Would you fake an illness (or a grandmother's death) to get off work the morning after a big football match?

If you said yes, you're certainly not alone, the Metro reports. A survey by Ladbrokes reveals that one in ten Britons would consider ditching work for a game. Unsurprisingly, the breakdown reveals that women are less likely to resort to such desperate measures - only eight percent, versus fourteen for men.

With the possibility of around three million workers pulling a sickie, and alcohol prices reducing during the tournament - adding hangovers to the mix - British businesses could lose more than £3 billion, consultancy frim ELAS estimates.

The Germans were characteristically well-prepared for this problem, with unions lobbying back in April for rearranged shifts to accomodate football fans.