Extra screens have been placed at Heathrow Airport England fans are gearing up to watch their team's crunch World Cup match against Slovenia on Wednesday.
It is the first England match during the working day, and employers have been urged to be flexible and allow their staff to watch the game.
Many businesses and schools have made special arrangements for the game which kicks off at 1500 BST.
England need to win to guarantee their place in the knock-out stages of the World Cup in South Africa.
Many schools across the country have decided to close early to let their pupils see the game.
Students at John Cleveland College in Leicestershire were told last week they could leave early. It says it has had a positive response, with only two or three people expressing concerns.
It said students who wanted to stay could do so and watch the match on a big screen in the main hall.
'Common sense'
The Association of School and College Lecturers said it was a matter for individual schools to decide, but it was not really a problem as most schoolchildren finished at 3pm and would be home for 4pm.
Some local authorities are allowing staff to use their flexi-time to watch the match.
The Local Government Association said it would depend on the job, as a community support officer on shift was a different matter to someone working in the post room.
"If you look at it from a common sense perspective, you can make arrangements so an employee can make time up later in the week, that's a reasonable approach," a spokesman said.
"It's finding a balance between what everyone wants to get out of it, watching England win, and ensuring services continue as normal."
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On Tuesday, the TUC called on bosses to let staff watch the match either at work or away from the office if appropriate.
The union's general secretary Brendan Barber said employers should discuss the issue with workers "to avoid any tensions".
But a survey of more than 140 firms by the London Chamber of Commerce found that two-thirds were not making any special arrangements as they could not afford the drop in productivity.
Supermarket giant Tesco has appointed 1,900 '"World Cup Champions" with responsibilities which include organising flexible rotas so staff could watch the games, and communicating all match fixtures and in-store World Cup related activities to colleagues.
David Potts, retail director at Tesco, said: "We have a diverse workforce and many will want to watch their countries play and so we are doing all we can to accommodate this with options to shift swap or make the time up at a later date as well as playing all matches within our staff rooms."
Cereal manufacturer Kellogg's has erected big screens for 600 staff in the central atrium of the company's Manchester HQ.
'Flexibility'
A number of smaller companies contacted the BBC to describe their plans.
Stephanie Clarke, an office manager of a small firm, said she had suggested to her boss that the team watched it together to prevent absences or lack of productivity.
UK forces in Afghanistan will see a recording of the England game "This way we all get to spend some time together without feeling guilty. The same amount of work will be completed, if not more afterwards or tomorrow as people will be grateful that we compromised and offered the flexibility," she said.
"Companies need to realise that refusing to let their team watch it will be a false economy."
Military personnel serving in Afghanistan will not be able to watch the match live, the Ministry of Defence said, but a replay of the game would be shown on the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS).
Troops in more remote locations, without satellite TV, would be sent a DVD later, the MoD added.
Meanwhile, for those who want to fit in shopping around the match, the Bluewater shopping centre in Kent is showing the game in one of its cinemas for free.
Heathrow Airport in west London has installed extra screens in each terminal to allow people flying out to catch the matches.
And for those who would rather be outdoors there are big screens in a handful of cities - Leeds, Manchester, Leicester, Middlesbrough and Swansea.
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