PeteFromLeeds

Ah I must have missed Tahith Chong in my very quick scroll through! As with Haiti, great to see them qualify, but I do fear for them.

The other thing about Haiti is that it's quite likely they'll be one of a number of teams where none of the squad play football in the country they're representing - in 2022 it was only Senegal that were in that situation but with the expansion to 48 teams I imagine it'll be the case for quite a few more. At least some of the players were actually born in Haiti, unlike the country which I'm guessing will appear next...

Looking forward to following this! I think it's great to see Haiti in the World Cup - there hasn't been a Caribbean team make it in 20 years, and we've got two this time! - but they do have a tough group (and I fear the other Caribbean country has a similarly sticky situation). I will enjoy collecting Panini stickers with Haitian flags on though

18th April 2026 1 [1] Jonathan Ogden - Again And Again 2 [8] Dan Stirling - Bones 3 [2] U2 - Yours Eternally (ft. Ed Sheeran & Taras Topolia) 4 [3] Living Again - Dive Into 5 [4] Seafret - Signal Fire 6 [7] Tors - Time (ft. Jade Bird) 7 [38] The Fray - A Light That Waits 8 [11] Rend Collective - Do It All Alone 9 [6] Dermot Kennedy - Funeral 10 [5] Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX - Milarrochy Bay 11 [10] The Snuts - Summer Rain 12 [16] Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX - The Tide 13 [9] Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX - All Roads 14 [17] Harry Styles - Aperture 15 [12] Theresa Phondo, Esther Chungu & Tio Nason - Daily II 16 [35] Antytila - ВІДКОЛИ 17 [14] John Michael Howell - Missing Piece 18 [19] Limoblaze - God Did It 19 [54] Twenty One Pilots - Drag Path 20 [49] Booshle G. - Not Alone 21 [13] Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX - The Wedding 22 [32] The Black Keys - No Rain, No Flowers 23 [20] Druckluft - Karnevalsmaus 24 [25] The Sherlocks - In Your Hands 25 [50] The Temper Trap - Giving Up Air 26 [15] Indochine - No Name 27 [21] Dan Stirling - Balm 28 [51] Strings & Heart - eyes on Him 29 [26] Jack Savoretti - We Will Always Be The Way We Were 30 [30] Jamie Pritchard - Surprise 31 [28] Embrace - Road To Nowhere 32 [31] Calvin Harris & Kasabian - Release The Pressure 33 [27] Walk Off The Earth & Ryan Mack - Where Would I Be 34 [34] Strings & Heart - ily anyway 35 [37] Lion of Judah - Keep Your Love 36 [47] Pegasus - Next Day 37 [18] LUNA & Russo - Voorbestemd 38 [59] Smash Into Pieces - Hollow 39 [22] Matoma & Nico & Vinz - Love To The Universe 40 [41] Son Mieux - Dark Before The Dawn 41 [39] Steph Macleod & Philippa Hanna - Heroes 42 [48] Axel Flovent - Nowhere 43 [42] Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX - Islay 44 [57] Kate Flanders - Different Light 45 [43] Pat Barrett - All This In A Name 46 [24] Alok & Zeeba - Dive Into The Ocean (ft. Portugal. The Man) 47 [46] Cut Copy & Kate Bollinger - Belong To You 48 [68] Mumford & Sons - Badlands (with Gracie Abrams) 49 [23] Tom Speight - Buzzing 50 [33] Sheppard - Beautiful Nothing 51 [45] Grace Graber - RUN 52 [60] Praise Lubangu & Briana Bene - i can see ur progress from here 53 [NEW] Jonathan Ogden - What If 54 [61] Jamie MacDonald - Won't Let Go 55 [52] Gen Zeal - Your Way Yahweh 56 [40] Ibibio Sound Machine & Village Cuts - Anyone Like You 57 [44] Jonathan Ogden - Stay With You 58 [67] Hot Chip - Devotion 59 [NEW] Praise Lubangu - White Flag 60 [62] De'Borah Powell & The Benefactors - Open My Eyes 61 [80] Sam Hibbard - Runnin' Back 62 [55] John Allan - Resurrection Power 63 [29] Joseph O'Brien - Trust...Fall! 64 [RE] Dean Lewis - I Am Getting Well 65 [36] Tom Speight & Lydia Clowes - Perfect Strangers 66 [56] White Lies - Juice 67 [NEW] U2 - Resurrection Song 68 [53] ESKE - Dancing In The Sky 69 [58] James Marriott - California Rain 70 [NEW] Ásgeir - Against The Current 71 [63] Mgzavrebi - Chveni Ambavi 72 [85] Resound Worship - Send Us Out 73 [RE] James Blake - I Had A Dream She Took My Hand 74 [72] DI-RECT - Won't Fall 75 [NEW] Seafret & James Morrison - Driftwood 76 [64] The Head And The Heart - Beg, Steal, Borrow 77 [76] Zac Carpenter & FOAN - Always Make A Way 78 [NEW] Stephen Stanley - Change 79 [65] Darren Kiely - Two Roads 80 [73] Tom Speight - Higher 81 [66] Strings And Heart - oasis for my soul 82 [77] Jamie Pritchard - Lost & Found 83 [NEW] Rosellas - Beautiful Lonely 84 [NEW] Rend Collective - Salt And Light 85 [75] Of Monsters and Men - Dream Team

