HoylandOwl Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 Will be hosted in the UK and Ireland. then in 2032 Italy and Turkey are the hosts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owling_Wolf Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 Just been reading about the proposed new N.I. stadium. Already been waiting a start since 2009. And the existing small GAA ground currently on the site named after someone "hung by the English" after 1916. Am sure that will all go smoothly now and won't be used to hold the Government(s) to ransome over local politics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skamp Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 It's hanged by the way 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl71 Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 Casement Park named after Roger Casement. Yeah that’s a bold move, possibly something to do with Sinn Fein now being the largest party in the NI assembly. Hopefully the Reservoir Prods won’t try to blow the stadium up or anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owling_Wolf Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 23 minutes ago, owl71 said: Casement Park named after Roger Casement. Yeah that’s a bold move, possibly something to do with Sinn Fein now being the largest party in the NI assembly. Hopefully the Reservoir Prods won’t try to blow the stadium up or anything. Jusy wait for it to be full and make a phone call? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto_Man Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 (edited) What's this obsession with sharing the tournament? There's more than enough suitable grounds in Italy and England for both nations to host it alone. Splitting it makes sense to a degree when countries don't have the infrastructure or if they're close by (like Poland and Ukraine), but Italy and Turkey aren't even near each other. Fuck me most of Turkey isn't even in Europe. Don't get me started on the fucking hurling ground in Belfast, it's smaller than half the grounds in the championship. Edited October 11, 2023 by Otto_Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkowl Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 13 minutes ago, Otto_Man said: What's this obsession with sharing the tournament? There's more than enough suitable grounds in Italy and England for both nations to host it alone. Splitting it makes sense to a degree when countries don't have the infrastructure or if they're close by (like Poland and Ukraine), but Italy and Turkey aren't even near each other. Fuck me most of Turkey isn't even in Europe. Don't get me started on the fucking hurling ground in Belfast, it's smaller than half the grounds in the championship. I can see some sense as it gives the opportunity for some 3rd world developing nations such as Scotland, Wales and N Ireland a semblance of being relevant for a few days every so often 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyben Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 8 hours ago, Owling_Wolf said: Jusy wait for it to be full and make a phone call? Got in to a couple of sold out gigs at the Leadmil this way... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owling_Wolf Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 5 hours ago, mkowl said: I can see some sense as it gives the opportunity for some 3rd world developing nations such as Scotland, Wales and N Ireland a semblance of being relevant for a few days every so often Just think, if Casement Park doesn't get built, NI can host their games in a nice empty stadium just off that new East - West railway line in the Midlands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkowl Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 31 minutes ago, Owling_Wolf said: Just think, if Casement Park doesn't get built, NI can host their games in a nice empty stadium just off that new East - West railway line in the Midlands. Stadium MK The East West rail link is just up the road from me, so been watching that being built. Saying that the HS2 stuff looks quite impressive - not too far away either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyben Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 Be great if you nearly want to get to London Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkowl Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 1 hour ago, Andyben said: Be great if you nearly want to get to London Be great if you want to avoid going in to London to go East to West Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tylluan Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 Holding it across several countries just doesn't make sense if those countries don't qualify. There's a good chance that Wales, Northern Ireland, and the Republic won't get to play on home soil. And is the local population going to fill the stadiums if Turkey don't qualify in 2032? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skamp Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 (edited) It's political madness gone mad. There's talk of adding the Republic to the GB athletics team now. Edited October 11, 2023 by Skamp being a bucktard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tylluan Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 What they should do is put all the NI athletes in the Eire squad like they do in rugby, cricket, boxing, hockey, basketball, etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skamp Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 And the same with Football. Be the only way the North will see competition Football at the back end of the tournament. Mind you. Slippery slope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyben Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 9 minutes ago, Skamp said: It's political madness gone mad. There's talk of adding the Republic to the GB athletics team now. Just now, Tylluan said: What they should do is put all the NI athletes in the Eire squad like they do in rugby, cricket, boxing, hockey, basketball, etc There's a strong argument for a united Ireland right there. United with the rest of His Majesty's territories in the British Isles, under the Imperial Union Flag 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBO Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 53 minutes ago, Tylluan said: Holding it across several countries just doesn't make sense if those countries don't qualify. There's a good chance that Wales, Northern Ireland, and the Republic won't get to play on home soil. And is the local population going to fill the stadiums if Turkey don't qualify in 2032? They get automatic qualification Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reesh Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 On 10/10/2023 at 12:25, Skamp said: It's hanged by the way And ransom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl71 Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 The way these islands divide on sporting terms is idiosyncratic to put it mildly. Olympic Games - Uk and the Irish Republic. This is political and legal reality as recognised by the rest of the world for the last 100 years. Football - England, Scotland, Wales, NI, Ireland. One independent state and four top level sub-divisions. Other countries top level subdivisions do not get their own national teams. Lombardy does not play Catalonia. Texas does not play Sichuan. Rugby - England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. This reflects the political reality as it last was in 1284. Commonwealth Games - England, Scotland, Wales, NI, IoM, Jersey, Guernsey. Fuck knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owling_Wolf Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 3 hours ago, Skamp said: And the same with Football. Be the only way the North will see competition Football at the back end of the tournament. Mind you. Slippery slope Who for, Ireland? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto_Man Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, Tylluan said: Holding it across several countries just doesn't make sense if those countries don't qualify. There's a good chance that Wales, Northern Ireland, and the Republic won't get to play on home soil. And is the local population going to fill the stadiums if Turkey don't qualify in 2032? I saw something suggesting that all the home nations would enter qualifying, but that two spaces would be held back "just in case". Given 24 teams will play there, you'd have to be pretty wank not to manage to qualify... Presume it'll be the same in 2032?! Edited October 11, 2023 by Otto_Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owling_Wolf Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 Just now, Otto_Man said: I saw something suggesting that all the home nations would enter qualifying, but that two spaces would be held back "just in case". Presume it'll be the same in 2032, but given 24 teams will play there, you'd have to be pretty wank not to manage to qualify... Yep. They're patently making it up as they go along. I saw that one and another. Let's hope it doesn't come back to bite all of us that want a football tournament to just produce a good football tournament. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamblor Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 3 hours ago, Otto_Man said: I saw something suggesting that all the home nations would enter qualifying, but that two spaces would be held back "just in case". Given 24 teams will play there, you'd have to be pretty wank not to manage to qualify... If anyone is going to manage to miss out on a tournament that they’re partially hosting, Scotland will find a way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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