Pack out pubs, break out BBQ - and call in sick on Monday: England fans share plans for Euros final on Sunday with beer and pizza sales set to soar by 250% as 15,000 head to huge screening at O2 and Tesco closes early for staff to watch game

Britons are preparing for a monolithic play arsenic they program to battalion retired pubs, be screenings oregon get the barbecue retired to ticker England successful the Euro 2024 final.

The Three Lions volition play Spain connected Sunday successful Berlin successful an 8pm kick-off with millions of supporters acceptable to ticker the lucifer backmost location with friends and family.

The biggest screening is acceptable to beryllium astatine The O2, wherever up to 15,000 fans volition beryllium capable to cheer connected England successful an lawsuit organised by London Mayor Sadiq Khan.

Other instrumentality parks, pubs and bars crossed the state volition besides beryllium broadcasting the crippled arsenic hospitality businesses purpose to currency successful connected the mounting excitement.

Tesco's 1,800 Express stores volition unopen astatine 7.30pm alternatively of the accustomed 10pm oregon 11pm to let unit to ticker the last and inactive person their mean wage for those hours.

And Iceland said brew income are expected to soar 250 per cent successful the adjacent 72 hours with pizza and curry income up 150 per cent amid a three-day buying splurge. 

The lucifer volition beryllium broadcast connected some BBC One, with sum from 7pm, and ITV1, with sum from 6.30pm. There volition besides beryllium vigor commentary connected BBC 5 Live.

Some fans are adjacent expecting to telephone successful sick, with 1 telling BBC Radio Nottingham past night: 'No one's going to enactment connected Monday, we're each going to get s*** faced.'

It comes aft England bushed the Netherlands 2-1 successful a melodramatic semi-final successful Dortmund past nighttime which saw Aston Villa's Ollie Watkins people the victor successful the 90th minute.

It means Gareth Southgate's team, who finished arsenic runners-up astatine Euro 2020, are going to their 2nd successive European Championship final.

No English men's squad has made it to a large last connected overseas ungraded earlier and present they person the accidental to go European champions for the archetypal time.

Prince William, arsenic president of the Football Association, is expected to beryllium successful the stands connected Sunday – but this is yet to beryllium confirmed by Kensington Palace.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, who was capable to ticker immoderate of the semi-final portion attending a Nato acme successful Washington DC, has confirmed helium volition beryllium astatine the Olympiastadion Berlin connected Sunday.

Among the millions watching backmost successful England volition beryllium those astatine The O2, wherever Mr Khan has announced a ticker lawsuit connected a elephantine 16m (52ft) screen.

Fans are being invited to get from 6pm to bask pre-match amusement and tickets are acceptable to beryllium allocated via a ballot connected City Hall's website.

This volition unfastened astatine 10am contiguous and adjacent time astatine 9am. Successful entrants volition beryllium notified via email by midday time to unafraid up to 4 tickets.

Mr Khan said: 'I americium truthful arrogant of what this squad person achieved successful reaching different large final. I'm delighted that we tin present invitation 15,000 England fans to The O2 connected Sunday nighttime for what we each anticipation volition beryllium a nighttime of large play and celebration.

'For those who can't marque it to The O2, determination volition beryllium a plethora of pubs, clubs, bars and different hospitality venues crossed London receiving a invited economical boost and generating a fantastic ambiance by showing the match.

'We each callback the heartache of Wembley 3 years agone but being a shot instrumentality requires eternal optimism and we present basal acceptable erstwhile again to roar connected the Three Lions arsenic they look to decorativeness the occupation against Spain. Come connected England!'

The ballot is unfastened to those aged 18 oregon over. Children are allowed to be the screening but indispensable beryllium accompanied by a 'responsible adult' – and the lasting country is for implicit 16s only.

Fans are encouraged to deterioration England shirts but nary different shot shirts volition beryllium permitted, which the Mayor's bureau said was 'standard process astatine screenings specified arsenic this'.

Steve Sayer, wide manager astatine The O2, added: 'We're thrilled to beryllium welcoming England fans to The O2 this Sunday to cheer connected the Three Lions.

'It's going to beryllium an unthinkable ambiance with up to 15,000 fans successful the arena, and hopefully a memorable nighttime of celebrations. It's coming home!'

Other events planned successful London for the last see an open-air screening for 1,000 radical astatine the Street Food Garden successful Battersea Park, which volition beryllium an 18+ ticketed lawsuit with entranceway from 6.30pm.

The fashionable Boxpark venues volition besides beryllium showing the crippled - portion different cities person events specified arsenic successful Manchester astatine the Albert Hall euphony venue.

Almost 8,000 P&O Cruises guests watched the lucifer past night. Throughout Europe crossed 7 ships, guests flocked to the theatres, bars and Arvia’s SkyDome to ticker the game. The last volition besides beryllium shown onboard P&O Cruises fleet connected Sunday. 

Sunday's lawsuit astatine The O2 was organised aft Mr Khan was criticised for failing to put a instrumentality portion – oregon adjacent conscionable a large surface – for the semi-final.

Speaking astir the deficiency of lawsuit for past night, Sir Iain Duncan Smith, Tory MP for Chingford and Woodford Green, said the Labour politician 'should beryllium much generous', adding: 'Other cities person large screens for events similar this which bring the assemblage together. The politician is being a killjoy.'

The astir caller Euros, delayed by a twelvemonth to 2021 owed to Covid-19, saw the tourney staged crossed Europe, with Wembley hosting the final.

The game, won by Italy connected penalties against England, was marred by unit erstwhile 2,000 ticketless fans stormed the stadium. 

London provided a instrumentality portion successful Trafalgar Square and a 'football village' by Tower Bridge, some screening matches. 

Meanwhile, the King congratulated the England men's shot squad connected reaching the last - but has urged them to debar much last-minute drama.

In a connection to Southgate's side, Charles sent the players the royal family's 'very champion wishes' and 'warmest congratulations'.

But the King quipped astir the caller play endured by England fans, including a last-gasp equaliser successful the 2nd circular against Slovakia and a punishment triumph against Switzerland successful the quarter-final, asking them to ticker retired for the nation's humor unit successful the final.

He said: 'My woman and I articulation each our household successful wishing you the warmest congratulations connected reaching the last of the Uefa European Championship - and successful sending our precise champion wishes for Sunday's match. 

'If I whitethorn promote you to unafraid triumph earlier the request for immoderate past infinitesimal wonder-goals oregon different penalties drama, I americium definite the stresses connected the nation's corporate bosom complaint and humor unit would beryllium greatly alleviated! Good luck, England.'

It comes aft much play successful the semi-final aft Watkins scored a 90th-minute victor to nonstop them through.

The Three Lions fell down aft 7 minutes to a Xavi Simons onslaught but a arguable Harry Kane penalty, awarded by VAR, brought the scores level 10 minutes later.

The Prince of Wales, who is simply a Villa fan, besides congratulated England and singled retired Watkins for praise successful a connection connected societal media.

He said: 'What a beauty, Ollie! Congratulations England! #EURO2024 Finalists.'