Ukraine 0:2 Turkey

 

I have Turkey in the sweepstake, so fingers crossed! :D

 

Also - very exciting Mark, I hope you enjoy your month being immersed in the competition - will be a memorable and incredible experience (even if England fail to progress!)

6 of us going (plus a couple of others for a week or so), driving and camping wherever possible. Been planning and saving for it since the beginning of 2013 now. Would've loved to go to a World Cup but Brazil too soon, Russia too big and not exactly an appealing place, and no desire at all to go to Qatar, so the next time it might be held somewhere we'd want to and could go to would be 2026, all of us nearing 40 probably have a lot more commitments making it not possible to sod off from England for a month or so.

I can't fault that logic! It all makes perfect sense. Enjoy!

Marcus Rashford has been included in England's provisional 26 man squad for Euro 2016.

England's provisional 26-man squad:

 

Goalkeepers: Joe Hart (Manchester City), Fraser Forster (Southampton), Tom Heaton (Burnley).

 

Defenders: Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Chris Smalling (Manchester United), John Stones (Everton), Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur), Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), Danny Rose (Tottenham Hotspur), Nathaniel Clyne (Liverpool).

 

Midfielders: Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur), Ross Barkley (Everton), Fabian Delph (Manchester City), Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur), Danny Drinkwater (Leicester City), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Adam Lallana (Liverpool), James Milner (Liverpool), Raheem Sterling (Manchester City), Andros Townsend (Newcastle United), Jack Wilshere (Arsenal).

 

Strikers: Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur), Jamie Vardy (Leicester City), Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United).

 

 

 

Surprised to see Delph and Wilshere picked up over Noble and Cresswell who have had fantastic seasons for West Ham.

 

Brilliant to see Rashford included. Of course this is solely down to Welbeck's untimely injury but still, what an amazing couple of months for him.

 

I imagine he'll either get trimmed out when the 23 are announced or being taken but ultimately not play like Walcott in 2006.

Has the ITV & BBC TV schedule for Euro 2016 been released yet? at least I wont have to watch the matches on a stream like the Premier League matches :lol:

Has the ITV & BBC TV schedule for Euro 2016 been released yet? at least I wont have to watch the matches on a stream like the Premier League matches :lol:

 

http://www.live-footballontv.com/euro-2016-on-tv.html

http://www.live-footballontv.com/euro-2016-on-tv.html

Thanks

I shall be taking a 'sick day' off from school on the 16th, [for the England vs Wales game] here's hoping that my tutors don't find this post :lol:

 

anyone else able to watch the match or missing it?

Booked a half day at work months ago in preparation :)

I've booked the full day off for the Wales game, well a flex day :D

 

I find the England squad utterly unbalanced. There's not many players available that we could have picked, but our defense is very vulnerable. You would expect Dier/Bertrand would play as 4th choice CB, but even if that is the case, that leaves us really short for a holding midfield player. I think Townsend/Rashford/Delph will e the unlucky 3 to miss out.

I shall be taking a 'sick day' off from school on the 16th, [for the England vs Wales game] here's hoping that my tutors don't find this post :lol:

 

anyone else able to watch the match or missing it?

Your tutors wont be able to identify you on this site unless if you post a pic of yourself :lol:

 

I will most likely miss that match and have to catch the highlights instead. I remember when Euro 2004 was going on my school finished an hour earlier than usual when England played Switzerland.

Interesting that BBC & ITV both have shared live coverage of the final, I wonder which channel will get bigger ratings for that match.

I remember when Euro 2004 was going on my school finished an hour earlier than usual when England played Switzerland.

 

I really enjoyed Euro 2004. I was on holiday in Menorca and it was great mingling with the other nation supporters. Certainly made the tournament more enjoyable to watch.

Interesting that BBC & ITV both have shared live coverage of the final, I wonder which channel will get bigger ratings for that match.

If it isn't the BBC by a large margin, it will be the first time ever.

What BuzzjackSportsForum tweeted regarding Wilshere:

 

@WestHamFan3

Hodgson's puppy, #Wilshere is picked for #Euro2016 with 200 mins all season but no Antonio, Noble, Cresswell and Carroll.

I really enjoyed Euro 2004. I was on holiday in Menorca and it was great mingling with the other nation supporters. Certainly made the tournament more enjoyable to watch.

When I went to Majorca in 1996, when I was only two. Apparently there was a massive brawl at the pub near the hotel we were staying after England and Spain played.

 

 

I don't have cable over in the U.S. so I will be streaming the ESPN matches online.

What is your favourite Euro tournament?

 

I haven't seen many but for me it's probably Euro 2008. There were a lot of goals in this tournament and quite a lot of entertaining matches, the progress of Turkey added extra entertainment as well because there were a lot of Turkish people who lived in or near my area then and EVERY time Turkey won a match there would be car horns beeping as if they won the tournament itself :lol:

Out of the five since I was born.

 

It would be 2004 because of the unexpected triumph for Greece. The powerhouses of Germany, Spain and Italy going out in the group stages. the controversial disallowed Sol Campbell goal between England and Portugal wasn't good with Urs Meier having his telephone number and e-mail address published in certain English newspapers despite what happened, you can't say that he deserved to be treated like that.