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Northern Ireland playing Israel in a friendly tonight on Sky.

Aye. Happy with that decision but as always we'll see what developments are actually made. The new turnstiles and floodlights are being made because they have to for the Euro 2020 matches. Not knowing much about construction, I'm not sure what's involved in bringing in the East & West stands or how long that would take but that seems to be a lot of folk's issue - I sit in the North Stand so don't have this problem.

Has to be though 💪🏻

Should have played Vanuatu. Might have even got a draw. 3 points tonight though. Anything less is Game Over.

With Albania coming in on the back of a win, anything other than 3 points tomorrow is a disaster. Hopefully a better support and atmosphere than Friday given the importance

We've done the same spot at the Counting House for the last 15 years. Gets the job done

How many people still buy a printed daily or weekly newspaper?

Usual SFA result. They'll be trying to milk Queen's Park to drop their asking price for the already low cost of the stadium. The opportunity for any development was there after the Commonwealth Games - if it involves spending money, the SFA won't be interested.

I like that our police officers don't routinely carry firearms, and there are specialist officers with this capability that can be called upon when required.

If anyone is still having issues, I managed to book last night by ordering them in reverse order - start with Israel game, allocate members then do it that way.

You are meant to get a £10 discount if you book all 4 games but now showing something for a free Belgium ticket that then returns an error. Staggering incompetence once again from the SFA on this.

Anyone else having problems booking tickets? The Israel tickets seem to be causing problems for me.

The Portugal and Belgium games are nothing more than glamour fundraisers for the SFA so we shouldn't be too surprised they are cashing in, but the brass nature of making it so obvious is simply amateur. I'd predict very little footballing value in likely getting pumped in both of these games. The 4 ticket package for members works out an an average of £25 per game for the North Stand which isn't outrageous.

Better than 1945 I suppose.

Bring back Sensible Soccer.

I find it incredible that we have a Government on the verge of collapse, a non-existent opposition and silence from the Holyrood branch offices and people in Scotland still don't think we should be an independent country. Indy should be polling 60%+

I'm sure this will affect the pricing too!

He never should have been given that position in the first place. Total buffoon of a man

To be fair, that would actually explain a lot about how Westminster has been handling Brexit negotiations

If they trash an IKEA and an ambulance when they win, what will they do once they get beat..? Realistically the final is tomorrow. France or Belgium will comfortably see off either Croatia or England.

France v Croatia in the final.

TBC according to Wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup#Qualification

Will be interesting to see how they determine automatic qualifying for 2026. They might just let all 3 hosts in considering it's an expanded tournament.

Can't see that being an issue as the UK / Britain has never existed as far as FIFA is concerned. Makes more sense than a stand-alone England bid after finishing last for 2018. I'm sure having the options of including some of Hampden, Celtic Park, Ibrox, Murrayfield, Millennium as options would boost chances. I think joint bids will become the norm going forward as these major sporting events are so incredibly expensive to host.

Seconded. We usually go for a weekend most years. It's like a cleaner version of Scotland with loads of bikes.