FOOTBALL fever is building at a city sports bar billed as the biggest and best place to soak in all the atmosphere and ride out the thrills and spills of today's big England game.

Mode Sports Bar in Angel Place and Tramps in Angel Place in Worcester will open at 3pm on Saturday, ahead of England's crucial Quarter Final match against Switzerland which kicks off at 5pm.

All those years of hurt have never stopped England fans from dreaming (and Scotland and Wales fans from jeering) and in Mode alone there are 22 screens to experience the nail-biting highs and (heaven forbid) nightmare lows of the The Three Lions' Euro 2024 experience.

These include two large projector screens but the biggest addition is the colossal 6 metres by 2 metres LED screen in Tramps (said to be the biggest in the city) which will be ready for the crucial match which could either propel England's hopes into the stratosphere or crush them altogether and break English hearts until we do it all over again at the next penalty shootout.

READY: Max Tilley ready for England's Euros Quarterfinal clash at Mode in Angel Place in Worcester READY: Max Tilley ready for England's Euros Quarterfinal clash at Mode in Angel Place in Worcester (Image: James Connell/Newsquest)

The venue managed around 300 people for the England Vs Serbia game but the appetite is building with England's late victory over Slovakia. However, Tramps has a capacity of 1,400 and Mode of 2,000 people (they are open as one venue for the game) which means there is plenty of room for big crowds, indoors and out, with seven different bars serving at once across both venues.

Strongbow, Amstel, John Smith's, Guinness, Foster's and Heineken are just some of the beers, lagers ad ciders being served.

ATMOSPHERE: Mode Sports Bar promises all the atmosphere of the big game as England get ready to take on the Swiss in the quarterfinals of the Euros ATMOSPHERE: Mode Sports Bar promises all the atmosphere of the big game as England get ready to take on the Swiss in the quarterfinals of the Euros (Image: Donston Powell)

Max Tilley, 23, the bar's marketing manager, said what set Mode and Tramps apart was the atmosphere the combined venue was able to generate.

"It's the nearest atmosphere you can get to be at the big game itself," he said.

Although all the tables are booked for the Saturday match, walk-in customers are welcome - and entry is free.

FLAGS: Flags wave in the breeze outside Mode Sports Bar in Angel Place in Worcester FLAGS: Flags wave in the breeze outside Mode Sports Bar in Angel Place in Worcester (Image: James Connell/Newsquest)

The team has worked hard to create a fan zone which general manager Nathan Tinker said many other venues would charge for. Televisions have also all been upgraded to HD to give customers the best viewing experience. 

Mr Tinker,  41, said England's last win was 'huge' for the hospitality industry, including Mode and Tramps.

"It's worth a fortune to us and the industry as a whole. It's worth hundreds of thousands of pounds to the hospitality industry. Hospitality has been under a lot of pressure.

COURTYARD: Mode Sports Bar's courtyard has plenty of space for people to watch the big England game outside COURTYARD: Mode Sports Bar's courtyard has plenty of space for people to watch the big England game outside (Image: James Connell/Newsquest)

"People love the atmosphere. That's what everybody will say. It's the nearest you can get to being at the game," he said.

He added: "Things are warming up. We just hope that the football fever will really take over. The best part of the job is providing the experience of enjoyment for people.

"When you get it full of people and they're all having a good time, that's what gives a buzz. The emphasis is the atmosphere and it being the biggest and best place to watch live sports in Worcester. It will be the best place south of Birmingham and north of Bristol."

CAPACITY: The main bar at Mode with flags to create the atmosphere of the Euros on the doorstep of customers CAPACITY: The main bar at Mode with flags to create the atmosphere of the Euros on the doorstep of customers (Image: James Connell/Newsquest)

Towers, which contain six pints, are available from £16.95 (with a range of lagers and ciders). 

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A DJ will be playing party anthems from 3pm before kick off - so people should expect to hear Three Lions by the Lightning Seeds and All Together Now (The Farm song).

POPULAR: The games room at Mode POPULAR: The games room at Mode (Image: James Connell/Newsquest)

Over the years Tramp and Mode between them have had a number of celebrity visitors from Olly Murs and Snoop Dogg to sports personalities, including Worcester Warriors and Worcestershire County Cricket Club players.

However, the bar is not merely a venue for football - it shows Six Nations rugby, T20 cricket, NFL Super Bowl and boxing, including the Anthony Joshua and Dubois clash for the IBF world championship at Wembley Stadium, live on Sky Sports Box Office on September 21 and the Tyson Fury rematch against Oleksandr Usyk on December 21.

They also have a carvery on Sundays and a games room devoted to pool and table tennis.