1 [1] Jonathan Ogden - Again And Again 2 [8] Dan Stirling - Bones 3 [2] U2 - Yours Eternally (ft. Ed Sheeran & Taras Topolia) 4 [3] Living Again - Dive Into 5 [4] Seafret - Signal Fire 6 [7] Tors - Time (ft. Jade Bird) 7 [38] The Fray - A Light That Waits 8 [11] Rend Collective - Do It All Alone 9 [6] Dermot Kennedy - Funeral 10 [5] Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX - Milarrochy Bay 11 [10] The Snuts - Summer Rain 12 [16] Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX - The Tide 13 [9] Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX - All Roads 14 [17] Harry Styles - Aperture 15 [12] Theresa Phondo, Esther Chungu & Tio Nason - Daily II 16 [35] Antytila - ВІДКОЛИ 17 [14] John Michael Howell - Missing Piece 18 [19] Limoblaze - God Did It 19 [54] Twenty One Pilots - Drag Path 20 [49] Booshle G. - Not Alone 21 [13] Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX - The Wedding 22 [32] The Black Keys - No Rain, No Flowers 23 [20] Druckluft - Karnevalsmaus 24 [25] The Sherlocks - In Your Hands 25 [50] The Temper Trap - Giving Up Air 26 [15] Indochine - No Name 27 [21] Dan Stirling - Balm 28 [51] Strings & Heart - eyes on Him 29 [26] Jack Savoretti - We Will Always Be The Way We Were 30 [30] Jamie Pritchard - Surprise 31 [28] Embrace - Road To Nowhere 32 [31] Calvin Harris & Kasabian - Release The Pressure 33 [27] Walk Off The Earth & Ryan Mack - Where Would I Be 34 [34] Strings & Heart - ily anyway 35 [37] Lion of Judah - Keep Your Love 36 [47] Pegasus - Next Day 37 [18] LUNA & Russo - Voorbestemd 38 [59] Smash Into Pieces - Hollow 39 [22] Matoma & Nico & Vinz - Love To The Universe 40 [41] Son Mieux - Dark Before The Dawn

I've just listened for the first time and loving it - the sort of thing we've been needing to send for years! Whether we do well is completely up to the whim of the public but we've given ourselves the best shot I think.

