2026 World Cup

[Super_horns]

51 minutes ago, The Blur said:

 

Which other big names have been ruled out?

Fair point - not too many but was thinking of Rodrygo, Hugo Ekitike and  Serge Gnabry

[Lionator]

Seems like Haiti supporters won’t be allowed into the USA to follow their team and the actual team still need clearance as Haitian nationals are banned from entering the USA.

[Scotch]

16 hours ago, Super_horns said:

Fair point - not too many but was thinking of Rodrygo, Hugo Ekitike and  Serge Gnabry

It won't be too long before a bunch of Scotlands better players are added to that list. My money is on one of Tierney/Robertson alongside Ferguson and Gannon Doak. 

[Sly]

On 14/04/2026 at 18:50, MC Prussian said:

Italy could make it to the WC, after all:

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/world-cup-2026-scenario-could-110000604.html

I prefer the idea of an Allstar Squad. 
 

A group of players that haven’t qualified / unselected for main nation. 
 

GK : Donanarumma - Italy

GK : Oblak - Slovenia

GK : Svilar - Serbia

 

DF : Calafiori - Italy

DF : Dimarco - Italy

DF : Kayode - Italy

DF : Alexander Arnold - England

DF : Bastoni - Italy

DF : Zabarnyi - Ukraine

DF : Tapsoba - Burkino Faso

DF : Hanko - Slovakia

 

MF : Tonali - Italy

MF : Szoboszlai - Poland

MF : Hjulmand - Denmark

MF : Froholt - Denmark

MF : Damsgaard - Denmark

MF : Sudanov - Ukraine

MF : Batrakov - Russia

MF : Yarmaluk - Ukraine

 

FW : Lookman - Nigeria 

FW:  : Kvaratskhelia - Georgia

FW : Osimhen - Nigeria

FW : Lewandowski - Poland

FW :  Sesko - Slovenia

 

[Finnegan]

2 hours ago, Sly said:

I prefer the idea of an Allstar Squad. 
 

A group of players that haven’t qualified / unselected for main nation. 
 

GK : Donanarumma - Italy

GK : Oblak - Slovenia

GK : Svilar - Serbia

 

DF : Calafiori - Italy

DF : Dimarco - Italy

DF : Kayode - Italy

DF : Alexander Arnold - England

DF : Bastoni - Italy

DF : Zabarnyi - Ukraine

DF : Tapsoba - Burkino Faso

DF : Hanko - Slovakia

 

MF : Tonali - Italy

MF : Szoboszlai - Poland

MF : Hjulmand - Denmark

MF : Froholt - Denmark

MF : Damsgaard - Denmark

MF : Sudanov - Ukraine

MF : Batrakov - Russia

MF : Yarmaluk - Ukraine

 

FW : Lookman - Nigeria 

FW:  : Kvaratskhelia - Georgia

FW : Osimhen - Nigeria

FW : Lewandowski - Poland

FW :  Sesko - Slovenia

 

 

Some of the people you've put in that ahead of Harry Wilson make me rage 

 

[spacemunky]

5 hours ago, Sly said:

I prefer the idea of an Allstar Squad. 
 

A group of players that haven’t qualified / unselected for main nation. 
 

MF : Szoboszlai - Poland

 

Supposedly, he's not Polish.

[Sly]

17 hours ago, Finnegan said:

 

Some of the people you've put in that ahead of Harry Wilson make me rage 

 

I got half way through and thought may as well just award the space to Italy. 

[SemperEadem]

My oldest is big into Kane/Saka/Bellingham etc. How easy or hard is it to get tickets for England games these days? 

 

 

Edit - not for the world cup fixtures before anyone says.

Edited 6 May by SemperEadem

[AKCJ]

10 minutes ago, SemperEadem said:

My oldest is big into Kane/Saka/Bellingham etc. How easy or hard is it to get tickets for England games these days? 

 

 

Edit - not for the world cup fixtures before anyone says.

I can't say with any authority but surely getting Wembley tickets is quite straightforward. I don't think they regularly sell out. It's a 90k stadium and generally attendances are in the mid to late 70s.

