Euro 2028 - Host bid

[The Golden God]

Should make all the host nations play at least 1 game outside their own country. Ireland v England should be mandatory also and it should be at Casement, nothing could go wrong. 

[Highland Capital]

If this was a real joint bid Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland would all have two host venues each or as close as possible.  Instead this is a joint bid which is actually 60% England (with 20% being London) and everyone else in a distinct minority.  The fact that some people seem to think we should just eat our cereal and be thankful for a few token games is a nonsense.

[craigkillie]

Is the next World Cup not a joint bid either then? It has 11 USA, 3 Mexico and 2 Canada.

[Barry Ferguson's Hat]

All of the games should be played in Stirling.

[LiviLion]

3 hours ago, Barry Ferguson's Hat said:

All of the games should be played in Stirling.

I don't think USA/Mexico/Canada would be happy with that

[Captain_Sensible]

10 hours ago, Highland Capital said:

If this was a real joint bid Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland would all have two host venues each or as close as possible.  Instead this is a joint bid which is actually 60% England (with 20% being London) and everyone else in a distinct minority.  The fact that some people seem to think we should just eat our cereal and be thankful for a few token games is a nonsense.

Circa 77% of the population live in England

Over 30% live in London and the south

If anything, England & London are underrepresented 

 

[Bully Wee Villa]

8 hours ago, craigkillie said:

Is the next World Cup not a joint bid either then? It has 11 USA, 3 Mexico and 2 Canada.

That's pretty shite, tbh.

[charger29]

Looking very likely now with Turkey focussing on 2032. UK & Ireland are the only bid left.

Decision on October.

https://news.sky.com/story/uk-and-irelands-bid-to-host-euro-2028-set-to-be-unopposed-12929140

Edited July 28, 2023 by charger29

[Jaggy McJagface]

Am I the only one that is a bit scunnered that Germany 2024 is the last “normal” tournament we’re probably going to get?

Turkey or Italy would be fine as standalone hosts but them sharing a tournament seems pointless and a pain in the arse for fans that will likely have to travel between the two.

Also can’t help but feeling it’s a bit pointless for us to even be involved with an England plus add ons bid when they could easily host it on their own.

[SouthLanarkshireWhite]

On 14/04/2023 at 09:39, Highland Capital said:

If this was a real joint bid Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland would all have two host venues each or as close as possible.  Instead this is a joint bid which is actually 60% England (with 20% being London) and everyone else in a distinct minority.  The fact that some people seem to think we should just eat our cereal and be thankful for a few token games is a nonsense.

Looking to add weight to that chip on your shoulder. Stop fkn bleating.

[Richey Edwards]

f**k THIS BID.

[Bully Wee Villa]

1 hour ago, Jaggy McJagface said:

Am I the only one that is a bit scunnered that Germany 2024 is the last “normal” tournament we’re probably going to get?

Turkey or Italy would be fine as standalone hosts but them sharing a tournament seems pointless and a pain in the arse for fans that will likely have to travel between the two.

Also can’t help but feeling it’s a bit pointless for us to even be involved with an England plus add ons bid when they could easily host it on their own.

If it's set up the same as the Women's World Cup you wouldn't have to travel between one country and the other unless you made the final. Admittedly might be more difficult with the vagaries of allowing four best third place teams to qualify for the last sixteen.

Edited July 28, 2023 by Bully Wee Villa

[Donathan]

11 hours ago, Jaggy McJagface said:

Am I the only one that is a bit scunnered that Germany 2024 is the last “normal” tournament we’re probably going to get?

Turkey or Italy would be fine as standalone hosts but them sharing a tournament seems pointless and a pain in the arse for fans that will likely have to travel between the two.

Also can’t help but feeling it’s a bit pointless for us to even be involved with an England plus add ons bid when they could easily host it on their own.

They will probably set the tournament up in two distinct halves with one half played in Turkey and the other half in Italy. Then the only set of fans that need to travel between the two are the fans of the country who made the final from the other side of the draw. 
 

Having said that I’m no fan of joint bids from countries that aren’t even that close to each other. Italy should be a solo host and Turkey should be exploring joint bids with the likes of Bulgaria and Azerbaijan. 

[Gordon EF]

9 hours ago, Bully Wee Villa said:

If it's set up the same as the Women's World Cup you wouldn't have to travel between one country and the other unless you made the final.

So Scotland fans would definitely have to travel between two countries then.

[Richey Edwards]

The UK is ill-equipped and does not have the facilities or infrastructure to host a major tournament. Plus it is a fascist state. 

Get this bid into the sea.

[Donathan]

2 hours ago, Richey Edwards said:

The UK is ill-equipped and does not have the facilities or infrastructure to host a major tournament. Plus it is a fascist state. 

Get this bid into the sea.

We can debate the second point either way, that’s for a different thread, but there’s very few (if any) European countries that DO have the facilities or infrastructure to host a major tournament and the UK is one of them. You could literally host one in the UK tomorrow let alone 2028. 

[Nightmare]

3 hours ago, Richey Edwards said:

The UK is ill-equipped and does not have the facilities or infrastructure to host a major tournament. Plus it is a fascist state. 

Get this bid into the sea.

This is a wild take. And I don't mean the "fascist" bit.

[monthefife]

On 12/04/2023 at 16:19, Theyellowbox said:

I would assume any journalist worth their salt is on the phone right now to Maxwell to ask what the plan for Hanpden is re redevelopment?

If they do not have a plan ready to go right now, then nothing material is getting done to it. Given tournament is 5 years away and how slow planning goes and that you'd need test events etc, then even to re do the end stands, you would need to make a start this year really or certainly have a very firm plan by the year end and started by next summer. 

This is Scotland we're talking about, mate. Most people in overgenerously-paid "top positions" are too cosy with the British establishment and will do just as they're bloody well told. 

I have absolutely zero issue with England having a bid of their own, so why don't they? We all know deep down that this is just political opportunism. 

[Donathan]

IMO it should be marketed as an English bid with England getting automatic qualification, the opening game, the majority (it not all) knockout stages and of course the final, but I don’t see the problem with hosting some group games in the other nations and, if they do qualify, arranging the draw so that they play in the group held on home soil. This is how the 1999 and 2007 rugby union World Cups both worked. You had Wales and France respectively as the main hosts but other nearby countries held group games.

 

I don’t think a full blown joint bid works unless England didn’t take part. 

[craigkillie]

It is a joint bid, and it is going to work because we're getting the tournament. I don't know why we would then choose to not have ourselves named as co-hosts and to get the benefits which come with that.