1 [13] Jonathan Ogden - Again And Again 2 [NEW] U2 - Yours Eternally (ft. Ed Sheeran & Taras Topolia) 3 [1] Living Again - Dive Into 4 [3] Seafret - Signal Fire 5 [2] Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX - Milarrochy Bay 6 [4] Dermot Kennedy - Funeral 7 [10] Tors - Time (ft. Jade Bird) 8 [NEW] Dan Stirling - Bones 9 [5] Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX - All Roads 10 [7] The Snuts - Summer Rain 11 [20] Rend Collective - Do It All Alone 12 [9] Theresa Phondo, Esther Chungu & Tio Nason - Daily II 13 [8] Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX - The Wedding 14 [11] John Michael Howell - Missing Piece 15 [6] Indochine - No Name 16 [14] Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX - The Tide 17 [34] Harry Styles - Aperture 18 [12] LUNA & Russo - Voorbestemd 19 [15] Limoblaze - God Did It 20 [NEW] Druckluft - Karnevalsmaus 21 [17] Dan Stirling - Balm 22 [16] Matoma & Nico & Vinz - Love To The Universe 23 [19] Tom Speight - Buzzing 24 [18] Alok & Zeeba - Dive Into The Ocean (ft. Portugal. The Man) 25 [35] The Sherlocks - In Your Hands 26 [30] Jack Savoretti - We Will Always Be The Way We Were 27 [24] Walk Off The Earth & Ryan Mack - Where Would I Be 28 [23] Embrace - Road To Nowhere 29 [21] Joseph O'Brien - Trust...Fall! 30 [29] Jamie Pritchard - Surprise 31 [25] Calvin Harris & Kasabian - Release The Pressure 32 [38] The Black Keys - No Rain, No Flowers 33 [22] Sheppard - Beautiful Nothing 34 [28] Strings & Heart - ily anyway 35 [69] Antytila - ВІДКОЛИ 36 [26] Tom Speight & Lydia Clowes - Perfect Strangers 37 [41] Lion of Judah - Keep Your Love 38 [68] The Fray - A Light That Waits 39 [32] Steph Macleod & Philippa Hanna - Heroes 40 [27] Ibibio Sound Machine & Village Cuts - Anyone Like You

