England Fans Urged to Celebrate by Captain Harry Kane

England Team Shrugs Off Kick-Off Time Chaos

The England team has shrugged off the fury over the kick-off time “chaos” with captain Harry Kane telling fans: “I think everyone would love nothing more than to be celebrating as the sun's rising at 5, 6am.”

This comes after the team's recent 4-2 win over Croatia on 2026-06-17. The recent form for England has been 2W-0D-2L, with their last two matches resulting in wins.

What Happened?

The kick-off time for the match against Mexico was changed, causing havoc across the drinks industry with pubs hastily changing plans and staffing rotas only to be forced to change them back again.

Why It Matters for England

Adam Curtis, landlord of The Cock Inn, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts, criticised FIFA, saying: “What a joke - we make all these plans for a 1am kick off - which takes a lot of organisation then it’s changed to 7pm so we get staffing organised for that. Then they change it back again. There’s no thought at all given to the impact their decision making has.”

What Comes Next?

Over 500,000 fans are due to watch the game in 6,000 of England's pubs that are remaining open specially for the game. But over Sunday 17 million pints are due to be drank in the 30,000 pubs across the country - giving a huge boost to the industry.

The England team arrived at their Mexico City hotel HQ last night, with hundreds of police in riot gear throwing a ring of steel around their hotel.

England's next fixture is against Spain on 2026-09-26 at home.