5 Tips to Prepare for Watching Euro 2024
The hotly anticipated Euro 2024 football tournament is fast approaching, so if you plan on watching any of the matches at home with friends or relatives and want to know how to prepare for one of the biggest events on the footballing calendar, you’ve come to the right place.
Let’s dive straight and take a closer look at a helpful to-do list to ensure you are well-prepared to host one of the best Euro 2024 viewing parties at home.
5 tips to prepare for watching Euro 2024
If you are excited about the upcoming Euro 2024 football tournament, which is scheduled to take place this year at venues across Germany from June 14 until the final on July 14, and want to prepare for hosting an unforgettable experience for you and your guests, here are five useful tips to help you get ready:
- Find out what dates your team will be playing so you can invite your guests. Remember to get RSVPs to find out exactly who will be coming to your Euro 2024 party or parties
- Decide whether you will be watching the games inside or outside. If you plan on watching the action outside, you must still be prepared to watch inside just in case the weather turns on you
- Get the seating arrangement sorted (make sure you have enough chairs for everyone) and consider optimal viewing space for each guest (consider where to place each chair)
- Find out which television channels or streaming sites your favourite games will be on, and check the scheduling. Don’t forget that some games will be played in the morning, and others will be played in the mid to late afternoon or evening
- Make sure your Smart TV or projector is working and big enough for your guests to enjoy watching the action and that your internet/Wi-Fi connection is stable so you can stream uninterrupted Euro 2024 matches in high definition
Now that you have the basics sorted well in advance, as the tournament approaches, there are many other things you should also start thinking about.
How else can I prepare for Euro 2024?
You may want to consider how to entertain your guests before the games start, during halftime, and then after the games have ended. In other words, you might want to plan some fun football-themed party games.
Some of your guests might just want to chill out on their smartphones and stay on top of their social media accounts or spend a few minutes playing games at their favourite mobile casinos until the football action starts.
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Some of the other outdoor football-themed party games you might like to have ready for your guests to play in the back garden are things like football bingo, keepy-uppy challenges, a football target test game, a nutmeg showdown, or football tennis, to name just a few great ideas.
Food & drinks
Catering to a party of 10 or more people can be expensive. However, there are some simple and effective ways you can bring down the costs. Most people today are in a fairly similar situation when it comes to money; nobody has any.
There’s nothing wrong with asking your guests to ‘bring a bottle.’ In other words, get your guests to bring their own drinks. This way, you don’t have to find out what everyone wants to drink and spend ages in the shops looking for hundreds of drinks, putting a huge dent in your wallet.
You can still purchase drinks, perhaps one or more crates of lager or cider cans, bottles of bubbly, red or white wine, bottles/cans of alcopops, Prosecco/Champagne, Pimm’s, or any other tasty summer drinks (alcoholic and/or non-alcoholic), so you can still offer your guests something.
However, asking them to bring their own drinks will massively help you out, and most guests should be happy to oblige, especially if they are close friends or family members.
Ensure you have plenty of space in your fridge or at least a decent dark, dry space to keep them cool. Also, check if you have enough pint/wine glasses, regular drinking glasses, or paper/plastic cups. You can then keep everything in one place, including things like a bottle opener/corkscrew, etc, so they can help themselves.
When it comes to food, you can either take the time and effort to make some football-themed treats (cupcakes or cookies, etc.) and other standard party food like Doritos/Pringles, crisps, dips, pork pies, sausage rolls, hot dogs, burgers, popcorn, sandwiches, and/or pizzas, etc.
Just make sure there’s enough for everyone and that you cater to vegans, vegetarians, and meat lovers. It would also be a good idea to check beforehand if any of your guests have any food allergies or intolerances you need to be aware of.
Final thoughts
Planning and preparation are the keys to hosting a successful Euro 2024 party at home. Try not to fret too much, and when party day comes, just go with the flow.
You may find that your guests will ask you if you need help with anything, and the best thing to do would be to say yes and not try to do everything on your own because you won’t be able to fully enjoy the party that you worked so hard to prepare for.
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The hotly anticipated Euro 2024 football tournament is fast approaching. Here are five tips to help you prepare for watching this year’s event.
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