Manchester United legend Denis Law was famously playing golf - and losing - when England won the World Cup in 1966.
The striker couldn't bear to watch as the Auld Enemy took on West Germany at Wembley and, with the help of an Azerbaijani linesman, won the Jules Rimet trophy.
Law also threatened to head abroad if England were awarded the 2018 World Cup - a bold move for a man whose most famous foreign sojourn culminated in crashing a FIAT 600 into a statue of Giuseppe Garibaldi.
Still though, after a 4-0 win over Ukraine and with a home game against Denmark to come, it's time to consider the nauseating possibility that it may, indeed, be 'coming home'.
Should Gareth Southgate's side get past the Danes there's always the hope that Spain or Italy will crush the Three Lions at Wembley, and they're sure to be roared on by millions north of the border.
Could you really watch knowing there's a chance though? What with Covid, plenty of us can't even leave the country.
If you're of a nervous disposition, here are some things you could do instead of watching the Euro 2020 final on July 11.
Hike the West Highland Way
You can't see Harry Kane lifting the trophy if you're in a tent in the wilderness with no phone signal.
An organised walk of the West Highland Way starts on July 11 and runs for the next seven days, featuring hill walking, swimming, camping and whisky drinking.
As well as getting to explore some of Scotland's most beautiful scenery, you'll get the chance to not see England potentially winning Euro 2020.
Given it lasts a week you'll also avoid the immediate media reaction, though you'll need an alternative plan for the following 50 years they'll go on about it for.
Perhaps take inspiration from Christopher Knight, who wandered into the woods of Maine in 1986 and didn't contact society again for 27 years.
Watch Central Intelligence on E4
It's not Citizen Kane but it's actually not bad.
Featuring a classic little and large partnership that isn't Harry Kane and Raheem Sterling, the film tells the tale of two old high school classmates who go on the run after one of them joins the CIA.
Critics were charmed by the chemistry between Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and Kevin Hart, but felt there were glaring holes in the plot, so it's basically Scotland 's Euro 2020 campaign but without Luka Modric turning up in the third act and expertly assassinating the leads.
Critic Mark Kermode described it as "much funnier than I thought it was going to be", which incidentally is how Patrik Schick described his second goal against Scotland.
Visit St Kilda
If you want to see creatures of questionable intelligence angrily squawking, England taking the knee in the Euro 2020 final ticks that box.
After that though there's the issue of the actually quite good and likeable team they "support" winning the tournament, so why not visit Europe's most important seabird breeding area to scratch that itch?
It's the most remote point in Britain so there's not much danger of having a good phone signal and, since the last islanders were evacuated 91 years ago, there won't be any televisions either.
The National Trust runs a small campsite on the island so you can admire the gannets, rather than fuming at the gammons.
Ok there's a significant guano risk, but nothing compared to the onslaught of effluent that would follow football home.
Attend the European Stone Stacking Championships
Yes it's a real thing, with the fourth edition taking place in Dunbar that weekend.
One issue is that the final day of thrilling action concludes at 4pm but you can have a go at stacking yourself, which organisers say has "meditative benefits" and is good for "positive mood and reducing negative mood and stress".
So either you'll be too zen to care if England win, or at the very least there be loads of rocks to fling about in anger.
Learn how to solve a Rubik's Cube
If you believe videos on the internet, which has never proven problematic at any point in the past decade, you can learn to solve a Rubik's Cube in about 10 minutes.
With the match set to be on for two hours - not to mention build-up, potential extra-time and pundits gloating if England win - that should be more than enough time to become a master of the cube.
Astound your friends - and stop them talking about the football - by moving some bits of a colourful toy really fast.
Do some DIY or housework
There's plenty of stuff around the house that needs doing, and you know there is.
Sure, cleaning under the cabinets isn't the most enjoyable of tasks but a stray spider up the sleeve is as nothing compared to Jermaine Jenas on co-comms.
Arachnophobia is entirely irrational, being caught in a web of clichés and banal observations is basically guaranteed.