[CWC1983]

Not sure if this fits in here or the Last pint thread: % of the sales go to the TASA charity. 

The Vault City Iron Brew lager looks tremendous. 

 

"We are extremely excited to announce The Tartan Army Sunshine Appeal has partnered with a number of Scottish craft breweries to launch the “Everywhere We Brew: TASA Collaboration Project” a collection of limited-edition beers created to mark Scotland’s return to football’s biggest stage.

 

Eight breweries across Scotland have signed on to the collaboration project brewing a variety of beer styles all penciled in for release in mid May. 

 

Participating breweries include:

 

* Bute Brew Co.

* Five Kingdoms Brewery (Isle of Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway)

* Loch Lomond Brewery

* Moonwake Beer Co. (Edinburgh)

* Pilot Beer (Edinburgh)

* Sheep in Wolf's Clothing (Dunblane)

* Two Towns Down Brewing (Paisley)

* Vault City BrewingC (Edinburgh)

 

All cans and bottles will feature TASA branding and information about the charity’s work supporting vulnerable children, helping to raise awareness alongside vital funds via a portion of sales"

[StanSP]

 

 

 

[suffolk fox]

Rumours match tickets reportedly going for $33,000 dollars this will be the most expensive WC ever.  Good luck to anyone going even in NYC train journey to stadiums cost $15 now for the WC increasing to $125 wtf.....fifa have endorsed it all.  Trump and the USA should never have been given the WC..

[PhillippaT]

3 hours ago, suffolk fox said:

Rumours match tickets reportedly going for $33,000 dollars this will be the most expensive WC ever.  Good luck to anyone going even in NYC train journey to stadiums cost $15 now for the WC increasing to $125 wtf.....fifa have endorsed it all.  Trump and the USA should never have been given the WC..

We held a World Cup and nobody came   

[purpleronnie]

It'll be the most profitable and therefore most successful world cup ever.

Edited 9 May by purpleronnie

[davieG]

This Is Football ·

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British football fans are abandoning plans to travel to the World Cup in the United States and heading to Magaluf instead, saying the prices for this summer's tournament are "absolutely ridiculous."

The Sun visited the famous Magaluf strip in Majorca to speak to fans who say watching England and Scotland at bars in the Spanish resort is the only way to actually enjoy the tournament without being ripped off.

Josh Foster, a Swindon Town fan sitting with his mates at Linekers Bar, said he had seen a single resale ticket for the England final advertised at £11 million. He said football is a normal working man's thing and that prices should be for everyone. His group said they would much prefer to watch in Magaluf because "it's not stupid money here."

Linekers Bar manager Oli Adebayo, who has worked at the venue for 18 years, said Magaluf has always been a second home for British holidaymakers and that it is generally better for English fans to come there than travel all the way to the US. The bar will show every game with no entry fee, pints for under £4, and a deal of five beers for £17.20.

Scottish fans are also gearing up. Sinky's Bar owner Ryan Sinclair said he has seen ticket prices as high as £10,000 and that Magaluf is "much cheaper and safer." Pints at his bar are £3.29 and every game will be shown.

One fan from Sheffield, Finn Edge, went further. He said football is for the working class and that even if he was given a free ticket, he would turn it down. He said he would never go to America for the tournament but would go in a heartbeat if it was in Spain, Portugal or Morocco.

The anger extends beyond the fans. Even Donald Trump admitted he wouldn't pay $1,000 for a ticket, telling the New York Post he would certainly like to be there but wouldn't pay it either. FIFA president Gianni Infantino shrugged off the criticism, promising to personally deliver "a hot dog and a Coke" to any fan who bought the most expensive tickets. That did not go down well.

FIFA this week tripled the price of their best available final tickets to £24,000. Resale tickets for the July 19 final are already being listed at $2.3 million. Meanwhile, one million tickets remain unsold, nearly 80 percent of hotels in host cities are running below expectations, and flights from the UK to Dallas for England's opener against Croatia are above £800.

The $30 billion economic boom the US was expecting from the tournament is looking increasingly unlikely.

 

[MC Prussian]

I don‘t remember this much fuss made about travel and ticket costs before the 2014 or 2022 World Cup, respectively.

