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.