Euro 2024 final- Can Torquay's Ollie Watkins bring it home?
Council Leader Dave Thomas says he's keeping his fingers crossed for tonight
Last updated 14th Jul 2024
Fans in the Westcountry will be hoping that England's semi-final winning hero Ollie Watkins will get a shot at helping England side towards the trophy.
Simon Panes is the academy director at Weston Super Mare AFC, where Watkins enjoyed a loan spell around 10 years ago. He says that Gareth Southgate deserves more credit for making the substitution and giving Ollie a chance.
The prime minister has told the England team they've already "made the country proud" ahead of their Euro 2024 final with Spain.
England manager Gareth Southgate has challenged his players to write their names into the history books.
They face Spain this evening in the final of Euro 2024 in Berlin, looking to end a 58-year wait for a major trophy for the men's team.
Locally, Devon and Cornwall Police are urging football fans to be sensible later, they've said they'll have a larger, more noticeable police presence around city centres and nightlife areas, but that it's just to make sure people are safe and can enjoy the football as they'd want to.
Torbay Council Leader Dave Thomas says the whole of Torbay is behind the England team.