We join England fans watching Euro 2024 quarter final Switzerland in Jude Bellingham's hometown of Stourbridge.

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Reporter Paul Jenkins joins England fans as they watch the match against Switzerland at the Glassboys Bar, Stourbridge - Jude Bellingham's hometown.

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00:00Expressionstar.com, it's half time of the England game versus Switzerland, 0-0, we've

00:08got three people here watching the game. Alfie, we'll start with you, the youngster, the first

00:14Alfie Pritchard, where are you from Alfie?

00:16Stourbridge, Rannock County.

00:18Have you enjoyed the game so far?

00:20So far, a bit boring, but you know, self-guidance, me playing better football I think, but it's

00:29better than the previous games.

00:31Yeah.

00:32What do you think of the Bellingham, it's created a few opportunities, hasn't it?

00:36I love it.

00:37Do you?

00:38It's my favourite boy at the moment.

00:40Do you play football?

00:41No.

00:42I play darts, mate.

00:43Oh, cool. So yeah, 0-0, half time, and we've got Andy here, Andy Bullingham is the Vice

00:49Chairman of Stamford, we've got a great atmosphere today, what do you think of the first half?

00:55I think it's been a little bit better than we've done previously, maybe 5 or 10 per cent

00:59better, I still don't think we're moving the ball quick enough, I think Bellingham's done

01:03better, he's played further up the pitch, he's had a little bit more of the ball, but we're

01:07certainly not creating anywhere near enough chances, really, in my view, it's still very

01:13negative football.

01:14And talking about you, Bellingham, there's lots about you, the Bellingham are fantastic

01:19footballers, he's the son of the Black Country, son of Starbridge, what would you think about

01:24that?

01:25Well, it's just been great for us, hasn't it? The fact that he's sort of trod the turf

01:29here and been part of the football club is brilliant, and the fact that he's now playing

01:33out there and he's done what he's done with Real Madrid and won the Champions League,

01:37you know, the publicity we've had from it and the amount of people, the footfall we've

01:41had come through the club's been brilliant for us, it's been great, it's been fantastic.

01:46And Chris Smith, you're a regular Starbridge fan, what did you think of the first half,

01:49I think you were a bit critical in that.

01:51Yeah, I agree with what Bully said, but I just can't believe the lack of width that

01:58we've got today, we've actually gone through a formation I think that suits us, and like

02:01I said, we've played better than other games, but playing trippy out on the left and sack

02:06on the right, if you play that formation, you've got to play width, and every time

02:10they're just cutting inside, so it's better, but it could be even better.

02:15It'd be nice if they won today to get another afternoon or evening like this, because you've

02:21enjoyed that haven't you?

02:22Yeah, like I said, it's fantastic down here at the club, the people of Starbridge have

02:26come down here and it's fantastic in there, I do think if we get through today, I don't

02:32know, I think we'll win the semi-final, who knows in the final then, but like I said,

02:36it's a good day, it's a good day for the town, it's a good day for the club, and quite

02:40a few people out as you've seen today as well.

02:42Let's have a quick prediction for the second half, the final score, Chris?

02:46I think we'll scrape it 1-0.

02:48Andy?

02:492-0 England.

02:50And Elsa?

02:512-1.

02:52Come on England!

02:53Come on England!

02:54Come on England!

02:55Come on England!

02:57COME ON!!!

03:15So, could you ask you what you thought of the second half?

03:19Horrendous, absolutely horrendous.

03:21I mean, I don't know what they were thinking.

03:23It's just, do you know what, I'm not massively into football, but that is like watching paint dry.

03:29In fact, I prefer to watch paint dry.

03:32Do you think it's another case of an England player saving them from defeat, Vickery Sacco there?

03:38Sacco was great then, wasn't he? He was absolutely brilliant.

03:41I think Kane should have come off earlier, though. I think he should have come off.

03:45But, yeah.

03:46Any predictions for extra time?

03:49I think we're just going to be a stalemate, do an extra time and it's going to go to penalties.

04:09We're with Tom and Phil from Stourbridge after the game.

04:12Amazing scenes in the Stourbridge Glass Boys Bar.

04:16Guys, never in doubt, was it?

04:19Never. Never.

04:24I said before the game, I reckon it will go to penalties, just because it's England.

04:32It's true England style, but it's better.

04:35You guys are a bit younger than me, I think, but I've never seen England score five penalties in a row.

04:40Literally, my father-in-law in there just said, and he's 60 on, and he just said,

04:45I don't think there's ever been a time where England have scored five penalties.

04:49We've got a great team, to be fair. We've got five penalties takers.

04:52Tony, Palmer. I was surprised he had to say he didn't take a penalty,

04:56but the way they chucked them as well was cool, wasn't it?

04:59What about Duke Ellingham?

05:00Duke Ellingham.

05:01He played on his pitch, he knows it all.

05:04Arrogance. Brilliant. Arrogance in the right way.

05:09Brilliant. No words to describe it, to be fair.

05:13I guess you guys will be up here for the semi-final.

05:16We've got to book it in, don't we?

05:19If the hangovers have gone past by then.

05:23Many, many years.

05:25Do you think it will go all the way to the final?

05:28I think so.

05:30We should do. With the way it's going, with the squad we've got.

05:33100 per cent.

05:34I don't know why. Come on England, get carried off.

05:43We are the Man Utd.

05:45We are the Man Utd.

05:48One more time.

05:51Yeah.

05:52Take that.

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