11th April 2026 1 [13] Jonathan Ogden - Again And Again 2 [NEW] U2 - Yours Eternally (ft. Ed Sheeran & Taras Topolia) 3 [1] Living Again - Dive Into 4 [3] Seafret - Signal Fire 5 [2] Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX - Milarrochy Bay 6 [4] Dermot Kennedy - Funeral 7 [10] Tors - Time (ft. Jade Bird) 8 [NEW] Dan Stirling - Bones 9 [5] Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX - All Roads 10 [7] The Snuts - Summer Rain 11 [20] Rend Collective - Do It All Alone 12 [9] Theresa Phondo, Esther Chungu & Tio Nason - Daily II 13 [8] Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX - The Wedding 14 [11] John Michael Howell - Missing Piece 15 [6] Indochine - No Name 16 [14] Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX - The Tide 17 [34] Harry Styles - Aperture 18 [12] LUNA & Russo - Voorbestemd 19 [15] Limoblaze - God Did It 20 [NEW] Druckluft - Karnevalsmaus 21 [17] Dan Stirling - Balm 22 [16] Matoma & Nico & Vinz - Love To The Universe 23 [19] Tom Speight - Buzzing 24 [18] Alok & Zeeba - Dive Into The Ocean (ft. Portugal. The Man) 25 [35] The Sherlocks - In Your Hands 26 [30] Jack Savoretti - We Will Always Be The Way We Were 27 [24] Walk Off The Earth & Ryan Mack - Where Would I Be 28 [23] Embrace - Road To Nowhere 29 [21] Joseph O'Brien - Trust...Fall! 30 [29] Jamie Pritchard - Surprise 31 [25] Calvin Harris & Kasabian - Release The Pressure 32 [38] The Black Keys - No Rain, No Flowers 33 [22] Sheppard - Beautiful Nothing 34 [28] Strings & Heart - ily anyway 35 [69] Antytila - ВІДКОЛИ 36 [26] Tom Speight & Lydia Clowes - Perfect Strangers 37 [41] Lion of Judah - Keep Your Love 38 [68] The Fray - A Light That Waits 39 [32] Steph Macleod & Philippa Hanna - Heroes 40 [27] Ibibio Sound Machine & Village Cuts - Anyone Like You 41 [33] Son Mieux - Dark Before The Dawn 42 [31] Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX - Islay 43 [46] Pat Barrett - All This In A Name 44 [37] Jonathan Ogden - Stay With You 45 [39] Grace Graber - RUN 46 [40] Cut Copy & Kate Bollinger - Belong To You 47 [NEW] Pegasus - Next Day 48 [47] Axel Flovent - Nowhere 49 [65] Booshle G. - Not Alone 50 [74] The Temper Trap - Giving Up Air 51 [NEW] Strings & Heart - eyes on Him 52 [36] Gen Zeal - Your Way Yahweh 53 [45] ESKE - Dancing In The Sky 54 [NEW] Twenty One Pilots - Drag Path 55 [44] John Allan - Resurrection Power 56 [42] White Lies - Juice 57 [NEW] Kate Flanders - Different Light 58 [43] James Marriott - California Rain 59 [NEW] Smash Into Pieces - Hollow 60 [51] Praise Lubangu & Briana Bene - i can see ur progress from here 61 [59] Jamie MacDonald - Won't Let Go 62 [NEW] De'Borah Powell & The Benefactors - Open My Eyes 63 [48] Mgzavrebi - Chveni Ambavi 64 [49] The Head And The Heart - Beg, Steal, Borrow 65 [50] Darren Kiely - Two Roads 66 [53] Strings And Heart - oasis for my soul 67 [52] Hot Chip - Devotion 68 [NEW] Mumford & Sons - Badlands (with Gracie Abrams) 69 [54] John Allan - On & On 70 [58] Teenage Dads - Stay Between Us 71 [55] Cephas Azariah & Elle Limebear - you're gonna be ok 72 [NEW] DI-RECT - Won't Fall 73 [64] Tom Speight - Higher 74 [56] Kensington - Stay 75 [57] Of Monsters and Men - Dream Team 76 [NEW] Zac Carpenter & FOAN - Always Make A Way 77 [NEW] Jamie Pritchard - Lost & Found 78 [63] Sigrid - Hush Baby, Hurry Slowly 79 [62] Josh Gauton - Fly Back Quickly, My Love 80 [NEW] Sam Hibbard - Runnin' Back 81 [61] Josh Gauton - Quiet Joy 82 [RE] Gas Street Music - Thanksgiving (ft. Taku Mudere & Zo Chilengwe) 83 [66] fieldlily - Grow 84 [67] Together For Palestine - Lullaby (ft. Nai Barghouti, Neneh Cherry & Leigh-Anne) 85 [NEW] Resound Worship - Send Us Out

I don't know too much about PopJustice but it sounds quite similar to what happened with DenDen, where ultimately the site was owned by one person and that person decided to pull the plug. It does make me wonder what will eventually happen to this place as well.

It's certainly not as simple as having groups which the winners qualify from! I think they did a similar thing with the Euros - I guess it means that teams on a similar footing end up playing each other whilst largely having the same results in terms of who qualifies.

Starting this thread as qualification has started for the Women's World Cup next year. In fact for Asia it's already finished! The same teams as last time round with the exception of North Korea replacing Vietnam.

Interesting set of games - think it's a good initiative to get more teams playing international football. Eek at Curacao though, if they lose 5-1 to Australia then I do worry for them against Germany.

Wow at Italy missing out on their third in a row! Really happy for Bosnia though, they've ended up with one of the easiest groups as well. A shame Kosovo couldn't get a debut World Cup position, but Turkey haven't been in since 2002 so fair enough - same for Czechia. Sweden qualifying after getting 2 points in their group does feel somewhat unfair though!