[KFS]

Having lived in the states for nearly 10 years now, this is a culture clash that isn’t nearly spoken about enough. 20 is plenty vs whatever it costs has always fascinated me. Truth is, the average American will look at a World Cup game cost as your average match at the Yankees. 
 

Put bluntly, there’s more to earn and spend here than the rest of the world. It’s simply going to mean a load of day trippers, corporate tickets and expats who built themselves a small fortune.

 

A few of your heads would pop off if you found out how I’ve been offered tickets to the final… The working class modern game story is long gone. Not being made better by the shit we’re enduring at club level, either.

[Samilktray]

Just can’t imagine going to a World Cup game and seeing a bunch of daft Americans stood around with corn dogs, bottles of Miller Light and wearing bumbags. Makes feel unwell just thinking about it 

[Izzy]

4 hours ago, davieG said:

This Is Football ·

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British football fans are abandoning plans to travel to the World Cup in the United States and heading to Magaluf instead, saying the prices for this summer's tournament are "absolutely ridiculous."

The Sun visited the famous Magaluf strip in Majorca to speak to fans who say watching England and Scotland at bars in the Spanish resort is the only way to actually enjoy the tournament without being ripped off.

Josh Foster, a Swindon Town fan sitting with his mates at Linekers Bar, said he had seen a single resale ticket for the England final advertised at £11 million. He said football is a normal working man's thing and that prices should be for everyone. His group said they would much prefer to watch in Magaluf because "it's not stupid money here."

Linekers Bar manager Oli Adebayo, who has worked at the venue for 18 years, said Magaluf has always been a second home for British holidaymakers and that it is generally better for English fans to come there than travel all the way to the US. The bar will show every game with no entry fee, pints for under £4, and a deal of five beers for £17.20.

Scottish fans are also gearing up. Sinky's Bar owner Ryan Sinclair said he has seen ticket prices as high as £10,000 and that Magaluf is "much cheaper and safer." Pints at his bar are £3.29 and every game will be shown.

One fan from Sheffield, Finn Edge, went further. He said football is for the working class and that even if he was given a free ticket, he would turn it down. He said he would never go to America for the tournament but would go in a heartbeat if it was in Spain, Portugal or Morocco.

The anger extends beyond the fans. Even Donald Trump admitted he wouldn't pay $1,000 for a ticket, telling the New York Post he would certainly like to be there but wouldn't pay it either. FIFA president Gianni Infantino shrugged off the criticism, promising to personally deliver "a hot dog and a Coke" to any fan who bought the most expensive tickets. That did not go down well.

FIFA this week tripled the price of their best available final tickets to £24,000. Resale tickets for the July 19 final are already being listed at $2.3 million. Meanwhile, one million tickets remain unsold, nearly 80 percent of hotels in host cities are running below expectations, and flights from the UK to Dallas for England's opener against Croatia are above £800.

The $30 billion economic boom the US was expecting from the tournament is looking increasingly unlikely.

 

I was in Magaluf aged 17 for the 1990 World Cup.

 

Right up there as the best 2 weeks of my life.

 

[Super_horns]

You know the World cup is near when the Football magazines bring out their previews and wallcharts. 

[MC Prussian]

On 09/05/2026 at 11:10, suffolk fox said:

Rumours match tickets reportedly going for $33,000 dollars this will be the most expensive WC ever.  Good luck to anyone going even in NYC train journey to stadiums cost $15 now for the WC increasing to $125 wtf.....fifa have endorsed it all.  Trump and the USA should never have been given the WC..

World Cup public transportation prices for New Jersey have been slashed after fan backlash:

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c3w2nqz9nn3o

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

Normally I get Infantino fever early on but I'm not in World Cup mode yet :-(

[davieG]

[filbertway]

On 13/05/2026 at 18:36, MC Prussian said:

World Cup public transportation prices for New Jersey have been slashed after fan backlash:

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c3w2nqz9nn3o

"Slashed" from 1050% increase to a 650% increase

 

[Samilktray]

25 minutes ago, filbertway said:

"Slashed" from 1050% increase to a 650% increase

 

God bless amuurrica