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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Rachel Hall

‘Such a joy’: viewing parties for women’s Euros score with football fans

The viewing party for England’s semi-final against Sweden in the Stag’s Head pub, Hoxton, east London.
Cheers! The viewing party for England’s semi-final against Sweden in the Stag’s Head pub in Hoxton, east London. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian

Rachel Gould and her friends have been watching women’s football together for five years, including travelling abroad to watch England in the 2019 World Cup. But they always found that in pubs across the UK, the atmosphere had “never been as exciting as we thought it could be”.

So when the Euros arrived on home turf, they decided to take matters into their own hands and create “a mini festival of football”.

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