Bellingham shirt

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The Ironmaster’s in Fareham

Ray Haslett, 72, and his wife Carol Haslett, 61, are working with Alpha Laboratories in Eastleigh to raffle a Portsmouth shirt in transit to be signed by England player Jude Bellingham.

Ray said: ‘The lady who works for the company is Bellingham’s aunt.

‘He made his debut at Fratton Park for the Checkatrade trophy two years ago so she’s not got a shirt that’s going to be signed. Jude said the only thing that he’s insisting is that we don’t put it on Ebay. It’s a one off.’

Chaotic scenes at Wembley as stadium deals ‘with an incident'

Wembley Stadium is ‘dealing with an incident’ following videos appearing to show fans trying to storm past stewards.

The chaotic scenes happened at the stadium in London ahead of the final this evening.

A spokesperson for Wembley Stadium said: ‘We are dealing with an incident that occurred at the outer security perimeter area of the stadium, with support from police.

‘Safety measures were quickly activated in the relevant areas and there were no security breaches of people without tickets getting inside the stadium.’

‘We are really looking forward to it, already there’s a really good atmosphere’

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The Kings pub staff

Bar staff at The Kings Nikki Henry, 37, Tammy Henry, 18, and Frankie Ford, 25 all from Southsea.

Nikki said: 'We are really looking forward to it, already there's a really good atmosphere. '

Frankie added: 'I think we could win this one. We've worked every England game and they've all been great.'

‘It’s so exciting, this has never happened before in my lifetime'

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The Kings

Alex Lawrence, 32, from Fratton, Jake Fleming, 29, from Southsea, Matthew Bristow, 28, from Frattpn and Robbie Osborne, 30 from Fareham.

Jake Fleming said: 'It's so exciting, this has never happened before in my lifetime and its fantastic for everyone to be here enjoying themselves and experiencing something special. It feels like it's been such a long time since we've had something to celebrate like this.'

Alex Lawrence said: 'It feels like the first time in more than a year we've had something to enjoy.'

‘It’s been a rollercoaster.'

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The Wheelwright Arms

Chris Hill, 46, from Havant, Dave Gray, 48, from Horndean, and Mike Rowave, 46, from Southsea.

Dave predicts a 2-1 win for England, while Mike is nervous about the match. Chris said: 'The last game was quite nervy. It's been a rollercoaster.'

‘I am 100 per cent excited.'

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The Kings

Alannah Pedro, 21, from Southsea, Anneliese Parker, 20, from Southsea, Jessica James, 21, from Southsea, Isabella Womack, 19, from London, Hollie Carmichael, 21 from Southsea, Jessica Cowling, 21, from Southsea and Hayley Purrington, 21.

Alannah Pedro said: 'I am 100 per cent excited. This is an historic moment and we're all grateful to be a part of it. We were so lucky to get a table in a pub.'

Hollie Carmichael said: 'It almost feels like a brand new experience being in a pub this busy as it's been so long.'

High spirits at The Green Post

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The Green Post

From left, Jack Metcalf, Jack Huskinson, Scotty Montana and Sean Montana. The group have been ordering beers since I arrived at The Green Posts and are all in very high spirits.

‘It feels like Christmas Eve’

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Friends Claire Hampton, 47, Dan Hobbs, 42, Jan Lewis, 59, and Graham Cousins, 51, all from Fareham share some of their score predictions for tonight’s match.

Dan predicts a 2-0 victory to England. Claire thinks the game will go to penalties and England will win 5-4.

Claire added: ‘I feel like it’s Christmas Eve we’re all so excited because we didn’t have Christmas really.

‘We didn’t have new year, and when I got the England trousers on I thought shall I wear a Christmas top because we haven’t been out celebrating.

‘For someone like me who’s not a football supporter I can’t imagine how the real supporters feel. It must be very daunting for them.’

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What will the score be?

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from Southsea and Lauren Smith, 32, from Southsea. Sarah said: 'I'm predicting a 3-1 win for England.'  Lauren said: ‘We're going to win.'from Southsea and Lauren Smith, 32, from Southsea. Sarah said: 'I'm predicting a 3-1 win for England.'  Lauren said: ‘We're going to win.'
from Southsea and Lauren Smith, 32, from Southsea. Sarah said: 'I'm predicting a 3-1 win for England.' Lauren said: ‘We're going to win.'

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