{"id":676065,"date":"2026-07-06T04:09:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T04:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/676065\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T04:09:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T04:09:06","slug":"england-fans-revel-as-pubs-stay-open-late-for-world-cup-game-against-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/676065\/","title":{"rendered":"England fans revel as pubs stay open late for World Cup game against Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s not just England fans filling the pubs, as Mexicans fiesta at London watch partypublished at 04:53 BST<\/p>\n<p>04:53 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-qs9kpv-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/efc4785b-e209-4310-bc20-65148f0cfca4.jpg.webp.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Adam Goldsmith<br \/>Live reporter<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There are an estimated 13,000 Mexicans living in the UK, according the Office for National Statistics 2021 Census. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Late last night around 400 of them who live in London made their way to a watch party in St Paul&#8217;s, where the change in licensing laws meant they could take in the game surrounded by the familiar smells, sights and sounds of their home country. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Run by MexiBrit, an organisation promoting Mexican culture and traditions in the UK, a watch party promised big screens, South American street food, and an incredible atmosphere. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">All at short notice, too; reacting just after the government&#8217;s decision to extend license rules, the organisation&#8217;s founder Paola Feregrino admits she&#8217;d had a &#8220;very stressful day&#8221; putting everything in place. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She expected a 400 strong crowd sell-out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s been really positive, people have been going crazy,&#8221; she says. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s not just England fans filling the pubs, as Mexicans fiesta at London watch partypublished at 04:53 BST&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-676065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}