Brummie Clyde Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Looks like British Isles will host tournament, after Turkey withdrawn from bid. Anyone planning to go? I quite fancy Belfast, as never been to Northern Ireland. Looks like Casement Park needs a fair bit of work though. Villa Park would be nice and handy too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 20 minutes ago, Brummie Clyde said: Looks like British Isles will host tournament, after Turkey withdrawn from bid. Anyone planning to go? I quite fancy Belfast, as never been to Northern Ireland. Looks like Casement Park needs a fair bit of work though. Villa Park would be nice and handy too. The 2007 Rugby World Cup was in France with a few games in Cardiff and Edinburgh. This is exactly what this is for England 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagar Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 Confirmed as UK to host. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 This tournament must not be allowed to take place. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian1 Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 Would far prefer England to host on their own rather than this patronising tokenism of desperately including other "wee nations" Can just see the awful marketing with butchers aprons everywhere. Don't even think the deal includes any significant upgrade to Hampden (maybe some new napkins in Corporate?) 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 7 minutes ago, Caledonian1 said: Would far prefer England to host on their own rather than this patronising tokenism of desperately including other "wee nations" Can just see the awful marketing with butchers aprons everywhere. Don't even think the deal includes any significant upgrade to Hampden (maybe some new napkins in Corporate?) Think going forward, European championships will often have one major host (England, France, Spain, Italy, Germany or Russia) and one or more co-hosts from neighbouring countries or even further afield ones. With the size of the tournament now even a coalition of 4-5 smaller countries won’t be able to host the tournament. I reckon 2036 might be a whole continent effort again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 Only Scottish folk could start moaning about a major footballing tournament taking place here. -5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagar Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 51 games. 28 in England. 6 each in ROI, Scotland and Wales, 5 in NI. Opener at Cardiff and semis and final at Wembley. England should just have it on their own. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 Hopefully if Wales make it they can be forced to play in Azerbaijan again, regardless of being a host nation. That was a good laugh. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 England are not taking automatic qualification but instead will compete to qualify. I am imagining the scenes should England fail to qualify and still have to host most of it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagar Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 3 minutes ago, scottsdad said: England are not taking automatic qualification but instead will compete to qualify. I am imagining the scenes should England fail to qualify and still have to host most of it. They will get one of the 2 guaranteed spots set aside. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Derry Alli said: Only Scottish folk could start moaning about a major footballing tournament taking place here. Well no, not really. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/18/brazil-protests-erupt-huge-scale 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopDon Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 Do we qualify automatically? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagar Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 9 minutes ago, TopDon said: Do we qualify automatically? Nope. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 On 07/02/2022 at 12:30, Ziggy Sobotka said: I'd like to see the stadium proposals, but my initial thought is that it's going to end up with England hosting the vast majority including both semis and the final, with Glasgow, Cardiff and Dublin getting 3 group games and a token last 16 match. Wasn't too far off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 4 hours ago, Derry Alli said: Only Scottish folk could start moaning about a major footballing tournament taking place here. There was no demand or need for it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 49 minutes ago, Richey Edwards said: There was no demand or need for it. I'm not sure there's ever not "a need" or "demand" for a multinational football tournament in our country which can literally keep business' doors open off the back of it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 17 minutes ago, Derry Alli said: I'm not sure there's ever not "a need" or "demand" for a multinational football tournament in our country which can literally keep business' doors open off the back of it. Who demanded it? I didn't. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 19 minutes ago, Richey Edwards said: Who demanded it? I didn't. Your hamster had the casting vote. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 1 minute ago, Derry Alli said: Your hamster had the casting vote. Joke's on her. She won't live to see it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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