Wow at Italy missing out on their third in a row! Really happy for Bosnia though, they've ended up with one of the easiest groups as well. A shame Kosovo couldn't get a debut World Cup position, but Turkey haven't been in since 2002 so fair enough - same for Czechia. Sweden qualifying after getting 2 points in their group does feel somewhat unfair though!

I would have been happy with any of these teams qualifying but it's probably fair that these two did as they had to go through the most elaborate dance to get to the play-offs in the first place.

So these kick off later today as well with New Caledonia vs Jamaica and Suriname vs Bolivia. Hoping for an upset from Suriname (and New Caledonia as well but can't really see that one happening!)

Turkey are the first semi-final winners then! Certainly some interesting games to come - will Italy fall at the first hurdle again?

Thinking about it now - isn't there a reasonable likelihood that it'll get overturned again? I don't think you're really able to overturn a referee's decision two months after the fact? What would have happened if this had been done in a semi-final, would they force the final to be played again with the 'winning' team?

Now this is bizarre!

Congrats Harry!

I do actually remember that one (or at least part of it) reasonably well! It isn't a song I've gone back to though, so the fact it has vanished from existence is completely lost on me

21st February 2026 1 [8] Living Again - Dive Into 2 [1] Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX - Milarrochy Bay 3 [2] Seafret - Signal Fire 4 [7] Dermot Kennedy - Funeral 5 [3] Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX - All Roads 6 [4] Indochine - No Name 7 [22] The Snuts - Summer Rain 8 [5] Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX - The Wedding 9 [10] Theresa Phondo, Esther Chungu & Tio Nason - Daily II 10 [14] Tors - Time (ft. Jade Bird) 11 [11] John Michael Howell - Missing Piece 12 [6] LUNA & Russo - Voorbestemd 13 [NEW] Jonathan Ogden - Again And Again 14 [9] Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX - The Tide 15 [19] Limoblaze - God Did It 16 [12] Matoma & Nico & Vinz - Love To The Universe 17 [24] Dan Stirling - Balm 18 [16] Alok & Zeeba - Dive Into The Ocean (ft. Portugal. The Man) 19 [15] Tom Speight - Buzzing 20 [NEW] Rend Collective - Do It All Alone 21 [25] Joseph O'Brien - Trust...Fall! 22 [20] Sheppard - Beautiful Nothing 23 [32] Embrace - Road To Nowhere 24 [17] Walk Off The Earth & Ryan Mack - Where Would I Be 25 [NEW] Calvin Harris & Kasabian - Release The Pressure 26 [13] Tom Speight & Lydia Clowes - Perfect Strangers 27 [23] Ibibio Sound Machine & Village Cuts - Anyone Like You 28 [35] Strings & Heart - ily anyway 29 [NEW] Jamie Pritchard - Surprise 30 [43] Jack Savoretti - We Will Always Be The Way We Were 31 [18] Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX - Islay 32 [29] Steph Macleod & Philippa Hanna - Heroes 33 [40] Son Mieux - Dark Before The Dawn 34 [53] Harry Styles - Aperture 35 [NEW] The Sherlocks - In Your Hands 36 [21] Gen Zeal - Your Way Yahweh 37 [27] Jonathan Ogden - Stay With You 38 [31] The Black Keys - No Rain, No Flowers 39 [36] Grace Graber - RUN 40 [26] Cut Copy & Kate Bollinger - Belong To You 41 [NEW] Lion of Judah - Keep Your Love 42 [34] White Lies - Juice 43 [39] James Marriott - California Rain 44 [28] John Allan - Resurrection Power 45 [33] ESKE - Dancing In The Sky 46 [30] Pat Barrett - All This In A Name 47 [NEW] Axel Flovent - Nowhere 48 [37] Mgzavrebi - Chveni Ambavi 49 [38] The Head And The Heart - Beg, Steal, Borrow 50 [44] Darren Kiely - Two Roads 51 [NEW] Praise Lubangu & Briana Bene - i can see ur progress from here 52 [66] Hot Chip - Devotion 53 [41] Strings And Heart - oasis for my soul 54 [42] John Allan - On & On 55 [45] Cephas Azariah & Elle Limebear - you're gonna be ok 56 [47] Kensington - Stay 57 [48] Of Monsters and Men - Dream Team 58 [50] Teenage Dads - Stay Between Us 59 [56] Jamie MacDonald - Won't Let Go 60 [NEW] Pigeon - Miami 61 [46] Josh Gauton - Quiet Joy 62 [49] Josh Gauton - Fly Back Quickly, My Love 63 [70] Sigrid - Hush Baby, Hurry Slowly 64 [51] Tom Speight - Higher 65 [NEW] Booshle G. - Not Alone 66 [54] fieldlily - Grow 67 [52] Together For Palestine - Lullaby (ft. Nai Barghouti, Neneh Cherry & Leigh-Anne) 68 [NEW] The Fray - A Light That Waits 69 [NEW] Antytila - ВІДКОЛИ 70 [55] Jonathan Ogden - Be My Peace 71 [NEW] Dean Lewis - I Am Getting Well 72 [NEW] James Blake - I Had A Dream She Took My Hand 73 [58] The Kooks - Sunny Baby 74 [NEW] The Temper Trap - Giving Up Air 75 [65] Munn - i got peace

