March 21, 20223 yr No surprise really as long as the FA have a contingency plan in place to stop people congregating at Wembley Way. I don't think those scenes happen (the stadium rush) if there was not a pandemic and a half empty stadium. From a selfish perspective, I'd much rather we hosted the World Cup, but that looks an impossible job to get under the current leadership.
March 22, 20223 yr To be announced officially on April 7th, the four Home Nations plus Ireland have won the bid after it emerged no rival bids have been submitted by this Wednesday's deadline. Italy are also set to be announced as hosts for Euro 2032.
March 22, 20223 yr Oh nice, hosting again so soon I did not expect! Will have to try and get tickets again.
March 22, 20223 yr Will many premier league grounds be hosting games or will it be the main host stadiums I wonder?
March 22, 20223 yr No surprise really as long as the FA have a contingency plan in place to stop people congregating at Wembley Way. I don't think those scenes happen (the stadium rush) if there was not a pandemic and a half empty stadium. From a selfish perspective, I'd much rather we hosted the World Cup, but that looks an impossible job to get under the current leadership. I do think the 20,000 empty seats played a massive part in that. There was always going to be space for people without tickets where there wouldn't be usually. The World Cup is now one vote per FIFA country so they have completely changed it following recent awarding's of it. There will still be an element of politics to it with regions/continents likely to vote together. UEFA have said there's only to be one bid from Europe for each one so we'd have to win that first. I know for the next one Spain and Portugal were interested in a joint bid.
March 22, 20223 yr Would be great if all the Home Nations had at least one stadium for matches, although as it stands I don’t think any stadia in Northern Ireland is up to the mark - the closest is Windsor Park, but it’s fairly small by international standards and isn’t in the best Nick.
March 23, 20223 yr Would be great if all the Home Nations had at least one stadium for matches, although as it stands I don’t think any stadia in Northern Ireland is up to the mark - the closest is Windsor Park, but it’s fairly small by international standards and isn’t in the best Nick. They hosted the Super Cup in august so I imagine it would be grand for one or two groups games! Unless Casement Park is ready by then which is unlikely!
March 23, 20223 yr The UK and Republic of Ireland football associations have submitted a joint expression of interest in staging the European Championships in 2028. The five associations has previously considered seeking to stage the World Cup in 2030 and conducted a £2.8m feasibility study into a potential bid.
March 23, 20223 yr The 10 stadiums to be used in Germany 2024 are all above 40k capacity. The UK have got 16 football grounds that hit that though many in the same places so no chance they all get used. There is talk of Euro 2028 being expanded further still to 32(!) teams so would need more stadia which could include some smaller ones, but Windsor Park is really small and I doubt anything of that capacity would get chosen. Edited March 23, 20223 yr by RabbitFurCoat
March 23, 20223 yr If it were to be 12 you'd get something like 8 England and ideally one from each of the other four countries. The Millennium Stadium, Hampden Park and Aviva Stadium would be the three that made sense. Most likely: Wembley Tottenham Stadium Villa Park Anfield (or new Everton stadium) Hillsborough (or Elland Road) Old Trafford (or Etihad) St. James' Park You'd definitely need another in the south but unsure whether you'd go for St. Mary's or a third London Ground (Emirates/London Stadium)
March 23, 20223 yr So contrary to the Mirror article it turns out that both Russia and Turkey have in fact declared interest before the deadline so it’s not such a foregone conclusion. :lol:
March 23, 20223 yr So contrary to the Mirror article it turns out that both Russia and Turkey have in fact declared interest before the deadline so it’s not such a foregone conclusion. :lol: Russia's looks to be a publicity stunt (nowhere they would get awareded it now) and I just don't feel a bid from Turkey would be able to match a GB & Ireland bid.
March 24, 20223 yr Not as certain as we thought then! Looks like we've still got a good chance of being able to host it though.
December 23, 20222 yr UEFA has warned the officials behind the UK and Ireland's bid to host Euro 2028 that they are growing frustrated with their delay in signing off on certain guarantees. The UK and Ireland have come together to form a joint bid for the future tournament, with Turkey their closest competitors in the race to stage it. Though while Turkey has already agreed its guarantees ahead of the UEFA vote in September, The Times have revealed that Europe's governing body are still yet to hear back from the UK and Ireland over a number of issues.
December 23, 20222 yr Interesting - looks like some of the issues are coming from branding on stadiums set to take part.
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