Our reporter Bartholomew Hall was watching the drama unfold at the Harbour Arm in Folkestone.
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00:00Spain won Wimbledon, but they won't win this.
00:03Excitement, anticipation, and hope.
00:07That's all you could see here at Folkestone's Harbour Arm
00:09as Kent watched on to find out if England's men could achieve
00:13what had never been done by them before, winning a Euros final.
00:17Drinks poured, laughter served, and even the odd score
00:20prediction thrown about.
00:22We're going to win 2-1, 100%.
00:243-2.
00:252-1.
00:252-1.
00:26I'm going to go 1-0 England.
00:282-1.
00:29Agreed.
00:302-1 to us.
00:311-0, I'm going to Penalty.
00:35Kick-off got underway here, and all that energy
00:37quickly turned into nervousness.
00:3958 years without a win in a major tournament,
00:42and for the second Euros in a row,
00:44the Three Lions had a chance to turn that statistic around.
00:48Nothing scored in the first half,
00:50so it was back to the drinks for halftime,
00:52a reminder of the welcome boost England's success
00:54has brought to the local hospitality industry.
00:58Tickets for this went in less than 10 seconds,
01:00and the screen site we've done since 2018,
01:03it was brought in for the World Cup then.
01:05There's nothing quite like it, because historic sport
01:08on a big screen, I think with everyone here,
01:11it's just the best.
01:13As the match resumed, hopes remained intact
01:15at the first whistle, but it didn't last for very long.
01:21A Spain goal sent the crowd here into silence,
01:25as England chances were beginning to slip away,
01:27and the doubt was starting to creep in.
01:30Then again, wouldn't be the first time this tournament
01:32England had scored after falling behind.
01:52A young, bright, and fearless Cole Palmer
01:55brought England back into the game
01:57and sent the nation's football fans into raptures,
02:00with those here in Kent being no exception.
02:03A welcome celebration or not, perhaps a little pre-emptive,
02:07as there was still 15 minutes of play left to go.
02:21The final whistle was blown, and this time,
02:24England's hopes were not matched with success.
02:28We played awful, we played rubbish, we'd never win.
02:31For the ninth year, I've never been up to sea.
02:33Will I ever see England win?
02:34Will I ever see England win a game?
02:36I think it was going to go to penalties,
02:37so it's not the best, but 2-1 at least.
02:40At least we got one goal in.
02:41We thought it was coming home, but do you know what?
02:43I'm happy we scored a goal, it was a laugh,
02:46and at the end of the day...
02:48Laughs good.
02:49Made the best team win.
02:50I can't stand here and say we deserved it,
02:52but you got into the tournament as favourites,
02:54you scraped through the group stage,
02:56scraped through most of the knockout stages,
02:58put in one good performance the whole tournament,
03:00and then we do that.
03:01The amount of pretentiousness in this team is...
03:03We have a future, but it's not with Southgate on the wheel.
03:06Anger, dejection, and even the odd shedding of a tear
03:09here in Folkestone, England have fallen at the final hurdle.
03:13Despite breaking the records to get to a consecutive Euros final,
03:17Gareth Southgate's men haven't been able to bring it home.
03:2058 years of hurt and counting.
03:23Bartholomew Hall for KMTV in Folkestone.