1 [8] Living Again - Dive Into 2 [1] Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX - Milarrochy Bay 3 [2] Seafret - Signal Fire 4 [7] Dermot Kennedy - Funeral 5 [3] Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX - All Roads 6 [4] Indochine - No Name 7 [22] The Snuts - Summer Rain 8 [5] Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX - The Wedding 9 [10] Theresa Phondo, Esther Chungu & Tio Nason - Daily II 10 [14] Tors - Time (ft. Jade Bird) 11 [11] John Michael Howell - Missing Piece 12 [6] LUNA & Russo - Voorbestemd 13 [NEW] Jonathan Ogden - Again And Again 14 [9] Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX - The Tide 15 [19] Limoblaze - God Did It 16 [12] Matoma & Nico & Vinz - Love To The Universe 17 [24] Dan Stirling - Balm 18 [16] Alok & Zeeba - Dive Into The Ocean (ft. Portugal. The Man) 19 [15] Tom Speight - Buzzing 20 [NEW] Rend Collective - Do It All Alone 21 [25] Joseph O'Brien - Trust...Fall! 22 [20] Sheppard - Beautiful Nothing 23 [32] Embrace - Road To Nowhere 24 [17] Walk Off The Earth & Ryan Mack - Where Would I Be 25 [NEW] Calvin Harris & Kasabian - Release The Pressure 26 [13] Tom Speight & Lydia Clowes - Perfect Strangers 27 [23] Ibibio Sound Machine & Village Cuts - Anyone Like You 28 [35] Strings & Heart - ily anyway 29 [NEW] Jamie Pritchard - Surprise 30 [43] Jack Savoretti - We Will Always Be The Way We Were 31 [18] Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX - Islay 32 [29] Steph Macleod & Philippa Hanna - Heroes 33 [40] Son Mieux - Dark Before The Dawn 34 [53] Harry Styles - Aperture 35 [NEW] The Sherlocks - In Your Hands 36 [21] Gen Zeal - Your Way Yahweh 37 [27] Jonathan Ogden - Stay With You 38 [31] The Black Keys - No Rain, No Flowers 39 [36] Grace Graber - RUN 40 [26] Cut Copy & Kate Bollinger - Belong To You

Afraid I won't be taking part this month (and won't in March either) - hope it goes well though!

I must say I wasn't expecting that name when I clicked on this thread!