Definitive List Of Business's Missing Out on Money Because McClaren/Englands Failure

[Mendoza]

Have been chatting about this in our lunch break at work today.
Can NSC make a definitive list of all the business's/Area's etc that will lose (wont make as much as anticipated) money in England because England didn’t qualify for the European Championships.

We came up with over 20 things, from the obvious, to the not so obvious, but I reckon we can get over the 50 barrier.

Obvious

Pubs - less people in pubs to watch the games
Off Licenses - less people buying alcohol mid week to watch games
Airlines - Less people booking to fly to Austria/Switzerland


Not So Obvious
Mini Flag Makers - there wont be a shed load of St Georges cross flags flying off car roof tops
Kebab Shops - there will be less drunks out at pub closing wanting a post match feast



So fire away, give a business/area, obvious or not that would miss out on money, and give a little reason

 

[JJ McClure]

Take away pizza firms

 

[Common as Mook]

Bookies

 

[Perry Milkins]

Take away pizza firms

ditto for take away Rubies

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Breweries who actually make the beer. Babyface himself has a bone to pick with Mr Ruddy Face.

 

[ali jenkins]

Replica shirt makers, face paint makers, taxi drivers

 

[Mendoza]

Umbro - less shirt sales

 

[Munkfish]

The FA?

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Asda

 

[Barry Izbak]

JJB Sports have closed 80 of their stores in the UK (inc Western Road Brighton) because they won't be selling shirts this summer

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

Increased Business:

DIY stores


Decreased Business

Accident and Emergency departments
Wife Beating support groups
AA (not "The")
Nail biting cessation counsellors

 

[clapham_gull]

Would have thought the effect on Airlines would be the opposite.

More people leaving the country to go on holiday, now there's nothing to stay at home for.

 

[Mendoza]

Increased Business:

DIY stores

Every business - less people calling in "sick" to watch a mid afternoon kick off

 

[house your seagull]

Umbro - less shirt sales

i would imagine, for umbro, it's a massive loss in revenue ...

did they get bought out by Nike recently?

 

[Gazwag]

Police (loss of earnings on overtime on the evening we would have been knocked out by penalties), however, offset by saving by police force not having to pay overtime

 

[Gazwag]

Emergency TV repair people

 

[The Large One]

Increased business:
McLaren voodoo doll makers
Polish / French / Dutch / German etc flag makers

Decreased business
Everyone else.

I wonder how easy Steve McLaren sleeps at night knowing he has cost the economy tens of millions. Him, and only him, and his schoolboy-error approach to coaching. We've might have even over-looked the so-called 'credit crunch' had it not been for him.

No pressure then, Signor Capello.

 

[Man of Harveys]

Swiss and Austrian plastic outdoor furniture manufacturers

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

Sky Sports and ITV who will lose £millions in lost subscriptions/advertising revenue.

Newspapers & football magazines and those sticker albums.

Record companies and no football songs, but that's a good thing!

 

[Gully]

Durex/Mates/etc - Fewer women getting a feel good shag from their bloke due to England doing well in the Euros...or some cheer up action when the national team revert to type.