Honda offers football to workers

Some Swindon workers can follow England's fortunes at work

Car giant Honda is balloting its workers to see if they want to watch England's Euro 2004 games at the plant.

Workers in Swindon are being given the chance to watch the games while on shift and make up the time later on.

A spokeswoman for the factory, which employs around 4,000 people, told BBC News it offered the deal during football tournaments in 2000 and 2002.

"They generally go for it, but we expect them to work an extra hour at the end of their shift," she added.

The first match the scheme would affect is England versus Croatia on 21 June.

Kick-off is at 1945 BST.