kumnio Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47164514 Fuck right off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Have they worked out how the US, Canada and Mexico will host / qualify? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanderark14 Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 don't see an issue with it as long as its promoted as a joint bid from the four associations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Jim Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Hampden's a shoe in. Quote That is because grounds need to provide sufficient run-off space for players and adequate areas for photographers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Russell's Lovechild Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Can't see a problem with this. Lots have done it, and it would be about time the WC came to 'us' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan Chris Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 4 hours ago, ParisInAKilt said: Have they worked out how the US, Canada and Mexico will host / qualify? 46 team World cup so Concaacf will get more places...get the feeling Mexico and US would be automatics and Canada would have to qualify as they're hosting far fewer games. Can't see 4 British teams + ROI all getting automatic entry though. I remember years back there was talk of a Scotland/Wales/ROI euros bid but that seemed to run into money troubles. Could certainly do that for an expanded Euros now: Cardiff could provide Swansea, Cardiff City and Millenium stadium (and maybe redevloped Wrexham Racecourse for the north) and Scotland obviously has the Glasgow and Edinburgh options and expanded stadiums for Dundee and Aberdeen. Trouble with WC bid is all stadiums need to have minimum capacity of 40k so that creates issues after the tournament, think Euros is only 30k so more manageable. Issue I have here is what stadiums could ROI and Northern Ireland provide? ROI had Avvia and maybe Croke Park, can only think of Windsor Park in Belfast. Think countries trying to get into bids just providing one stadium is a bit poor tbh seeing as Wales and Scotland would be providing 3-5 no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Good chance Ireland could be one country by then. Would give the bid a bit more symmetry anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stocky Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 3 hours ago, Toepoke said: Good chance Ireland could be one country by then. Would give the bid a bit more symmetry anyway. And the UK two...... Heres Hoping..... 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonny78 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 If we host it we don't have to qualify right??? If so am in. I ve not seen us qualify for anything since I was 16. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Looks good to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 If - and that's a massive if - it comes off, then I can see it being an rUK and United Ireland bid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonny78 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 On 2/8/2019 at 12:14 AM, kumnio said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47164514 Fuck right off. Why u against this?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 I don’t see it... lots of political turmoil ahead in these countries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 I don't trust the English FA or the SFA's ability to stand up to them (team GB). What would the tournament be billed? Greater Britain? EWSNIRoI? If Scotland were not a named host country it would diminish much of the publicity value of being a host country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonny78 Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 23 minutes ago, exile said: I don't trust the English FA or the SFA's ability to stand up to them (team GB). What would the tournament be billed? Greater Britain? EWSNIRoI? If Scotland were not a named host country it would diminish much of the publicity value of being a host country. Joint bids happen all the time. Doesn't diminish that country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 8 minutes ago, bonny78 said: Joint bids happen all the time. Doesn't diminish that country. Yes joint bids happen all the time. But they always have the names of the countries, and they don't have a history of joint teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonny78 Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Won't be UK. Will be joint bid. England scotland Wales n Ireland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamntg Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 What's Norn Iron's role in this? They making the teas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonny78 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 1 hour ago, adamntg said: What's Norn Iron's role in this? They making the teas? Joint bid includes everyone. The national stadium will be used for some games. This 2030 bid is great news all round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamntg Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 6 minutes ago, bonny78 said: Joint bid includes everyone. The national stadium will be used for some games. This 2030 bid is great news all round. Not if the minimum seating is 40,000+ as suggested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonny78 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Any move that brings a tournament to the British Isles is good news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveyDenoon Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 On 2/8/2019 at 11:40 AM, Tartan Chris said: 46 team World cup so Concaacf will get more places...get the feeling Mexico and US would be automatics and Canada would have to qualify as they're hosting far fewer games. Can't see 4 British teams + ROI all getting automatic entry though. I remember years back there was talk of a Scotland/Wales/ROI euros bid but that seemed to run into money troubles. Could certainly do that for an expanded Euros now: Cardiff could provide Swansea, Cardiff City and Millenium stadium (and maybe redevloped Wrexham Racecourse for the north) and Scotland obviously has the Glasgow and Edinburgh options and expanded stadiums for Dundee and Aberdeen. Trouble with WC bid is all stadiums need to have minimum capacity of 40k so that creates issues after the tournament, think Euros is only 30k so more manageable. Issue I have here is what stadiums could ROI and Northern Ireland provide? ROI had Avvia and maybe Croke Park, can only think of Windsor Park in Belfast. Think countries trying to get into bids just providing one stadium is a bit poor tbh seeing as Wales and Scotland would be providing 3-5 no problem. At present Wales could only provide one stadium. CCS only holds 33.5k so would need a further upgrade and add another tier to the stands behind each goal like was done with the Ninian stand. There are no such plans at the moment as it’s is easily big enough for current purposes. Further west, the Legodome is a million miles away from being anything like a World Cup stadium, as is Wrexham. Both would need significant and extensive redevelopment. I think we would be looking at two stadia at the most from Wales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonny78 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 12 minutes ago, DaveyDenoon said: At present Wales could only provide one stadium. CCS only holds 33.5k so would need a further upgrade and add another tier to the stands behind each goal like was done with the Ninian stand. There are no such plans at the moment as it’s is easily big enough for current purposes. Further west, the Legodome is a million miles away from being anything like a World Cup stadium, as is Wrexham. Both would need significant and extensive redevelopment. I think we would be looking at two stadia at the most from Wales. That's OK. Give England the vast majority of it I say. Where's the harm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan Chris Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 On 2/15/2019 at 1:22 PM, DaveyDenoon said: At present Wales could only provide one stadium. CCS only holds 33.5k so would need a further upgrade and add another tier to the stands behind each goal like was done with the Ninian stand. There are no such plans at the moment as it’s is easily big enough for current purposes. Further west, the Legodome is a million miles away from being anything like a World Cup stadium, as is Wrexham. Both would need significant and extensive redevelopment. I think we would be looking at two stadia at the most from Wales. Cardiff could easily bump up to 40k although given it's only a mile away from Millenium stadium Fifa might be funny about that. I actually thought Swansea ground was 30k, surprised it's only just over 20k. They did talk a lot of expanding it when they were established in premier league so missed a chance with them in championship for foreseeable future. Maybe if Wrexham get back in the league they could have momentum to build new ground. Guess it shows difference between co hosting a euros and World cup. With euros you only need capacity of 30k to host matches so that would open up loads of potential stadiums in Scotland. World cup is 40k so then you get the white elephant stadiums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDange Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 (edited) Agree it would be great to co-host the tournament but would be interesting to see how the bid is structured and the branding so the member associations are all clearly represented and not an England plus bolt-ons to make up the numbers. Interestingly the 2026 bid went under a United brand which has Canada and Mexico giving 3 each and the US 17. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_2026_FIFA_World_Cup_bid Edited February 19, 2019 by McDange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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