I believe that some girls and parlours are often quiet when there is an international tournament or game on, I guess you can punt a girl in a few days time but the match only has 1 opportunity to see it live.
I have on occasions planned to punt a day or two before and after a big game then i'm able to do both, having said that the best times have probably been had with punting.
On a similar note wasn't there a joke around 20 years ago about the similarity of Birmingham City and sex along the lines of -
They are owned by pornographers (The gold brothers and David Sullivan AKA Sport newspapers), They have a tart for an MD (Karen Brady), They can't score and are sponsored by Virgin (Shirt sponsor), and they get fucked off the pitch every weekend (Crap form)