Independent Leyton Orient Forum

It's been confirmed that the UK and Ireland bid is the only bid left in contention for Euro 2028 after Turkey has withdrawn.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67003581

It will be interesting to have all home nations automatically qualify so we get to bet on who gets knocked out first. And we all know who that will be.

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Weird - try this: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67003581

Would be v funny if we still managed to not be awarded it.

Heh. Given how we handled things for the last final at Wembley, I'm sure UEFA are delighted with this outcome.

Dunners wrote: ↑Wed Oct 04, 2023 10:37 am Heh. Given how we handled things for the last final at Wembley, I'm sure UEFA are delighted with this outcome.

I'm assuming England won that Final.

Max B Gold wrote: ↑Wed Oct 04, 2023 12:01 pm

Dunners wrote: ↑Wed Oct 04, 2023 10:37 am Heh. Given how we handled things for the last final at Wembley, I'm sure UEFA are delighted with this outcome.

I'm assuming England won that Final.

They certainly won the argument.

Dunners wrote: ↑Wed Oct 04, 2023 10:19 am It's been confirmed that the UK and Ireland bid is the only bid left in contention for Euro 2028 after Turkey has withdrawn.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67003581

It will be interesting to have all home nations automatically qualify so we get to bet on who gets knocked out first. And we all know who that will be.

Don't be too hard on yourselves. You'll get to play all your games at Wembley and if the Ukraine situation has been resolved, you might get a friendly Russian linesman to smooth the way

We still won't win it, so don't worry!

Max B Gold wrote: ↑Wed Oct 04, 2023 12:01 pm

Dunners wrote: ↑Wed Oct 04, 2023 10:37 am Heh. Given how we handled things for the last final at Wembley, I'm sure UEFA are delighted with this outcome.

I'm assuming England won that Final.

And Scotland will be the only team in Europe not to qualify due to UEFA's continued expansion of the event.

Confirmed.

They should just get rid of it, international football has passed its prime

I'm in two minds about this trend for different counties to co-host international tournaments. I can see how it is an opportunity for smaller nations to benefit, but some of the combinations are across such a distance I just don't see how it will have the same sense of occasion for visiting fans.

Post-Southgate, hopefully. Decent bloke, but I can not see him winning a final.

Dunners wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2023 11:51 am I'm in two minds about this trend for different counties to co-host international tournaments. I can see how it is an opportunity for smaller nations to benefit, but some of the combinations are across such a distance I just don't see how it will have the same sense of occasion for visiting fans.

It's a nice idea for the 2030 World Cup to have a game in Uruguay to make the 100th anniversary but, if you want to do that, maybe just hold the f*cking tournament in South America? Imagine being in the opening game in Montevideo and then having to fly back to the Iberian peninsula or Morocco for your next match? Madness.

On the other hand, spreading the games across multiple countries does I guess reduce the need for individual countries to build new white elephant stadia and infrastructure at massive expense. Even FIFA seem to have learned from what happened in Brazil.

Give it to Jabo wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2023 11:53 am Post-Southgate, hopefully. Decent bloke, but I can not see him winning a final.

England have gone and done a Labour, and stuck with a leader on the basis that he did better than expected (but still lost).

Think you'll find there's a few people who though it came home last year.

JimbO wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2023 12:17 pm Think you'll find there's a few people who though it came home last year.

Qataris?

JimbO wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2023 12:17 pm Think you'll find there's a few people who though it came home last year.

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Good news. Looking forward to it. Hopefully go to a game or two

I do not know why, but I prefer watching England playing away in major tournaments. Except for 1966, of course, when the world seemed to be a better place.

Rich Tea Wellin wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2023 7:31 pm Good news. Looking forward to it. Hopefully go to a game or two

Yes. A good opportunity to get a few ticks for grounds otherwise difficult to go to with Orient.

Wait, what?