The Euros kick off in Paris this summer to spark a month of exciting football, with 24 teams battling it out to succeed Spain as champions of Europe, starting with France as the host nation v Romania.
This time around there's a good deal of interest and optimism in the UK, because all the home nations excluding Scotland have qualified.
This time around there's a good deal of interest and optimism in the UK, because all the home nations excluding Scotland have qualified.
Polmac Euro 2016 Football Boxes
As ever, football fans in England are getting excited but for far too long England have approached the finals with lots of optimism but with very little else.
Their hopes always seem to be dashed by strange refereeing decisions, out-dated tactics and of course poor penalty taking skills. (We must surely be due a penalty shoot-out win by now).
Once again, England are pinning their hopes on an emerging generation of young gifted players.
They certainly have the talent but can they conjure a performance that gets the team beyond the usual quarter final exit. Many people doubt it!
However, Roy Hodgson's team enter the tournament unbeaten in the pool stages with plenty of momentum and with a favourable group-stage draw, including Russia, Wales and Slovakia.
Germany will go to the finals as favourites, as they have a very strong squad and are the world champions but they are not invincible as England proved recently.
The question is can England be as ruthless and consistent as Germany when it comes to high-pressure games in tournament finals? That's the question!
France will be a great place to hold the European football tournament even though the question of security has overshadowed the build-up.
Fans will enjoy the country's culture, food, wine, history and a lot more besides from the famous sights of Paris to the sun-soaked cities of Nice and Marseille in the south.
For those lucky enough to be going there, a brilliant summer awaits. Let's hope all our expectations are fulfilled!
Polmac (UK) Ltd has a link with the Euros albeit tenuous when one of our employees attended as a volunteer helper when they were held in Poland and Ukraine.
So, in celebration of England's participation in the 2016 Euros and in expectation of a long-awaited win, we've manufactured some multi-coloured, wood confectionery boxes containing chocolate footballs and including a printed English flag on the lid.
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