Glastonbury Blog - CAT: Festival football fever

Come on England! Glasto goes red and white

2010-06-27T14:00:00Z

Slash and Ray Davies or Rooney and England v Germany? Festival-goers had a tough decision at 3pm with many of them looking out their England tops again and heading to find a big screen showing the big match. Or, in the case of the Barnsley Warriors, getting kitted out in their full knights’ outfits – “we’re putting up a wall of shields to keep the Germans out”, they said.

Thousands of people flocked west past the John Peel Stage to Bushy Ground, which had been set up as the main football field – and the mood was tense and strangely quiet as the match kicked off. And when Germany took the lead after 21 minutes you could hear a pin drop.

Goal! England's glorious Glastonbury gig

2010-06-23T16:04:00Z

The sun is shining, the gates of Glastonbury have been open for just over seven hours – and Jermain Defoe has just scored against Slovenia.

A huge crowd gathered in front of the Pyramid Stage to watch England go through to the knockout stages of the World Cup with a 1-0 victory – which means the next big match will potentially be against old rivals Germany at 3pm on Sunday, the final day of the festival.

Glasto crowd attempts a new world record

2010-06-23T14:10:00Z

This is the moment we set out to attempt a new world record for the most people tagged in an online photo.

A huge crowd gathered in front of the Pyramid Stage to watch England’s crucial World Cup match against Slovenia – and during half-time we got on to the stage to take a series of high-res photos that will be turned into a giant 1.3 gigapixel image here on the site when the festival ends.

It took over seven whole minutes to complete the massive photo, and the atmosphere was electric as the camera panned around the crowd with everyone cheering and raising their hands into the air.

The huge crowd shot will be available to view on Tuesday and, if you were there, you’ll be able to zoom around and in and out of the photo to find you and your friends in the crowd.

Once you’ve spotted yourself, you can connect to Facebook and ‘tag’ the photograph. We’re hoping it will create the most-tagged photo in the world.

The photo will be available here next week. If you were at the Pyramid Stage for the England match, don’t forget to come back and tag yourself. Even if you were stood right at the back, you’ll be able to zoom right in and spot your face in the crowd.

Vuvuzelas at the ready for the big match

2010-06-23T13:20:00Z

It’s a mass exodus to the Pyramid stage for England versus Slovenia. With 30 minutes to go before kick-off the vuvuzelas are out. Matt, Ben and Paul from Oxfordshire joined the crowd early to get ready for the big match.

The crowd are roaring, the pre-match build up has just been put on to the big screens. Come on England!