AIBU to refuse a Year 9 staying up for the 1am match?

[BlackTulipss]

Is this unreasonable?
Apparently "every other mum" is letting their school year 9 kid watch the 1am match tonight and phone in sick to school tomorrow morning then go in at lunch.
I've said no to staying up to watch it. Starts at 1am, it will go on till 3:30am, or later if extra time!
DS has to get up at 6:30 for school.
DH says let him, keeps going on about once every 4 years experience, it's only 1 night, etc. And he says it will be the final England match - they'll be knocked out by Mexico tonight so there will be no other England games to watch after tonight.
DS badly needs his sleep and at 14 he still needs a solid 11 hours to function.
Is anyone else letting their DC watch it live tonight?
AIBU?

Seems news of England's demise was greatly exaggerated!

This.

What a brilliant game! I hope the lad watched it live.

I didn’t. If it was the semi or final I would have but it wasn’t even a quarter. It didn’t start till 2am in the end.

My 11 year old went to bed at 8. His dad got him up to watch it. Made hot dogs and had m&Ms and nachos. Caffeine free coke and his dad had non alcoholic beer.

No way I was getting up for it, but I’m glad they made a mini event of it. I can hear his footsteps now so this morning isn’t going to be a problem.

Hope you let him watch it - sounds like it was a cracking match

This is lovely. He’ll remember it for life!

Brilliant! He won’t be tired today, the adrenaline will carry him through!

Please tell us if you let him watch it. Hoping you did and you have a tired happy lad on your hands.

Yeah I do, and I think it was a terrible game. Happy Norway won… but a bit baffled by your question 😂

As will the children of the pearl clutchers, hope they take a long time to forgive their mothers who wouldn't let them get/stay up. I have found it amazing at people thinking that children can't cope with an early morning match. I've just watched on the BBCi player, fast forwarding much of it except for the goals and the last 15 minutes, my heart was thudding in the last 3 minutes and I knew the result! I almost wish I was still teaching to enjoy it with my classes, it can be amazing the morning after a big win/

I hope for your sake you let him watch the match - or he's a very forgiving lad. Matches don't come much better than that.

Same. It would be awful to be the kid whose mum made them miss that.

It felt like time slowed down during those 11mins of injury time!

It stood still!! I swear it did!

I’ve been more excited about coming back to updates on here than the actual game 😂

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I couldn't see OP budging on this. I really hope she did though.

What! Stay up for a football match, utter nonsense.

It sounded like a fantastic match! Wish I stayed up now!!

I feel like she’s not been back as she didn’t budge….

I am staying up for USA V Belgium tonight. I slept 4 - 30 to 12 - 30. I am unlikely to be asleep by 1 am.

Allez la Belgique. Kom op, België!

I would love to stay up to watch, hopefully, USA get battered. Just been listening to the news about Trump’s intervention. Although to be fair it’s not the players’ fault their president is a vile prick.

But I can’t do it two nights running!

Yeah, FIFA is just dripping in corruption. This whole "we can change the rules with no explanation or justification" narrative is disgusting.

I am going to have a swim, then a sauna. Hopefully, that will flush out last night's excesses.

Where you watching the same match as me- 'terrible'? Do you see the spectacular goals from Haaland? I think the whole of Norway would possibly disagree with you on that!